It is often said that action and grace are two polarities of spirituality.The action would then be the setting in motion initiated to pierce through
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Climbing the Zafu With Bare Hands
During sitting meditation, Man walks on a ridge, the winds of thoughts sweep him left and right, send him twirling in the distance,For a minute
“You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people”…
In a famous film, whose title is divided into three categories: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; the world is said to fall into
Ways Of The Outside
The practice of Just Sitting teaches, through practical demonstration, that what always loses us,is the compulsion to seek outside, to want to take root outside
All Beings Vs. Saving Myself
The first line of the 4 vows recited in Zen generally translates as follows : “However innumerable all beings are, I vow to save them
Dis-Appointment
Consider the worst disappointment you’ve ever had to face,Remember the violence of the effect of such revelation,How then has the ‘taken for granted’ crumbled down
Chaotic Canoe
Thoughts could be named tribulations.This term perfectly embodies the reality of thoughts and reveals how essentially misleading they are.If we could remember in any situation,
Toothpaste Concepts
There are times when manipulating any concepts (including concepts pertaining to the spiritual realm) is like jumping with both feet on a closed tube of
« I don’t know what came over me »
It is possible to consider what we have been witnessing for two years now from a different angle : Rather than a concerted effort at
The Economy of Innocence / Linguistics of Emptiness
Thomas Merton, in Zen and the Birds of Appetite :The notion of innocence (which he offers as a translation for « emptiness ») through economic terms :
No Need To Meditate
Master don’t need to meditate anymore,This is the reason why masters meditate. ©FJ May 2022 – Telegram (Publications et Invitations à la Pratique)Recueils — ParticipationsMany
Sieve Of Practice
While meditating, we can easily follow the oscillations between the center and the periphery.For the one who listens, it is possible, at any time, to
Bald Head
Are we able to look at the conceptual layer of our religion ?When we have braided into a mat all the concepts that this religion has
3 Graces
Upstream, the grace of the callingCast down the lane of faithInalienable lineThe awakening seed. Planted in the soilOf the Beyond-Time.Nostalgia without objectAnchored in the Beyond-SpaceOf
Aging is A Gift Of Peace
There is a secret gift at the very heart of the aging process. It does not consist of a gain or a loss: As I
Notes & Silence 