Trapped in this urban fiction, cutting them off from nature and thereby creating the « environment » as a by-product of their fictitious extraction, human beings, through
Étiquette : meditation
Tell me, why do you even talk ?
Among all this illusory unfurling of existence, what is the role of language ?Is it the raw materials, the necessary supply to set all connected
The Dharma River
At this moment, life needed to pivot, to flow and riddle lightlyYet, nothing happened. Stagnation is never due to the bed of lifeBut to the
Freedom Under Lockdown
Oddly enough, this note was written in December 2019, in a time when ‘lockdown’ referred more to sci-fi movies or exciting video games atmosphere than
Wire of Objects
The more objects you own,The further lost you’ll be. After all those years spent fantasizing over induced desires, Coveting ready-made solutions to non-existing problems, Stacking
Ego-ny
Meditating to the point of ego-nyModern meditative practices leave people dried up.Enthusiasts, at first, they later become swollen with an egotic liquid.While convinced they move
Would You Believe The Bliss ?
Sometimes, the feeling of bliss is so prevailing that I barely dare tothink about, say or do anything, for fear that I might break something
Secret Pipe
Zazen : Just sitting, up against the wall, and entering the unexpected space to survive.Free diving through existenceIs a frustrating experience for the adventurous spirit
Silence Left is Right
When something is left unanswered, It is not necessarily the opposite of a Right answer Franck Joseph ©FJ Dec. 2020 – All rights reserved.Articles are available
‘Not of this World’
Words fell off his mouth…Off his mouth, like a ripe fruitOr a milk tooth, pushed downBy the adult one, From his life, Blew the sound
Compulsory Figure
‘What was your true face before the birth of your parents ?’ Without diving in the fathomless depths of this — literally — mind-blowing koan,
Journey Home to Simplicity
One of the most relieving manifestations of joy occurs when we get out of a complicated behavioural or psychological pattern we let ourselves be trapped
Through the Reel
It is no small matter to fall through the film reel, the moment of a splice…the bliss of an absence, a moment of grace,A driven
The Way Up the Woolen Ball (note)
The traditional practice of Vipassana, through the path it unfolds under our feet, is an experiential teaching. Along this path, the pilgrim is taken by
Song From the Burn-Out Gulf (A Psalm For Modern Times)
I have exhausted myselfThere is no place left for me to tap into.Things to do have taken hold on meFrom dawn until dusk, mainly from
Notes & Silence 