Religion can also be a corner of spirituality, a room in the cosmos where we feel at home.I have no problem with that understanding, as
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The Master Inside The Book
Listening to the Master,May you encounter the words of the one who will be able to pivot the cognitive-emotional tool, invite himself into the illusory
The Difference Between the Cat and Me
Before going to sit in zazen, as I do every evening, I ask those around me and invite each of them to accompany me.Like every
Upstream
Do not address the object of desirethis aspect is unimportant.Understand that it stems from the same impulseregardless of the nature of the object. ©FJ August
The Great Resolution
The Great Resolution must be understood as the end of tension, in the musical sense.Tension aggregates sounds and attention toward a single sonic point then
Emergency Mind Button
Whatever the situation, external or self-generated, which sets fire to our mind’s forest,Whatever the winds of chaos that are blowing in our skull, we are
What has seen has seen
When one has understood the modality of things, that is, the place from which things are expressed,When the manner in which things are expressed has
After the Ruin
Imagine the house you’re in, the one that serves as the framework for your entire existence, where you built your life, your person, your family…
The Nature of the Mind
Zazen:-become familiar with the workings of the mind,-realize the intrinsically illusory nature of mental phenomena-identify the origin of the phenomena that occupy most of our
The Temple Gate
The dojosThe three chimes of the bell,The rituals,The teachings,The stories of the Buddha’s life,All are allegories, all are invitations to enter the inner temple,When the
Secondary Devotion
The spiritual value of showing devotion to the historical figure at the origin of our tradition is the (secondary) emergence of a noble sentiment, a
Awakening Within Us
The story of the Buddha is also the allegorical story of the awakening process within each of us.When Siddhartha disappears and becomes the Buddha, he
Anatta
AnattaNon-selfis a directionindicated by the awakened one. Anatta,he places his hand on the top of your headand turns your head in the direction you must
When you talk about yourself
What I observe externally is what I am able to observe.What I am able to observe corresponds to what I am internally.What does not correspond
You’re getting bogged down all by yourself.
It’s nobody’s faultif you get bogged down and exhaust yourself in the literal understanding of the teachings.If the structures within were all in place, the
Notes & Silence 