Seeing the mechanisms of influence of certain religions, and, adorned with transcendence, their intention to keep the believer outside the realm of spirituality,Seeing the confinement
Étiquette : freedom
Great Clean-up
In his instructions on posture (fukanzazenji), Dogen recommends taking a few deep breaths before beginning.When the posture is correct, a deep breath arises of its
As One Speaks Above
This body-mind is the realm of restrictionsOutside this body-mind, encounter the all-possibleLeaving this body-mind is essential to bring the all-possible back into the realm of
Institutionalizing Zen
It is not because an institution claims to be the guarantor of a tradition,It’s not even because, to a certain extent, it is the guarantor
Around The Worlds
« Leave this body-mind » means: leave the body-mindTo understand something else is to not know the port where we find ourselves,And ignore the departure and the
Truth Without Words
-When is Zen born? – Zen is born when you stop searching for words about truth and start searching for the truth without words. ©FJ
‘Practice-Realisation’
Stopping to look for words about truth,Looking for truthFinding the truthAre not three steps. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation/
Trapping God
In Freedom only, God can be.Religions are traps for people who think that God can be trapped. ©FJ_Fev 2026Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
The Piece of Cheese
The cheese is on the table.The religious figures, gathered around, are interspersed with polite gestures and formal speeches, each extolling the merits of the cheese
The Spinal Cable
The spinal cable’s coil is in the belly (hara).During our lifetime, it sometimes activates and then seizes up. Hunched shoulders,Pelvis loses its tilt axisDorsolateral scoliosis
The First Gate
It is because in zazen we are supposed to have already traversed everything that the practitioner can be given the illusion of having indeed traversed
You’re getting bogged down all by yourself.
It’s nobody’s faultif you get bogged down and exhaust yourself in the literal understanding of the teachings.If the structures within were all in place, the
Land Use And Phone Fasting
What percentage of your mental space is occupied by this or that aspect of your life, this or that product? It may be surprising to
Never Through Thoughts
Zazen teaches me that whatever thought we invite into us, the energy we devote to turning it over and over to investigate its flaws and
No Stamp
Zazen is all about listening to consciousness, and, whatever anyone may say or think, it requires no authorization, no diploma, no prior stamp, no special
Notes & Silence 