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An End to War

Most Popular Posts of 2009

December 30, 2009 4 comments

This is a list of the most popular posts on Takuin.com for 2009. This list is not solely based on comment count alone, but also on the quality of the comments, the variety of responses, and also the amount of email received for the post. 2009 was a good year. This site has grown beyond [...]

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Beyond The Known E-Book Now Available

December 17, 2009 18 comments

It is finally here… Beyond The Known – 365 Days of Exploration To download this book for free, right-click the above link and save as. About the Book 398 Pages / 2.79 MB This book is a calender of very short meditative explorations; one per day for an entire year. Some are statements, some are [...]

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The Soldier

December 3, 2009 20 comments

War is not the fault of the soldier. They do not want to destroy, kill, or cause pain. They want it all to end. They want to go home. Many governments in this beautiful world do not take care of their soldiers. Once the job of a soldier is done, once usefulness is surpassed, they [...]

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Potential Violence

June 19, 2009 5 comments

A message from a friend:

Whats the possibility of you and Akiko moving back to the USA? At least out of the way of North Korea’s ballistic and long range missiles. I fear that Japan will see a lot of violence if the situation keeps escalating.

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War and Anger

September 23, 2008 19 comments

Question of the Week: 9/22 – 9/28
This great question comes from iamasimpleman on the short post, No Mystery. “I have read your words several times and the begin to touch my heart. But there is something against it which comes directly from my heart, anger. And this anger says, want to say, sit Takuin in a time machine to Ausschwitz and than let him talk to these people. I can tell you and send you to a thousand places in history.”

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