The creation of the world, of the visible and invisible worlds, is not the result of a fortunate impulse given to the elements one day
Étiquette : consciousness
Spiritual Stagnation?
The different ‘stations’ of the spiritual journey are not necessarily traversed chronologically and linearly. They can be actualized synchronously, retroactively, belatedly, unevenly, or in advance,
From Illusion To Illusion, Bubbles Of Religions
Institutional religious practice is reassuring in that it deploys before the practitioner a complete and ready-to-use ecosystem. This “ready-to-think” aspect through which the different elements
People of the Ultimate
The people of simple sitting,Are the people of the ultimate, A sense of the ultimate brings them all together beyond the limits of space or
Meta-Prayer: Open the door
The practice of zazen, sitting,Simple and quietIs the practice of prayer that contains them all.Zazen is the meta prayerNot being of any religion. However, there
No Other God
Saying » there is no other God but God »Is saying there is nothing like the directness of zazen.No purest access to the waynowhere else to
Remembering Presence
What is to be rememberedbefore the presence of God,as a necessary corollary, ground for such a presence is freedom. Our great freedom,not different from God’s
Frustration Teaches
The experience of frustration is always an expression of the mind’s projection and its attachment to what it projects as an alternative reality to what
Zazen Christ Zazen Christ
The more I practice zazen, the more I encounter the depth of Christ’s teachings.The more I encounter Christ’s teachings, the more I practice zazen. The
Are you truthful ?
Surah 52, verse 34“Then let them produce a recital like it, if they should be truthful.” Anyone, if truthful, can produce a narrative like this.Everyone
Primordial River
There is a pulsating pleasure of body and mind, upstream of sexuality and its erotic imagery,It is sexuality in that it originates from the pelvis,And
Are you done, now ?
When you have broken all the rules, pushed all the boundaries beyond all limits,After using every trick in the book—derision and detachment—Then it will be
The Phone Impulse
I realize that contemporary technological tools—PCs, smartphones, etc.—have nothing to do with life.On the contrary, they have everything to do with an escape reaction when
The Arche-Posture
The zazen posture is the archetype.Every posture in our lives can embody this archetypal posture.In each of our postures, zazen can express itself. Listen, engage.
Return to Simplicity
My friend,Don’t spend too much time in dojos.Don’t be captivated by the terminology and the monks’ robes. For then you would miss the eternal freshness
