Another secret of the posture has absolutely nothing to do with the posture itself. It resides in the negative aspect of this posture, meaning that
Catégorie : English Versions
Captivity Through Entertainment
(Audio Note Transcript) Entertainment, as we have already noted elsewhere, is the art of diversion, the art of « maintaining » the recipient of this entertainment in
Memory of Sound
Sound, like water, is a carrier of information.And just like water, information that is not objectifiable, quantifiable, or conceptualizable as such at a given moment
Silent Songs
Before zazen, I couldn’t hear the birds. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
The Beyond
My call is that of the Universe,my impulse is toward the Universal,the Beyond That is the reason of Silent Sitting Practice. The universal is the
Nothing Left to Do
Zazen,The leavesThe wind, Zazen,The wind in the leaves,Joy regained.So I have nothing left to write. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Not wanting [not thinking]
When Dogen says that the Dharma is “obtained neither by thought nor by the absence of thought,” this means that one must not “not think.”
Elusive
Through the Bible, the believer seeks to encounter God,But God is elusive. This is not a property of God; it is His very nature. God
Dissolving The Floor
When the floor of the mind seems to have solidified so much that no breakthrough can take place,Is it through breathing that we manage to
Devotion
It does not surprise me that in the great plains of consciousness, the appeal to this or that figure has real virtues of anchoring, of
Already Great
The simple realization of the powerfully magnetic aspect that the mind exerts on our field of consciousness is already a great achievement.Affirming knowledge of the
This is strange
The framework around zazen can be both considered completely useless and part of the artifice of giving credibility to a practice, intended for a group
Invoking the angel, bowing before the cushion
Invoking the angel, a devotion to a particular saint, Ultimately, these are inner practices, just as when a zazen practitioner comes to bow before a
Genuine Inclusion
Zazen is the posture of inclusion par excellencewhere all beliefs existand fade away. ©FJ July 2025Recueils / Participation/
My Friends Here, My Friends There
Practicing zazen alone is important,if only to realize that we need others. The true dojo is held together by the pillars of practitioners.A single pillar
Notes & Silence 