Praying for you is touching our unique natureCommon to you and me,Touching the point within us where we cease to be different,Sheltering this point. ©FJ
Étiquette : consciousness
The Pure and the Impure
Racking your brain with questions of pure and impure to the point of making them a central, fixed point necessarily leads to rigid behaviors that
Obstacles and Chaos, Of Course.
Zen is the practice of simplicity and silence.This involves encountering difficulty and frequenting noise. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation
Surface Fish
Today I consider the possibility that the question of religion (this one rather than that one, this or that aspect of a religion, the question
Being a Monk or Being Naked
I feel there is a parallel between monastic ordination and a statement I once heard about tattoos, but I can’t pinpoint the precise nature of
Usury vs. Gift
Calculated action with the expectation of return on investment Vs. pure action,Mushotoku vs. Profit-seekingIn action, speech, and thought, the absence of calculating mindThis is enabled
Judgment, Retribution
The Day of Retribution can be read as the moment of truth, the one when all illusions will fall, when man will be confronted with
You owed me 9 Euros?
‘Dreams’ are filled with encounters from previous existences,Those we know perfectly well that we know, without knowing where we know them from.Those who remember us
Getting Out and Remaining (1/2)
When I stop camping on / from my coordinates: [This Body; This Mind] and realize that I am of a much vaster nature than this
Universal Intelligence
AI is said to be capable, on a nanosecond scale, of producing a work of art. Last night, I haven’t done anything different. In this
The Ancient Nets of Consciousness
On the surface, just below, or in an intermediate depth, thoughts float as debris, and some are caught in the ancient nets of consciousness.As debris,
Mandarin
The mandarin is truth, and the peel, illusion.Illusion is part of realityHow can we access the truth of the pulp without removing the peel ?
Endgame
In the Hindu tradition, the world is « lila, » game, illusion.Sitting zazen, I stop playing. ©FJ_March 2026Books / Participation/ Groupes
What is the purpose of this body?
– What is the purpose of this body?– This body is for sitting zazen. – It is impossible to sit zazen all day and all
σύμβολον / Symbol: Re-Unite
Through zazen, realizing that God is a narrative detour to speak and teach the Inner Source,Then understanding the absence of difference between interior and exterior..It
