Great is the temptation to pull the duvet of concepts up to yourself.The darkness it offers is filled with the crackling of artifice,and as for
Étiquette : consciousness
Blowing On Ashes
An internalized form of fasting practice consists of ceasing to consume external knowledge. This can be observed on two levels: – The first is that
The Posture Settles In
I am always surprised by the immediate physical happiness I feel in the lotus position.Surprised to see how the posture settles within me as soon
The Language of Truth
The sounds and gestures of practice are of paramount importance, for they are the form you give to the divine to manifest itself within you.The
“If You Give Thanks…”
Surah XIV, Verse 7 « If you give thanks , I will give you more of My Blessings…. » This is not about rewarding for praise and
Endless Trap ?
The trap of identification is the most pernicious of all.Moreover, there is no area where the trap of identification isn’t prowling, lying in wait for
Man Knows
The realized man knows that at every moment,he is a vessel of the Self, a vessel of the divine.This man is the Prophet, the voice
This Being
Once again, the inner eyelids open and the outside world begins to enter…Once again, the programmed evanescence. Although closest to this face, I knew it
Dead or Alive
Understand…understand again,remember,remember again Four lines,Two instructions,One calling Eternal PracticeResidingBeing. You who reside comfortably,You are still homeless.You who exist from and within the world,You are a
Wordless (2)
To obscure the practice of simple sitting with words is blasphemous.Sitting zazen is the direct gateway to the profound meaning pointed to by spiritual texts
Wordless (1)
Striking the singing bowl in the meditation areas is a primary responsibility,just as fundamental as that of the tenzo, the cook in Zen temples. Both,
A House For Your Soul
Today, I see religions as stalls, shelves from which one helps oneself, boxes into which one plunges one’s hands to pull out elements that clutter
Orgasmic, Indeed
Zazen is…a thousand things,but above all,zazen is a very powerful bodily experience. One can conceal it, love it, or ignore it,but the posture has a
Complicated Gesticulations
So it’s stronger than you, stronger than me, stronger than Man. Even in the silence of sitting, you had to bring your noise and start
Too Organised
The zazen I practice is not that of religious posturing where one adorns oneself in dark robes and sprinkles one’s discourse with Japanese-sounding words. The
