Bodhicitta : the strength which is given to us,the one we use to hang on to the sailboat mastwhen the strong gusts of thoughts start blowing
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The Science of Shutting Up
Hard sciences can sometimes be very similar to human relations :It is not because nothing is recorded that nothing is actually happening.The absence of appropriate devices
Strategists And Poets (note)
Our human society can be divided into two columns : such a distribution covers most of our social structures : On the right-hand side, those whose
Awakening Behind The Bottle Label
Meditating is a bit like trying to scrape the corner of an old label stuck on a glass bottle.Some will tease it with the tip
Museum Benches
Having a nose so close to the day-to-day grindstone, does not allow to enjoy life’s beauty…Such a close-up shot of reality does not reveal its
Welcoming Orchestra
Spoon in the coffee jarCoffee powder falling in the cupHot water poured in Spoon in the cupSpoon in the cupSpoon in the cup Spoon on
Cultural Appeal
The intellectual appeal for a country, a civilization, is actually the result of an emotion raised by an esthetics peculiar to a mental environment.The cultural
Can You Read Thoughts ?
Can you read between the thoughts,Strategies to soften, highlight, conceal or bypassThe slice of Reality opening to you ? Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021- All rights reserved.Articles
Calm and Joyful
The colors of life dancing in meAre now blending differently,Delicate glows slowly emergingAnd vividness ready to dim. It is good, it is sad,It is calm
« If I Could Not Breathe Zen… »
Just this once will not hurt : I am simply sharing the content of somebody else…As it is, without trying to comment or add anything
The Practice of Ignorance
It is very clear to my eyes, that the underlying power conveying thoughts does not belong to me.When the vertical axis collides with and opens
I Stumbled on a Zafu (note)
I truly enter the heart of practice – that is, the place where practice ends / transcending moments of insightful grace, when there was nothing
Through The Impossible Sitting
From the hearth of tensionCatching a glimpse of stillness From the sputtering surface frothRemembering the depths Amid the impossible practiceSitting Zazen Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021-
What Do I Do With Sensations ?
What I need to do with vedanas (1) is : …nothing.As soon as I attempt to deal with the ‘vedana phenomenon’, I have no other option
Breathing our Way Back
Breathing is the thread poking out,The one on which you drawTo reach back to the Spirit. Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021- All rights reserved.Articles are available
Notes & Silence 