As soon as the pilgrim starts to follow an academic junction, he moves further away from the spiritual path.Inevitably, the intellectual approach dries up the
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Zen Prayer
If someone ever says there is no prayer in zazen,That person knows nothing about zen, and nothing about prayer. ©FJ Oct 2021RECUEILS/ ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et
When The Child Reached Out A Hand
Sometimes our relation to a children is grueling through the instantaneous capacity they have to hack our flow of thoughts, and steal our consciousness from
Religious Buildings
Intellectual structures that Christianity persists on erecting require an ever increasing psychological energy to be sustained.This makes me deeply sad.Of course I can hear the
Belated Smile
Do not try to understand all this apart from Zazen.It is incomprehensible.When all this manifests during Zazen, there is nothing to understand.At most, a belated,
Sharp Links Along The Chain Of Suffering
Cutting-edge words, offensive gestures,Send you back in this inner lockdown, in spite of you,Back to the root of suffering, tightly oppressed by the narrowness of
Sky, Water And Dogen
A few words regarding Dogen’s reference to the sky and the water in Zazenshin :The bird in the real sky and the fish in the
Like A Child
The child in Matthew, 18, the one we should come back to if we want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, is a spontaneous being,
Healing Cross
The Cross symbolizes the power of transformationWithin ourselves, Christ, comes to place His handsOn our necrotic tissues, dead bands in our water channelsWhile the ocean
Beauty’s Ways
Beauty is purely divineSimply sitting zazen, walking kinhinMan, jumble factory, hubbub machine, heap of ideas… A few words from Christ to warm up the heart.All
The Black Hole Of Religions
This question arises in my soul and I don’t know what to say.I know what I would like to say… Still, can I say it
Dogen : A Space for Kindness
When Dogen says : ‘The wood does not know the ashes, ashes can look back at the firewood’, he points to the only reality there has
In Touch With God
Sitting, in the middle of the prairieBreathing, listening to your breath,Ask yourself the question : where is God ?Here, now, between you and the breathing,Within
Lost Battle
Inside our bubble of thoughts, where would you find God ?He is waiting outside, behind the door of your heart.He’s waiting beneath…That you kneel down,
Spirituality Books
Books about spirituality are often a catalogue displaying the psychological material of others.At best, they tell about others’ experiences,A few specks of dust, glittering in
Notes & Silence 