The cheese is on the table.The religious figures, gathered around, are interspersed with polite gestures and formal speeches, each extolling the merits of the cheese
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The Spinal Cable
The spinal cable’s coil is in the belly (hara).During our lifetime, it sometimes activates and then seizes up. Hunched shoulders,Pelvis loses its tilt axisDorsolateral scoliosis
The Below, The Above (2)
The below, the above,The lower floors, the upper floors,The successive floors,The successive ceilings,These are two avenues of investigation, learning, and familiarization.Walking at first surprises the
The Below, The Above (1)
Leaving the mindthrough the floor,through the ceiling,are two different experiences.The investigation of the infra-mental and supra-mental spheres are two different journeys. Infra, here, means « not
“God of Love and Emptiness”
I am struck by reading James Finley who calls Jesus the “God of Love and Emptiness”, and reveals with simplicity the link of continuity between
The First Gate
It is because in zazen we are supposed to have already traversed everything that the practitioner can be given the illusion of having indeed traversed
I See My Beloved Pass By
Meditating is a bit like sitting on a low wall every day to watch the woman you’re in love with pass by.That doesn’t mean she’ll
Guardian of the Precious Silence
The Buddha did not answer the question of the Self,as long as the mental world hasn’t passed,as long as the silent detonation occurs,any mention of
Words Do Not Make Zen
Zen is silence above all.It has nothing to do with the reconstruction of more or less fantasized traditions.When you sit in silence and stand in
From Heart to Heart
When we observe this with a little distance, with neutrality,With a little honesty and courage, therefore, We note with great astonishment that people can think
Liberating Fish
I think of the symbol of infinity, the lying ‘eight’ figure.Few people know that it is also a symbol of hell because this loop is
Sunflower
Zazen: I listen to my body set up, sit in class, prepare to receive the teaching.I watch the hollow sections align to form the conduit
‘A Person’
How can we understand a personal God, a God in whom Christians are supposed to believe, to adhere to a personal God, not as a
The Eye And The Navel
Sawaki says: « The eye is the eye and the navel is the navel; they do what they are there for. »(Talk on 08/15/42) The navel « does »
From East to West, From North to South
Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,those he gathered from the lands, from east
Notes & Silence 