If Zen seems relevant to me, if zazen is so central to the practice,it’s because, while religions and all traditions focus on photography, landscapes, and
Étiquette : consciousness
4 Incomprehensible Vows
The contradiction inherent in each of the four vows of the Bodhisattva * is in itself an invitation to go beyond.It is the teaching of
The Genesis of Creativity
Creative is the opposite of productive,Creative is the child of idle.Idleness is necessary; it allows for the development of « observing » which is a particular type
Balancing the Equation
The realization of inner spirituality and the phenomena populating the external narrative are only seemingly contradictory. They are not mutually exclusive. These two terms must
Where Sap And Sun Meet
Powerful thrust of pineal sap,Persistent harvest in the vessel of Heaven,Thirty ample minutes on the forehead,Bath of grace,Meeting point of sap and sun. _________ This
Suffering Revisited
When, through events and discussions, a distant suffering resurfaces within you and settles into your life for a few days, bringing with it a host
Illusory Cities
I sometimes have the impression that religions, with their array of texts and practices, are so many artificial sets placed in infinity.I think back to
Normalized Abuse
In a broad, contemporary sense, pop-rock-electro music is a form of psychological hostage-taking.It is a dispossession of the mind. Too often imposed on others through
What If the Butler Didn’t Turn on the Light Today ?
There is a moment of grace upon waking. A liminal space. We’re carried by a cloud of joy, before the worries of our day have
To Be and Not to Be, 2/2
I saw things as things and as dust of things,living dust, teeming, assembled, disassembled, One then the other, one and the other at once,a whole
To Be and Not To Be 1/2
I have seen beings, alternately as thousands of particles piled up, floating, like a cloud, composed of countless microscopic beings, and as unique individuals, just
The Conscious Behind a Curtain
Tonight, it seems to me that the Conscious has surprised the Unconscious; it found itself there by chance, inadvertently.It wasn’t expecting it and was not
No Desire ?
The absence of desire is true sovereignty. As long as desire persists, there is necessarily a delegation of sovereignty to a third party (more or
40 Years Old: Launch Pad
I know that the practices from before the age of forty remain of paramount importance, because it is from this launch pad that energy is
The Death of the Dog
When my dog was about to die, hundreds of tiny parasitic organisms suddenly rose to the surface of his fur. Sensing his body cooling down,
