For many years I have tried — as you were giving away those statements coming from another world.– to back my feelings with reason,You held
Étiquette : meditation
Empty Shell
Losing the spirit of simplicity generates a shallow practice : one more empty shell,one more eggshell on the side of the path, whose living animal is
Just
The only thing we should remember in our practice is how easy it is to forget the ‘just’ in ‘just sitting’. FJ Fev 2022Recueils /
Contacting Fragility
Arrogance is often the stark outcome of a fragility which has been disconnected from reality.This is as painful as the screeching sound of an engine when
Tossing Back The Lid
The immediate contact with the depths of their being :This is what they’re all scared about. As soon as they can sense its emerging premises, it
Lame Ducks And Myself
Sophie walked a little bit closer to the group of people talking and heard the prominent disciple, the one everyone would swear he would succeed
The Gift Of Freedom
It takes a freight of bravery, a serious hint of boldness,A disarming truckload of grace, a wild gift of freedom,To play one’s way through diverse
All Reality Down The Singing Bowl
Have you come to realize that all the words you are reciting,Matter much less than the quality of your presence as you are reciting them ?Rituals,
Days Like This
There are days when the sitting practice is the only moment of authenticity.Our surge of tears rises once we realize the black hole of vanity
Nectar Of Life
Mindfulness is not another practice to be threaded into a necklace,Even if it the most beautiful of all pearls.Mindfulness is awareness of life. On every
The Door Within Rituals
Behind every gesture, every ritual, chant,Behind every practice of a small religion,You’ll find a door opening onto the Large Religion, To all appearances, small religions
Fleeing Process
As long as you do not reside in the Absolute, you are fleeing,Don’t start chasing the Absolute, for you’d be fleeing,You need to see the
Mind-Biting At Reality
Could it be this initial feeling of betrayal by our physical body — ours and others’– , which drives us to deepen our medical knowledge ?Is
Night Sand
The limitations of your mind are the bricks against which you keep banging,without necessarily knowing it,Bricks that will eventually crumble down.Walls and floors alike block
Excited Emotions
Being in such a way that our absence does not generate a feeling of absence,Instantly disarming any attempt at attaching,Is this sheer cruelty or a
Notes & Silence 