This body, this mindNow,Are the gates beyond the body and mind, the path to liberation, This body, this mind,Not-now,Are the gates of sufferingHere it is,
Étiquette : body
Book of the Body
The Holy Book, in silent sitting practice, is the Book of the Body.Doing zazen :reading the book of the body,The posture is the edition, the
Bodily Thoughts
When sitting, it is not enough to go through thoughts.In the same way that these are an emanation of the mind,It is necessary to go
This Corpse
By the light — from the lampshade on the ceiling that strikes both my face and the glass in a mirror screen, I can observe
The Caress Is A Meditation
Skin has the power to silence words.The broth of thoughts feeds, stirs and overflows,It pours out the mind-soup and soaks the entire being.Through this infernal
Touching Reality With Your Whole Body
Religion acts like a comfortable duvet, a cozy bed that we find ourselves into one night after the other.This is effective and allows the man
Night Truth
God, Truth, Dharma, Awakening, Consciousness, the Depth of your Soul,Is not found in the texts that I read at night, to reassure myself, nor in
In my body, a lotus
I feel thought, literally, as a cognitive phenomenon, as a manifestation (in the sense of a transitory appearance)It momentarily crystallizes and densifies energy. It aggregates
Dwelling in our body as we age
Aging gradually puts an end to an acute way of inhabiting one’s being, one’s body, specific to youth.This “edge”, a sharp corner, leaves room for
The Great Return
Attachment is also the force preventing or slowing down all movement towards a return to inner balance.The body-mind entity tends towards homeostasis, dynamic balance and
Harmonic Truth
Truth, rather than being restricted to a binary vision – what is true, what is not – should be understood in a much broader framework
Is This Body Mine?
I have long believed that aging was suffering, an incessant sequence of slaps in the face from life.I have long believed that those who let
Clinging to Forms, Sometimes
When sitting practice is difficult, respect for formal aspects is all that’s left to keep us going. Hands joined, leaning to the left, leaning to
A Praying Body
Praying is an experienceAbove all, essentially, a physical experience. Can we consider that physical existence is an occasion for a quintessence of the prayer experience
In This Sitting Body
All lessons,The finest resonances of our deep being,stand there, In this sitting body,Which pulls and cracks,In this body often reluctant to sitting. Sometimes you see
Notes & Silence 