I distinguish two ways of looking at thoughts: – One consists of analyzing the content to be questioned, the substance of each thought, and the
Étiquette : consciousness
Sitting at Destination
Zen charges straight through the tall grass, cuts across all existing paths,Doesn’t stop at the conversations of groups of men overheard along the way. Zen
Counter-Relief Posture
Another secret of the posture has absolutely nothing to do with the posture itself. It resides in the negative aspect of this posture, meaning that
Captivity Through Entertainment
(Audio Note Transcript) Entertainment, as we have already noted elsewhere, is the art of diversion, the art of « maintaining » the recipient of this entertainment in
Memory of Sound
Sound, like water, is a carrier of information.And just like water, information that is not objectifiable, quantifiable, or conceptualizable as such at a given moment
Silent Songs
Before zazen, I couldn’t hear the birds. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Prayer Loop
Prayer, at a certain level, whether we perceive it or not, is a connection between the praying being and the depths of their soul. The
Nothing Left to Do
Zazen,The leavesThe wind, Zazen,The wind in the leaves,Joy regained.So I have nothing left to write. ©FJ Nov 2025Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Not wanting [not thinking]
When Dogen says that the Dharma is “obtained neither by thought nor by the absence of thought,” this means that one must not “not think.”
Dissolving The Floor
When the floor of the mind seems to have solidified so much that no breakthrough can take place,Is it through breathing that we manage to
Devotion
It does not surprise me that in the great plains of consciousness, the appeal to this or that figure has real virtues of anchoring, of
Invoking the angel, bowing before the cushion
Invoking the angel, a devotion to a particular saint, Ultimately, these are inner practices, just as when a zazen practitioner comes to bow before a
Jumping Off A Cliff
Each ontological incompleteness of language is in itself an invitation to silent sitting,A hand that invites to stretch a dotted line lost into half a
Dogen and the Divine Breath
“Although the unimaginable Dharma abounds within each of us, we can only perceive it through practice, for it is only attained by realizing it. Buddhas
The Divine at the end of the session
The gratitude I feel toward the divine at the end of the sitting session illuminates the artificiality of all the categories with which the human
