I do not seek to define Zen.Yet, there would be enough here to keep one busy a full lifetime.I have no interest in knowing what
Étiquette : meditation
Burning Zazen
Zazen, act of compassion, toward ourselves and the world.Not in a two-step movement,But in a single moment.Through this sitting, emerges an opportunity for all fires
Laying Hands
I realize the beauty of a job consisting in laying my hands on something, and letting them takeAn animal, a wooden board, a human body,
The Taste Of Life
Whenever the taste of life rises to my mouth,Without a reason why, without anything extraordinary going on,One stick of incense in a hand, one candle
The Extra-Ordinary In Life
The extra-ordinary in lifeis life itself.It does not lay in the action or in the activity that has been accomplished,but in the raising of the
One Coin of Wisdom, Two Sides
-Christ’s version : Truth will set you free.-The Buddha’s version Lies will lock you up. Franck Joseph – ©FJ Dec 2021Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et
Greater Than Our Heart
‘…For whenever our heart condemns us,God is greater than our heart’ (St John) Sitting Zazen, I learn what it means to be greater that my
The Encounter
Systems and ideologies may as well disappear and engulf their share of books, titles, credentials, and words.The grace of the encounter, the appointment with The
Living Spirit
Every time we close the door of words on Jesusit is the Spirit we are smothering,God we are running away from,Jesus we are crucifying. Christ
Meta Coherence
In the process of content production, the necessity for consistency acts like a tyrant, highly efficient and totally ruthless.Without a doubt, consistency structures reality and
Subtle Dial
At the bottom of sitting,There is a dial,In which a subtle needlePoints toward attachment,Pitfalls or drifts. ©FJ Dec 2021Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)
May Life Unplug You
How often have I longed for the encounterWith the human being inside of you.On every occasion, I have found nothingBut a battery of tightly knotted
Drop The Flask !
Inner life can only be…alive.A deadened inner life is the promise ushered by ideological fences and well-groomed concepts.The teaching at the heart of Zen is
The Lord You Read About
The Lord that you read about and the Lord that you experience in alignmentare as different from one another as the word “food’ and the
I Had Forgotten
Along the paths of forgetfulness, I had reached the point where it had become impossible to reach out to the beginning of any genuine Way.Along
Notes & Silence 