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January
Ricky Gervais, Derek, and The Failure of ReligionJan 8
Fasting, Takuin's Birthday, And The Destruction of This BlogJan 2
2012
April
Interview with Takuin ~ Part 2 of ?Apr 20
January
Interview with Takuin ~ Part 1 of ?Jan 26
2011
December
November Project 2011 FinaleDec 4
November
One Last SentenceNov 30
On SufferingNov 29
On QuestionsNov 28
Ask the ReaderNov 27
On Ending...Nov 26
On Enlightenment and AwakeningNov 25
On Haters and TroublemakersNov 24
On Apophis, Natural Resources, and LoveNov 23
On ConclusionNov 22
Takuin on FilmNov 21
On Siddhis and Super-Powers ;-)Nov 20
Where Should I Sit?Nov 19
On Finding Out for YourselfNov 18
On the Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011Nov 17
On DreamingNov 16
On MeditationNov 15
On FreedomNov 14
On Writing at Takuin.comNov 13
BeliefNov 12
In SicknessNov 11
Confused About EnlightenmentNov 10
What Are You Reading?Nov 9
Life After DeathNov 8
Quick Reply on LivingNov 7
On Increased AwakeningsNov 6
Questions Answered - Again!Nov 5
Quick Thoughts On LivingNov 4
Burning the NotebooksNov 3
The State of Non-DualityNov 2
On Dropping ThoughtNov 1
October
November Project 2011: 30 Questions with TakuinOct 25
Sitting #6Oct 20
Recent DoingsOct 15
August
The Message of the BlindAug 6
July
Self-PortraitJul 6
June
Cook Your Own MealJun 12
Quick Note on CommentsJun 6
May
Just LookMay 23
A Question on SpeakingMay 2
Skype Calls Have ResumedMay 1
April
Be GoodApr 26
March
The Announcement RevealedMar 18
UPDATEMar 11
Big Announcement for Takuin.Com Coming SoonMar 10
Sitting #5Mar 7
February
From the JournalFeb 26
January
DeceptionJan 30
2010
December
On Quitting SmokingDec 21
FacesDec 9
Withdrawn from the WorldDec 8
November Project FinaleDec 6
Takuin's JoyDec 1
November
The Birth of TakuinNov 30
Quick Thoughts: Advice to TakuinNov 29
Chasing the MemoryNov 28
What Do You Believe?Nov 27
In Dialogue: Real or Illusion?Nov 26
Quick Thoughts on BooksNov 25
Energy, Ghosts, and Life After DeathNov 24
Quick Thoughts on Eating MeatNov 23
On Having FriendsNov 22
Quick Thoughts on InterestsNov 21
The Grace of the GuruNov 20
Reality or the Human MindNov 19
Quick Thoughts on Sitting with ResistanceNov 18
Quick Thoughts on Wisdom and SacrificeNov 17
What Can I Do?Nov 16
Do You Still Fast?Nov 15
Questions AnsweredNov 14
Work Life and EnlightenmentNov 13
How Do You Write?Nov 12
Nature and ThoughtNov 11
DisclaimersNov 10
The Beauty of a FlowerNov 9
What Do You Intend to Be?Nov 8
On Teachers and TeachingNov 7
Quick Thoughts on the Now and LiberationNov 6
What Changed You?Nov 5
Takuin in the Third-PersonNov 4
In Dialogue: The Problems of SeekingNov 3
No-Self Language and the IndividualNov 2
Project for November: 30 Questions with TakuinNov 1
September
How to Seek?Sep 30
Echoes of the MindSep 18
Interview with Takuin for Buddha at the Gas PumpSep 13
Interview with Takuin at EGO PLANETSep 4
August
In Dialogue: Trust, Fear, and the BeyondAug 23
Why I Started Takuin.comAug 9
July
The Final ThreadJul 24
Spiritual ProgressJul 7
June
The Dream of the TurtleJun 29
SolitudeJun 22
Tom Stine's Online SatsangJun 17
Lesson with an Enlightened MasterJun 14
How to SitJun 8
Takuin and the Little BirdJun 5
May
The Road to EnlightenmentMay 10
April
Sitting #4Apr 28
March
UpaguptaMar 20
To The SeekerMar 15
What is Enlightenment?Mar 6
February
Beyond TechniqueFeb 25
The Beauty of LivingFeb 17
SimpleFeb 7
January
The ReturnJan 11
