Le souci avec la relation superficielle comme seule modalité de communication est qu’elle prend la place d’une relation authentique.Pendant que les manières de surface, de
Étiquette : méditation
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
The peaceful mind will no longer burn all the wood for itself.The psychologic wood will be there. The inner forest, verdant, sheltering passing beings.The peaceful
Consciousness and Rice Paper
The layers of consciousness are like layers of rice paper on the windows.We pierce them one by one, or all at once in the process
Du côté de la joie
Cette tristesse noire que j’observe ce soir en regardant ce documentaire sur le zen…le silence de plomb, l’écoute obsessionnelle,je ne sais pas ce que c’est.
Sacrilege
The true sacrilege consists of not practicing when your consciousness allows it.However, if you don’t practice when you have the possibility to do so, it’s
Heaven and Hell
Read in Thich Nhat Hanh in one of the Commentaries on the 50 Stances of Consciousness.This resonates with the childhood intuition recounted elsewhere in these
Egaré
La rigueur du cadre de pratique,La discipline contre laquelle nous aurions mille choses à écrire, toutes justifiées…présente pourtant un intérêt réel, Le cadre vigoureux, la
Front Contre Sol
J’ai si longtemps sous estimé l’importance de la prosternation.Je vois aujourd’hui de l’intérieur et de façon inattendue, aux yeux des autres comme aux miens, –mais
Let the Bird Enter
Awakening is a bird entering the room, meditation is the open window.Sometimes, put a few crumbs on the windowsill. Once a year may be enough
Dogen, Rephrasing :
To study the Way is accessing oneself.Accessing oneself is accessing something greater than oneself.Accessing something greater than oneself is being informed, fulfilled by all existences.
Through The Island
Zazen is the ultimate posture.All other beliefs, traditions, and expressions are stations prior to zazen. Zazen is the universal foundation, transcending all religions and yet
The Bald Man Was Right
The bald man, whom I eyed with suspicion, was right. Yet I saw in his words yet another gratuitous provocation, one for which he had
Infiniment, Il Attend
Dieu entend les louanges : cela signifie que, par la louange, le cœur du pratiquant s’harmonise au divin, au réel, au Logos,Et le disciple pénètre l’antre
Amputating The Soul
Prayer is, in essence, an act of harmonization between the practitioner and reality, the universe, deep nature, God.It is the practitioner’s response to the constant
True Prayer
A prayer that does not involve the bodywill tend toward barren repetition. Prayer will stimulate the mind all the more easilybecause it does not invite
Notes & Silence 