I read an interesting blog in Japanese, let me introduce of it.
There are two kinds of men about a concept of time.
One is men who act according to a clock.
The other is men who act depending on the situation.
The former group is people living in cities or in Europe and the United States.
The latter group is people living in local regions or in Asian countries.
And people who live in Japan is in between of them.
To speak more easily, people in the former group take a train checking the time table, and people in the latter group wait the coming train.
To speak with logically, people in the former group consider time as things, and time is consumed. It means "time is money". So for them "on time" is really important.
On the other hand people in the latter group think that time is circulating. So if they miss this chance, just they wait the next chance to come.
If these two kinds of people do something together, usually they have troubles.
For an example, they can't meet each other on time.
Because a man who is in the latter group doesn't check the time table for train. So a man who is in the former group thinks him or her to be spontaneous or sloppy. Or the man who is in the latter group thinks him or her to be punctual or strict.
We can manufacture artificial things according to the schedule, on the other hand it is difficult to harvest according to the schedule. We sometimes need to wait until they get mature.
Now, many people in Japan must have lots of stress, because most things don't go according to the usual schedule. We need to stop our daily clock, and to act according to our intuition and our nature clock.
I hope these sentences make sense.
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Recently I went to a lecture about different cultural views of time. So this post is very timely (bad pun).
If you follow this link, you will fine the audio of the lecture I attended. It may be a bit difficult to understand without the slideshow presentation.
http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5683
The speaker talked about two different views of time. One being like an arrow; time shoots forward. The other is more cyclical, like a mandala. I like the way you explain it better "time is circulating".
I think the "time is money" attitude that shapes someone's life is often EXPECTED by a higher authority (such as a company or a boss)... even by schools. It happens in competitive spheres and it either triggers an ambitious response or the stress is too much and the person leaves that sphere and becomes satisfied with less in a less demanding sphere. A highly paid professional athlete, actor, singer...or just a good amatuer? I am certain there are many theories about the question... is someone born with a sense of time or it is learned? Jan
mss@Zantahn Gardens
Thanks for your comments and information. It is really useful. "Mandala" is used as an English sord, isn't it. It's a word of BUDDIZIM. I think mandala is a way to train to do enlightment in Buddizm, it's an actaull Asaian way, so it includes a circle, I think.
Jan, thanks I understood what you wanted to say. Though it might be a little different from what you said, givint up and understanding our own ability are differient and partly the same. Negative thinking tends to lead to give up, and positive thinking tends to lead to understand ourself without too muhc stress.
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