Category Archives: Odds and Ends

The Return

By takuin | Published: Monday, January 11, 2010
As those of you following me on Twitter or Facebook already know, Akiko and I are leaving for the United States today to attend to a death in the family. I’ll be there for three weeks. I’ll be able to check e-mail and comments sporadically, and I’ll probably keep to one post per week, as usual. [...]
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Most Popular Posts of 2009

By takuin | Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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 what [...]
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Beyond The Known E-Book Now Available

By takuin | Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009
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 questions, and others just simple [...]
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Upcoming E-book Release – Beyond the Known

By takuin | Published: Monday, December 14, 2009
Just a quick note for everyone… On Thursday the 17th, I’ll be releasing my first e-book. It is called, Beyond the Known: 365 Days of Exploration. At almost 400 pages, it will seem daunting to any reader. But don’t worry…it is not as bad as it seems. From the Preface: This book is a calendar of short contemplations; [...]
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The Raven

By takuin | Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Today is the 160th anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe. I was a fan of Poe in my younger days, but lost track of him around twenty years ago. I recently went back to re-read some of my old favorites and discovered some new things about Poe that surprised me. Namely, that Poe was [...]
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Relationship – Two Years Later

By takuin | Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
On this day two years ago, I wrote the post, Relationship – Part One (There is also a Part Two). At that time, judging by reader response, it was my most popular post. But not due to comments. I received over thirty emails on this two-part series, which at the time, was a reader response [...]
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The Day After

By takuin | Published: Monday, September 28, 2009
I recently found, quite by accident, a few words I wrote on December 2nd, 2006, one day after the event of liberation, if that is the right way to say it. I have no memory of writing any of this. It is fairly disjointed, and it seems to have been written all at once, around [...]
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Michael Caine on Awakening

By takuin | Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I’ve loved Michael Caine ever since I saw him in the film Deathtrap when I was a kid. He is known not only as a wonderful actor, but also as a very compassiontate teacher, especially for the young artist. This quote, while about editing as it relates to filmmaking and acting, illistrates very clearly a [...]
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A Question for My Peers…

By takuin | Published: Friday, July 10, 2009
This is a question for fellow writers of spiritual matters, but anyone is free to comment below. I have noticed a trend - and it is nothing earth shattering - in this world of spiritual teaching: A man or woman may come to a realization, perhaps only a realization on a superficial level, or perhaps something deeper, then...
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Zen and the Cockroach

By takuin | Published: Saturday, May 30, 2009
Takuin sat in a Zen temple in Kyoto, waiting for a Zen Monk and an interesting conversation. During his wait, he saw a little cockroach making its way across the floor. It was indecisive; move one way, go back, move one way, go back. He sat with this little creature for some time while waiting. Then, a [...]
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