Beyond the Known
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Takuin Minamoto:
🦋 365 Days of Exploration
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#contemplation · #introspection · #meditation · #nonduality
🦋 365 Days of Exploration
Download the free e-book (PDF):
📘 https://magnetic-ink.dk/pub/btk.pdf
#contemplation · #introspection · #meditation · #nonduality
Separation is violence.
Yet one hopes to be free of pain and suffering through separation, creating more violence.
Separation can never bring unity.
Yet one hopes to be free of pain and suffering through separation, creating more violence.
Separation can never bring unity.
January 9, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Separation is violence.
Yet one hopes to be free of pain and suffering through separation, creating more violence.
Separation can never bring unity.
Yet one hopes to be free of pain and suffering through separation, creating more violence.
Separation can never bring unity.
Nature is something thought cannot touch.
Thought can create glorious structures, but it can do absolutely nothing about nature.
Only awe in its presence.
Thought can create glorious structures, but it can do absolutely nothing about nature.
Only awe in its presence.
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Nature is something thought cannot touch.
Thought can create glorious structures, but it can do absolutely nothing about nature.
Only awe in its presence.
Thought can create glorious structures, but it can do absolutely nothing about nature.
Only awe in its presence.
Methods and systems are not the answer.
And that includes any method or system of your own creation.
And that includes any method or system of your own creation.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Methods and systems are not the answer.
And that includes any method or system of your own creation.
And that includes any method or system of your own creation.
If you want the right person in your life because you think it will complete you, it is the wrong direction.
You are already full and complete.
Perfection is there, share it with everyone.
You are already full and complete.
Perfection is there, share it with everyone.
January 6, 2026 at 5:25 AM
If you want the right person in your life because you think it will complete you, it is the wrong direction.
You are already full and complete.
Perfection is there, share it with everyone.
You are already full and complete.
Perfection is there, share it with everyone.
No effort.
Be quiet.
Be still.
Be quiet.
Be still.
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM
No effort.
Be quiet.
Be still.
Be quiet.
Be still.
Don't worry over consciousness. It really is not so important.
You have no consciousness.
You have no consciousness.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Don't worry over consciousness. It really is not so important.
You have no consciousness.
You have no consciousness.
Why would you sit at the feet of the master? Your feet are just as holy as his.
If the master is not willing to sit at your feet, please use them to quickly walk away.
If the master is not willing to sit at your feet, please use them to quickly walk away.
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Why would you sit at the feet of the master? Your feet are just as holy as his.
If the master is not willing to sit at your feet, please use them to quickly walk away.
If the master is not willing to sit at your feet, please use them to quickly walk away.
You already have the strength to fully sit with what is.
You are born encompassing all that is.
Allow this freedom to live as it will.
You are born encompassing all that is.
Allow this freedom to live as it will.
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 AM
You already have the strength to fully sit with what is.
You are born encompassing all that is.
Allow this freedom to live as it will.
You are born encompassing all that is.
Allow this freedom to live as it will.
Take this, the first day of the year, and resolve to live fully.
Begin with gratitude for all living creatures.
Begin, not to teach, but to learn.
Understand humanity is not us and them, but only us.
There is only One, and nothing else.
Begin with gratitude for all living creatures.
Begin, not to teach, but to learn.
Understand humanity is not us and them, but only us.
There is only One, and nothing else.
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Take this, the first day of the year, and resolve to live fully.
Begin with gratitude for all living creatures.
Begin, not to teach, but to learn.
Understand humanity is not us and them, but only us.
There is only One, and nothing else.
Begin with gratitude for all living creatures.
Begin, not to teach, but to learn.
Understand humanity is not us and them, but only us.
There is only One, and nothing else.
How have you lived your life during the last 365 days?
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
How have you lived your life during the last 365 days?
We sit to see, not to change.
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
We sit to see, not to change.
See this for yourself, and do not take my word for it.
Go there and find out, and you will never again ask how to live your life.
Go there and find out, and you will never again ask how to live your life.
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
See this for yourself, and do not take my word for it.
Go there and find out, and you will never again ask how to live your life.
Go there and find out, and you will never again ask how to live your life.
The ego is built from what has come before.
This is clear, and easy to see.
This is clear, and easy to see.
December 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The ego is built from what has come before.
This is clear, and easy to see.
This is clear, and easy to see.
It is the greatest difficulty one might come up against…
…how to see.
…how to see.
December 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It is the greatest difficulty one might come up against…
…how to see.
…how to see.
Can memory tell us anything about the present moment?
Or can it only be held in front of reality as a filter?
Or can it only be held in front of reality as a filter?
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Can memory tell us anything about the present moment?
Or can it only be held in front of reality as a filter?
Or can it only be held in front of reality as a filter?
You’ll come to the end on your own soon enough.
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
You’ll come to the end on your own soon enough.
All of the teaching you could ever hope for is there, hidden within your words.
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
All of the teaching you could ever hope for is there, hidden within your words.
The I is no different from what it wishes to be free from.
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The I is no different from what it wishes to be free from.
If one discounts their own answers, the gurus become meaningless.
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If one discounts their own answers, the gurus become meaningless.
The believer is full of conclusions, and empty of curiosity.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The believer is full of conclusions, and empty of curiosity.
Seeing what you are, how you truly behave…
…and sitting with no condemnation, or no lust toward changing…
…that alone may be enough to thrust you beyond the veil.
…and sitting with no condemnation, or no lust toward changing…
…that alone may be enough to thrust you beyond the veil.
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Seeing what you are, how you truly behave…
…and sitting with no condemnation, or no lust toward changing…
…that alone may be enough to thrust you beyond the veil.
…and sitting with no condemnation, or no lust toward changing…
…that alone may be enough to thrust you beyond the veil.
There is no moment to be in. But what can you do?
Wait for the next moment in order to find out?
;)
Wait for the next moment in order to find out?
;)
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
There is no moment to be in. But what can you do?
Wait for the next moment in order to find out?
;)
Wait for the next moment in order to find out?
;)
There are no degrees of compassion or love, as measurement occurs within memory and thought.
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
There are no degrees of compassion or love, as measurement occurs within memory and thought.
The self might need to know or need to be, but it can never grasp compassion and own it like a possession.
It is not something cultivated, and it cannot be held, stored away, and pulled out for later use.
It is not something cultivated, and it cannot be held, stored away, and pulled out for later use.
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The self might need to know or need to be, but it can never grasp compassion and own it like a possession.
It is not something cultivated, and it cannot be held, stored away, and pulled out for later use.
It is not something cultivated, and it cannot be held, stored away, and pulled out for later use.
When one is awake, when reality realizes itself, every action is taken without fragmentation.
It is through that wholeness that compassion is expressed.
It is through that wholeness that compassion is expressed.
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
When one is awake, when reality realizes itself, every action is taken without fragmentation.
It is through that wholeness that compassion is expressed.
It is through that wholeness that compassion is expressed.