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
Étiquette : meditation
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
Ways Of Life
It is often said that physical death is not the opposite of life.Yet, I feel as if I were the one initiating this revelation.This sentence
Cross Of Life
Meditating on the Cross is contemplating the power of the SpiritTo transform, to glorify, and to haveAll the heavy, the entangled, the ugly, the stagnating,Spring
Spiritual Hygiene
Non-attachment to the external forms of religion (including our relation to rituals, to conceptual colors or linguistic mechanisms) in general, and non-attachement to a certain
Ears to Hear
Jesus said : “He who has ears to hear, …”He is echoing what is written in Isaiah, 32, 3 : “Then the eyes of those
Notes & Silence 