There are two modalities to actually experience an event,This statement can be broadened to two manners of going through life.Each modality comes in a wide
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Inner Compass : Can you Feel The Center Quaking ?
Faced with changes in societyThose that we are forced to swallow through all our senses,Whose trivialization is claimed in order to justify the installation of
To The Word Juggler
Unfortunately for the recipients of these lines, handling contradictions may not be sufficient to master Zen.Not even to start setting foot on the Zen path.
Hatching Mindfulness
Nothing else but the quest for I Am can heal the quest for I am.Nothing but the investigation of our deep layers of consciousness can
Ideolo-Jail
To thwart whatever ideology we are confronted with,To save the individual who has been made a prisoner by such an ideology,One has to zero in
An Experience of Timelessness
After so many years spent living it, following its flows and back-flows, all these thousands of hours trying to understand it and improve its articulation,
Nothing Up My Sleeves
Look at Man:He spends his life creating a diversion.Man is nothing but a salon magician.Ignorant enough to delude himself, to be amazed, to applaud his
My Mind On Other Things
I wish that, on this evening, May 30th, 2020,That the whole Cosmos,Everything it carries, and everything that carried this planet,Forgave me for not having been
A Teacher’s Paradox
This is not your fault.The only thing I can teach you is, eventually, to become what I am, for there is nothing else I really
Seeing The Karmic Building Collapse
In Buddhism, the concept most prone to misunderstanding is that of emptiness.« Reality is not. What we see does not exist. » This is what often makes
Karma and Illusions (note)
Deshimaru, in his commentary of Shodoka : “Because of our karma and our illusions, we each have a different perspective on everything that surrounds us”.
The Concert All Around
To the awakened soul, every sound in our daily lives participates in a subtle and delicious symphony.A spoon stirring a cup of tea, a cup
Fleeing Fear
Outer fright aiming at population controlEchoes an inner fear, often unconscious, planted by a skillful figure, in order to maintain control over the individual. The
Attachment to Non-Attachment : Case Study
At any time, in every tradition, land-clearing practitioners, spiritual adventurers have had their donators, benefactors, helpers along the way, bringing them support, one way or
Zazen Responds
To the saturation of our psychological field,Zazen responds by increasing our buffer memory. To the impending smothering event, due to the rising level of water,Zazen
Notes & Silence 