An object is an aggregator of attention.Attention focuses on the object.Attention is an aggregator of tension.Tension focuses on attention.Thus, not all objects are equalAt least,
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No More Adding
The natural connection to your soul doesn’t wait.Teachings can help you…But as such, they are nothing. Sit by the lake,Make contact, listen to the landscape
Healing the Soul
I distinguish two ways of looking at thoughts: – One consists of analyzing the content to be questioned, the substance of each thought, and the
Sitting at Destination
Zen charges straight through the tall grass, cuts across all existing paths,Doesn’t stop at the conversations of groups of men overheard along the way. Zen
Counter-Relief Posture
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
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
Prayer Loop
Prayer, at a certain level, whether we perceive it or not, is a connection between the praying being and the depths of their soul. 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
Notes & Silence 