November Project: Question #26
Another grouping of questions, all with similar answers. I’ll put them together and see what comes up…
#1)
You’ve been writing here at takuin.com for almost five years. Do you think you’ll continue to write on these subjects for another five years?
#2)
What did you mean by this comment? “I think I have said all I want to say on this subject. It is almost time to walk out into the sun…” [On the previous post On Enlightenment and Awakening ~ TM] Did you mean you were finished with your answer for that particular post, or are you quitting the site? I didn’t quite understand it.
There have also been more than a few comments during this November Project amounting to this:
#3)
How can I get what you have attained?
I’ll answer all three quickly, then give a bit more detail.
For #1: “Do you think you’ll continue to write on these subjects for another five years?”
I definitely will not. In fact, I am thinking five years is quite enough.
For #2: “Did you mean you were finished with your answer for that particular post, or are you quitting the site?”
I am not quitting the site, no. But I am finished answering those kind of questions.
And for #3: “How can I get what you have attained?”
See #2. 
I will write more on this in a later post after the November Project is finished. But I will say a few things now…
I don’t know that ‘answering questions‘ is what I have done on this site. I like to think of it more as exploration. After all, I began Takuin.com for the purposes of learning how to speak…umm…so to speak. 
It has been hit or miss, and some days have been better than others, but I think I have done what I set out to do.
When we get down to it, I think I am finished talking about freedom, as I would much rather express it. And we all know, deep down, talking about something is not the same as expression. ‘Talking about’ is prevarication, or at least postponement or procrastination in a way. Expression, while it may be dependent upon words or some other physical medium, is not dependent upon description. And THAT is what currently interests me.
I know this will come as a shock to a great many of you. And I am not leaving the site, and I will keep writing. But it will not be the same as before. It is just time to move on…
But for now, we still have a few more posts before the end of this year’s November Project, so let’s make them good ones!! I am still accepting questions you know. Chop chop! Let’s go!
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“Expression, while it may be dependent upon words or some other physical medium, is not dependent upon description. And THAT is what currently interests me.”
Expression, is all you’ve ever been doing here Takuin, no matter what any of us think or how we choose to describe it.
Thanks, K.
I don’t think you are wrong. I’ll have to think on it a bit. But I could say, continuing with this form of expression is quickly becoming artificial. Not all parts of it, but there is a piece somewhere that no longer fits.
I’ll continue writing and posting here, but I can honestly say I do not know what will come out. That possibility excites me, and I have not felt that excitement in awhile now.
Can you ever know how it will come out? *L* Change is the nature of form.
I certainly can relate to what you’re expressing about certain forms/aspects seeming artificial and no longer really having any more energy. Follow your excitement, to whatever possibilities take form (though I see this as what you have been doing all along – in whatever form it takes). Whatever comes, thank you for sharing.
Hi Takuin,
Expressions of what moves Takuin. Those posts tore away every concept of what i thought enlightenment was. Life Beyond the Image has drawn me back again and again into ordinary-ness.
Telling me to “cook my own meal” was a slap on the face that knocked my feet off my precious path. Now – no recipe, no appetite. I can sit with life, as you say.
With Takuin and the Little Bird you’ve captured the breathtaking movement and stillness of life. That post is a gem.
I realise you don’t ever intend for anyone else to try to use your experiences as a template, but it’s a bit like the movie “Being John Malkovich” LOL! Seeing though Takuin’s eyes helps the rest of us wake up that enlightenment, awakening, liberation, is no magical thing with bells and whistles – it’s more being perfectly ordinary, honest and unadorned. Thank you.
Warmly, vicki.
Thank you, Vicki.
I loved that little bird, and I hope it made out well…
I enjoy writing those kind of pieces. How they arise is dependent upon the other ‘player’, so to speak. And that particular post could not have happened without that little bird.
But you can’t really plan to write in that way, other than to say “I am going to meet with life, and then we’ll see what happens.” And you can’t force your writing ‘partner’ to behave in a certain way, because that kills the beauty one might have found had they left well enough alone.
The same goes for one’s practice, whatever that might be. To work with whatever arises, and not force the issue.
Thank you very much, Vicki…
You’re welcome Takuin … I wasn’t meaning that you should tailor your writing, just saying there’s something about your style of writing that allows sitting with the words – there’s not enough to try to grasp on to, and no regime to follow. Not many can do that.
It’s cool that you’re feeling excitement at the prospect of a new direction, you must be “following your bliss”. Now THAT’s the way to go! I look forward to seeing what comes along.
Thanks…
I understand what you mean, and I am glad you could take something from what was written.
It is odd, really. The less of myself I put into the thing, the easier it seems to hit the reader. But having ‘less of myself’ in the writing might be my way of being completely in it, haha.
It is difficult to express sometimes…
Well said, Vicki! I couldn’t agree more
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