Knowing what one is notis only seemingly negative. In reality, it’s about knowing that one is not ‘that’,that what one thinksis not one’s true nature,
Étiquette : mind
Desire – Illusion
Desire is the matrix of illusion,Illusion is the matrix of desire. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation/
From glass to glass, lower than the earth.
A single glass of wine: the difference is striking.I have The feeling of being an out-of-tune guitar, incapable of resonating, with a certain passive enjoyment
Getting Out and Remaining (2/2)
Yet, these coordinates are also the point of exit, of expansion of consciousness.Therefore, there can be no expansion, no liberation of consciousness, until its transitory
Getting Out and Remaining (1/2)
When I stop camping on / from my coordinates: [This Body; This Mind] and realize that I am of a much vaster nature than this
Lava of Life
Answer the call of the Geyser,Drive yourself to the point of birth,There, just in front… Place your ear and hands against the ground,Listen to the
The Lord Knows Thoughts
Psalm 94: “The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath..”… The Lord is the One who knows thoughts.To reside in
Posture: Visible-Invisible Union
Posture is the manifestation, in the physical dimensions, of everything that happens beyond the seated person.It is not you who has these perspectives, these understandings,
Around The Worlds
« Leave this body-mind » means: leave the body-mindTo understand something else is to not know the port where we find ourselves,And ignore the departure and the
When the Child Appears
Do not think for a moment that I write spiritual texts,I don’t. I merely read my heart with a pen in my hand,I light up
Truth Without Words
-When is Zen born? – Zen is born when you stop searching for words about truth and start searching for the truth without words. ©FJ
‘Practice-Realisation’
Stopping to look for words about truth,Looking for truthFinding the truthAre not three steps. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation/
Compass Posture
The body-mind is a compass.The practice consists of observing the magnet of thoughts.As soon as it moves away, the needle returns to its original direction.As
Between the Bowl and the Mallet
The point of contact between the bowl and the mallet is the point of existence,The encounter between the eye and the light of the object,Between
Shin Jin Datsu Raku (again)
« Leave the body-mind » Dogen’s body-mind, the one that must be « left » according to the famous injunction given to monks in zazen, can also refer to
Notes & Silence 