To Sit With NothingJan 4
2009
December
Most Popular Posts of 2009Dec 30
The Wound of ForgivenessDec 22
Beyond The Known E-Book Now AvailableDec 17
Upcoming E-book Release - Beyond the KnownDec 14
The Landscape of the DreamerDec 12
To ListenDec 9
The SoldierDec 3
November
What Am I?Nov 26
MemorieNov 20
The End, The BeginningNov 12
Emptiness, Beside ItselfNov 2
October
The GhostOct 23
Notions of I AMOct 15
The RavenOct 8
Relationship - Two Years LaterOct 6
September
The Day AfterSep 28
Does the Wind Blow?Sep 14
What Did Takuin Do?Sep 10
Solidifying the QuestionerSep 2
August
Are You More Than Experience?Aug 25
Questioning the Common PhraseAug 19
The Storytelling of a Dead ManAug 4
July
Michael Caine on AwakeningJul 28
Are We Not 'All One'?Jul 24
A Question for My Peers...Jul 10
June
Are You Enlightened?Jun 29
Potential ViolenceJun 19
To The StudentJun 12
May
Zen and the CockroachMay 30
On Twitter 2009-05-18May 18
Traveling JapanMay 11
April
The Human FormApr 25
The Grief of a BuddhistApr 23
What Was, and What IsApr 19
Message to a Friend - Letting GoApr 6
Subtle DangerApr 4
March
FragileMar 26
Water Fasting - The AftermathMar 24
Mayumi's LetterMar 10
February
Water Fasting - Final DayFeb 28
Water Fasting - Day 23Feb 23
Water Fasting - Quick UpdateFeb 21
Water Fasting - Day 17Feb 17
Water Fasting - Day 15Feb 15
Water Fasting - Day 12Feb 12
Water Fasting - Day 11Feb 11
Water Fasting - Day 8Feb 8
Water Fasting - Day 7Feb 7
Water Fasting - Day 4Feb 5
Water Fasting - Day 3Feb 3
Water Fasting - Day 2Feb 2
Water Fasting - Day 1Feb 1
January
Water FastingJan 31
The DialogueJan 26
Found (or Lost) LoveJan 13
To the GuruJan 7
Where does it hurt?Jan 6
Begin from NothingJan 5
2008
December
Off for the EndDec 27
Sakura's MagicDec 22
Fundamental Decency - Part 2Dec 22
Fundamental Decency - Part 1Dec 19
Motivation and OnenessDec 12
Belief RisesDec 9
Pain, the Old FriendDec 2
November
The Nature of the SearchNov 28
Do You Know?Nov 27
What Do I Know?Nov 26
I Can'tNov 25
To InquireNov 24
Event HorizonNov 21
Too ModernNov 20
How Do You Eat?Nov 19
A Thought WithoutNov 18
WalkingNov 17
There Are No OthersNov 14
Feedback on Shorter PostsNov 13
The Sun RisesNov 12
You Are Not a BabyNov 11
Fragmentation as LifeNov 10
Why Didn't You?Nov 7
One Year AgoNov 6
Seeing is not BelievingNov 5
The Despair of EnlightenmentNov 4
Pat Martino - The "Cleansed" GuitaristNov 3
What Are You Thinking?Nov 2
Just ListenNov 1
October
Experiment for NovemberOct 28
Only You Can KnowOct 25
On Questioning LoveOct 18
Your Idea of EnlightenmentOct 15
A Problem of SeeingOct 8
More or Less LoveOct 1
September
Time and the SelfSep 27
War and AngerSep 23
No MysterySep 20
Sitting #3Sep 17
New Theme for Takuin.comSep 8
An Exercise in InquirySep 5
The PathSep 2
August
Are You Certain?Aug 25
Broken Beyond RepairAug 19
Living AnewAug 12
Where is the Door?Aug 11
Podcast: Find Out for YourselfAug 8
The Beauty of BeingAug 5
July
What About Bruce?Jul 25
Remembering Bruce LeeJul 20
Questions Arise...Jul 16
What is Your Point of View?Jul 13
Aesop and The Ass Carrying the ImageJul 2
June
Question on Belonging and ResistanceJun 30
How Many People Have You Killed Today?Jun 28
The A to Z of Being: InstructionsJun 26
Must War Continue?Jun 15
May
Questions on Peace and WarMay 31
Update - Going to the MountainsMay 21
Questions on SittingMay 14
Sitting #2May 11
Rabbit Holes and Artistic ExpressionMay 6
BeMay 6
The Truth in His FaceMay 3
April
