God, Truth, Dharma, Awakening, Consciousness, the Depth of your Soul,Is not found in the texts that I read at night, to reassure myself, nor in
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The Spirit of Extraction
The real “leap of faith” occurs when we extract ourselves from the conceptual stagnation.Who receives us then? Will we dare to take the plunge? So
Our Affected Ways
Surface expression is abounding here.In those who indulge in manners and affected ways, there is a form of ignorance or too shallow a knowledge of
Everyday Suffering Exposed
I once wrote that life was a game, that I become sad as soon as I forget this statement.Of course, I didn’t « invent » this, nor
Bubble Abyss
I contemplate all the bubbles in the water that come fizzing from the bottom of my glass to die on the surface by the hundreds,
Attention by default
When sitting silently, have you seen the spectrum of attention narrow and become laser-focused, ?When sitting, have you seen the field of attention suddenly focus
Chasing teachers ?
I see two ways of not chasing teachers, dojos, conferences: -on the one hand, not having any knowledge of the richness and potential for awakening
A (Daily) Matter Of Emergency
If you think you have « much better to do » than sitting in silenceIt is a reliable indicator that it is high time to silently sit.
Forehead Milestone
I have always been surprised and refreshed by this physiological validation of our spiritual path. I know I’m on the way, The forehead gentle itch
2020-2022
The context that I’m going through, that we’re all going through, actually,Taught me two things,so obvious to many,yet, unthinkable for me until recently: -We can’t
In my body, a lotus
I feel thought, literally, as a cognitive phenomenon, as a manifestation (in the sense of a transitory appearance)It momentarily crystallizes and densifies energy. It aggregates
Inner Bows
The same way a mantra or a prayer, after having been recited hundreds of time naturally becomes internalized,We practice bowing…Until it becomes an internal practice,
Path of Buddhism
Buddhism could suggest that there is a whole arsenal of theoretical and conceptual content to master before being able to access the practice and derive
Cube
Statues, candles, incense,We often see them as ritual supportsWhen it is the rituals which are supports of practice and the practice itself is a support
Statues
I don’t think that the Buddha’s disciples, when their master was not present, placed a statuette of him in the middle of the room. If
Notes & Silence 