I sometimes feel sadness towards people who claim to party through the night…They believe that mindlessly hopping from one place to another until the sun
Étiquette : meditation
The Scent from the Refuge
There is a scent in Buddhism,Emanating from the RefugeAt the heart of the woodsAlong the hike, we have the firm hopeTo find there some food,
Hostile Figures on the Cushion
What do we do when difficult personalities show up ?When people hard to love at first glance or people with whom we have shared a
I believed the Night
I once believed the Night was darkUntil she lifted the curtainAnd showed her ways to let light pierceThrough its bleak filters and black frames I
Headlamp Adventure
We move through life the way we advance in a cave, with a headlamp beaming forward. As we enter the room of our thirties, we
Cushion Diving (2/3)
Down, where names lose their artificial soothing properties,You name objects to keep track of them in your mental chaos. You organise this chaos with tags
Cushion Diving (1/3)
Thich Nhat Hanh says : ‘Mindfulness and the Holy Spirit both help us touch the ultimate dimension of reality’.These are elements allowing us to experience
Knowledge Wishes
May Knowledge descend in youAnd open you eyes, your heart and your mindWhen you’re least expecting it.Yet, make sure everything is ready to welcome it.
The Heart of Disaster
This is why disease or tragedy, when they appear in someone’s life can — in a paradoxical and counterintuitive manner — turn out to be
Night Howling (March 2020)
A strange wind is blowing on humanity.A wind that’s coming from afar.Determined, this wind is howling for a reason.I could hear its omen in the
Subtlety for a Teacher
By endlessly quibbling over the details of the outer posture, don’t we trap ourselves in a suffocating deadend street ? We need to allow the
Simplify Your Life Equation (2/2)
I am not this house
I am not this money.
Ancestral Choir (The Mantra)
You’re never alone when you sing a mantra.Even when there’s only one cushion in the dojo. Whenever you pronounce a mantra or recite the four
the Heart-Ocean
Identity is frothThose bubbles hypnotizeThe eyes of our being. They sparkle, fizzle,Agglutinate and burst. Wide, tranquil, emergency-freeThe heart-ocean does not change a thingTo its peaceful
Nude Life (Quote)
Put the thoughts helmet downAnd see what life is likein its simplicity, intimacy, immediacy. Life is so close you can finally touch it.Life is so
Notes & Silence 