Sitting #1Apr 23
Where to Start?Apr 19
What is Spirituality?Apr 17
A New Dimension of SilenceApr 12
To Sit in SilenceApr 11
Dr. Quantum and the Slit Experiment (Re-Post)Apr 2
March
Quick Thoughts - RealityMar 28
MayumiMar 12
Belief in DeathMar 5
Knowing, Cold, and AwarenessMar 3
February
Taking a BreakFeb 26
Adyashanti on AwarenessFeb 22
Quick Thoughts - Going for EnlightenmentFeb 20
Quick Thoughts: Adyashanti - Get Well Soon!Feb 19
Ants and Caterpillars in the UndergrowthFeb 18
Can the Self be free of suffering?Feb 18
The A to Z of Being : BeingFeb 15
Q.T. - Self InquiryFeb 14
Quick Thoughts - Death and ConsciousnessFeb 13
Extreme Physical PerformanceFeb 12
Quick Thoughts - SearchingFeb 11
If there is no self, then what is there?Feb 11
Quick Thoughts - Thought and the CenterFeb 8
Byron Katie on RacismFeb 6
Quick Thoughts - FearFeb 4
The A to Z of Being : AwarenessFeb 2
Quick Thoughts - KnowingFeb 1
January
Quick Thoughts - Questions on the SelfJan 31
Beautiful Bodies in MotionJan 29
Quick Thoughts - Meeting OthersJan 29
Twenty QuestionsJan 28
Quick Thoughts - Belief in GravityJan 25
Quick Thoughts - ConsciousnessJan 24
New Series : The A to Z of BeingJan 23
Does Food Affect The Organism?Jan 22
Quick Thoughts - Levels of EnlightenmentJan 22
Question of the Week: 1/21 - 1/27Jan 21
Quick Thoughts - The SearchJan 18
New Site is Finally HereJan 14
Can a Fragmented Mind Know Compassion?Jan 1
2007
December
Happy HolidaysDec 24
Question of the Week: 12/17 - 12/23Dec 17
The Pale Blue DotDec 14
Quick Thoughts - Delayed RecognitionDec 12
Is Questioning Necessary?Dec 10
Question of the Week: 12/03 - 12/09Dec 3
November
Quick Thoughts - Effortless LivingNov 30
Tilopa's 6 Words of AdviceNov 28
Question of the Week: 11/26 - 12/02Nov 26
Relationship - Part 2Nov 20
Question of the Week: 11/19 - 11/25Nov 20
Quick Thoughts - The Beauty of LifeNov 9
Belief and DeathNov 6
Question of the Week: 11/05 - 11/11Nov 5
October
How Do You See The Enlightened?Oct 30
Question of the Week: 10/22 - 10/28Oct 22
Apparently, Takuin is Going to HellOct 22
The Importance of Finding Out for YourselfOct 19
Tokyo UpdateOct 10
Relationship - Part 1Oct 6
Where Would I Rather Be?Oct 3
Question of the Week: 10/1 - 10/07Oct 1
September
Moving To TokyoSep 24
GoalsSep 21
Question of the Week: 9/17 - 9/23Sep 17
Question on Uncontrolled ThoughtsSep 13
My Visit To Shomyo FallsSep 11
Question of the Week: 9/10 - 9/16Sep 10
New Feature on Takuin.comSep 7
The Body Knows What It NeedsSep 7
Anger and the SelfSep 3
August
Blog UpdateAug 30
Living In ThoughtAug 28
Unknown LandAug 27
Teach YourselfAug 27
Time Is The EnemyAug 21
There Is No EffortAug 13
In Its Own Pefect TimeAug 1
July
Does Pain Exist in the Moment?Jul 5
June
Quick ThoughtsJun 19
Question and Answer (or Question and Question?) Part ThreeJun 6
QuestioningJun 5
Question and Answer (or Question and Question?) Part TwoJun 3
Question and Answer (or Question and Question?) Part OneJun 2
May
Perfection in the NegativeMay 20
Meeting Old FriendsMay 15
April
Does Anyone Really Want to be Free?Apr 27
Why Do We Need "Should"?Apr 26
Welcome Your SufferingApr 24
The Wonders of NatureApr 17
Order in Our WorldApr 13
Tired BodyApr 7
Emptiness and Levels of ConsciousnessApr 3
March
Not AloneMar 31
The Death of U.G. KrishnamurtiMar 30
The PastMar 27
Fear, Security, and EarthquakesMar 26
A Small Bit of DeathMar 24
The Otherness?Mar 20
February
Nothing at AllFeb 19
January
Floating By OneselfJan 4