Be careful not to pull the blanket of concepts to yourself.Let your body encounter the coolness of the night air.Nothing can replace the truth that
Be careful not to pull the blanket of concepts to yourself.Let your body encounter the coolness of the night air.Nothing can replace the truth that
Zazen is…a thousand things,but above all,zazen is a very powerful bodily experience. One can conceal it, love it, or ignore it,but the posture has a
Although it is primarily a spiritual practice, zazen is also a physiological need.Although it is primarily a physiological need, zazen is also a spiritual practice.
What is to be rememberedbefore the presence of God,as a necessary corollary, ground for such a presence is freedom. Our great freedom,not different from God’s
The experience of frustration is always an expression of the mind’s projection and its attachment to what it projects as an alternative reality to what
The more I practice zazen, the more I encounter the depth of Christ’s teachings.The more I encounter Christ’s teachings, the more I practice zazen. The
42 years old.*I’ve never felt so old. And I might as well get older, yet I’m not getting any older today than I was at
Spirituality is composed of layers.Sometimes clearly superimposed,other times, they interpenetrate. The layers are populated by a thousand characters, filled with stories and references.The layers tend
Blessing is above all a disposition of acceptance of gratitude, an openness to great wisdom,an orientation of the soul, the heart and the body.In this,
Zazen is the posture of inclusion par excellencewhere all beliefs existand fade away. ©FJ July 2025Recueils / Participation/
I wish I could let my mind fly with the wind…But it is stormy hereThe mind is desperately looking for a shelterWhen there is none
What the calm and delicate observation of the inner world shows me, once again, is that a certain approach to religions, a certain expression of
The buddha does nothing but inviting us, again and againto cut through. The question is, for each and every one of us, on every moment
Let breathing act.Don’t try to make the breathing act.Don’t try to make the breathing do what has always been its nature.Let the breathing do what
The mandarin is truth, and the peel, illusion.Illusion is part of realityHow can we access the truth of the pulp without removing the peel ?