There is sometimes such and such an area in our lives that we claim to dislike, or no longer support. Such an activity or relationship
Étiquette : difficulties
Arduous Path
Some people are so easy to dislikeThe Way of the Bodhisattva is not an easy way. There are people for whom the slightest encounter pushes
Anger Master
Stories teach me that anger,Anger that holds sleep hostage,Is also my master.A cruel, radical, uncompromising master,But a master whose teaching is unfathomable. Anger shows me
Rolling Down Spiritual Hill
Matthew, once again had reached this stopping point.He had let his heart melt under the fire of divine love.Silent interview in which he had bathed
River Bed
Letting yourself get carried away by sleepSurrendering yourself over to the sleeping currentThere is nothing surprising in the difficulties encounteredBy the one we have so
Tormented Sitting
« Master, I feel so helpless, the onslaught of my thoughts seems to have doubled in vigor lately.Even if I sit zazen, they totally draw me
Now Is The Time To Start Existing
Compelled by the oppressive context of our collective daily life, the one to which, as a people, a part of humanity, we are tied, I
Locked-up Couple
The couple relationship has double locked itself. Still, there are cases where one of the prisoners wakes up amid a dust cloud and starts seeing
Keep Your Power
(re-post) You can keep you dirty power,I don’t want it !Keep it and please, stop wagging it under my nose ! I know you’re unable
Digestion (In Progress)
Once they have soaked long enough in Zazen PoolEven the largest chunks, though difficult to digest,End up dissolving.They later reach the flow of nutrients,Travel around
A Broken Zen
Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Through The Tempest
Bodhicitta : the strength which is given to us,the one we use to hang on to the sailboat mastwhen the strong gusts of thoughts start blowing
Truly Meeting You
My dear friend,The transparency of your sensitivenessIs never a discomfort to you. Here, again, you are teaching me.The clarity, the immediacy of the truth in
Karmic Waves on the Horizon
Mental winds can be the consequences of a karmic swell.The distance from which they come has long been inaccessible to our understanding.The only thing we
The ‘Heart of Darkness’ (The Era of Truth)
This is why diseases and tragedies, when they strike, — in a somehow paradoxical and counterintuitive manner — can be a tremendously liberating experience for
Notes & Silence 