For those whose inner channels are open, instances of collective manifestation are ultimately only a response to particularly powerful inner manifestations, whether individual or collective.
Étiquette : consciousness
The Right Hand, The Left Hand, and the Miracle
External manifestations, apparitions, and representations invite this inner acceptance (they are signs, orientaitons of the heart).Just as they respond to it (they are then projections
Mary, Mother of God
Gentleness, courage, authenticity, purity, and openness are the factors present in Marian energy that allow the deliverance of our true nature, the revelation,in our hearts,
Have You Forgotten the Beyond?
How long has it been since you last passed the crust of the mind ?How long have you been splashing noisily in your pools of
Love and Greatness
The love of « God is Love » is the Greatness of « God is Great. » God is the All-Encompassing One,Embraces (greatness + love)Equanimity (compassion / Joy) ©FJ
Knowing Star
God is greatWhat is always greater.God is greatness. This greatness is my knowing star.Wherever I go, this star,I listen to it.Whenever I listen to this
The Sand-Beach
I think what Dogen means when he says that mountains and seas are time is that they are made of time, that time constitutes them,
Without Limits
Feeling that Zen is limiting and going beyond these limitations of practice,That is Zen,The expression of profound nature is beyond the limits of the framework
Praying for You
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
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
Notes & Silence 