By sitting in silence, I increase my chances of finally hearing the grace behind the mind that is silent. However, this is not a guarantee
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Total Adventure
In simple sitting, abandon all frameworks,the landscapes of explanation, of understanding, the tangles of concepts The silent prayer,The prayer begins,When the words are silentLet the
Disbelief-Punishment (2/2)
Part 1 Dogen is only the positive counterpart of the hundreds of biblical and Koranic verses, of all the texts that seem to brandish the
Disbelief-Punishment (1/2)
« Those who have not believed will suffer a vile torment »The torment is not to believe, not to see.This type of statement is often perceived as
On the side of joy
The vague sadness that I observe tonight while watching this documentary on Zen…Heaviness, dullnessI don’t know what it is.This is foreign to me, now. I
Surge Of Life
The free and wild soul expresses itself through questions that, rather than pushing the practitioner forward, represent an infinity of sidesteps along the path, and
Lost
The rigor of the framework of practice,The discipline against which we would have a thousand things to write, each justified in its own way… nevertheless
Forehead On The Floor
I have underestimated the importance of prostration for so long. I see today from the inside and unexpectedly, in the eyes of others as in
Living Spirituality
I am alive.My spirituality is alive,I practice the spirituality that crosses my path and reveals to me the life it contains.The spirituality that I practice
A Course In Tyranny
The idea that refusal to adhere to an idea or belief is due to a misunderstanding is one of the worst frauds of the contemporary
Do not speak, it is useless.
The differences between traditions are an optical illusion due to the fact that the observer stands,-either outside all traditions and has no experience of frequenting
Ropes and Rituals
When you make all the practice-maintaining ropes (i.e., ritual) disappear,The practice disappears: it loses its forms and tends to become shapeless, until there is nothing
Towards the Center and Back
People do what they do to get what they want.What people want, what they run after, I do not desire.However, I am forced to do
Remembering God
The practice of remembering God, which is found in Sufism (Dhikr) but also in other forms in the Orthodox Christian tradition (Kyrie Eleison / « Russian
Coming Back To The Sitting Stable
Even if the world seems to persist in doing everything to keep forgetting, the body knows the sitting posture…and as soon as it stops being led
Notes & Silence 