When the Quran repeats that God “hears and sees all,” it is not trying to hammer home a divine obsession with control and guilt.On the
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Bouncing Ball
“Thinking from the depths of non-thought”, said Master Deshimaru…. Absorption in God acts as such on conceptual thinking. In the state of deep prayer, the
Killing Fear
I found the opposite of, the remedy for, fear: –Faith. Tonight, as a last resort, the faith, I embrace, because there is no other place
There Is Your Teacher
Silent sitting is teaching yourselfTo come back to thesimplicitybeautyoneness Of what is Silent sitting is teaching yourselfto come back to emptinesswaiting behind phenomena. ©FJ Nov
Zazen Before Zazen
As we start sitting in the lotus posture, appears the impulse which sets the whole energy-burning machine in motion. When the back of the foot
Godzen (2)
Would you dare to call God Zen and the other way around ?What’s left to keep you from doing so ?That’s the question. ©FJ Nov
Godzen (1)
Any attempts at rendering through wordsThe experience of God, Zenis laughable Very funny,Subtle observationSilent noise. ©FJ Nov 2023 (text and photo)Recueils / Participation/ Groupe de
A Lake of Rituals
Consciousness supports, Who knows where it would wander without you ? Landing gestures,Inner assembly points Walking, sitting, The beauty of being in a ritualized world.
And There It Is
Call it God,Or call it Zen,What do you care ? Where there’s nothing left,There’s nothing left,And there it is ©FJ Nov 2023 text /photoRecueils /
Stabbing Sentence
In our daily relationships, the sentence that hurts, stabs you right in the middle of the heart,The expression that accuses, the lack of response to
Alcohol: Inner Poverty
The relationship with alcohol is sometimes the only possible inner life experience. A hell. For many people, the only investigation of consciousness that they have
Outdated Zen
Institutional Zen: leading figures are mere caricatures who call the rancid “food” and lug their flock into a museum of dusty and artificial objects,Where they
God Speaking To Me?
My 10 year-old son asked me if I knew that the Bible was “God speaking to me” ? I answered I did….And specified that to
God’s Joke
It is the story of a man who completed a doctorate in theology, in philosophy of religions,the story of an gesticulating zen master.The story of
Laugh Me !
The time has come when writing appears as nothing more than an intention floating in the psychological broth. It is observed, acute, lively.It for ever
Notes & Silence 