I enter into real practiceWhenever I do not follow up on the impulse of self-valorization,Whenever, unable to contain it, I work to make it less
I enter into real practiceWhenever I do not follow up on the impulse of self-valorization,Whenever, unable to contain it, I work to make it less
My mind, a flickering candle light,My inner eyes, the endless tranquility of the night. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — Participations
It happens often that a trivial event, without great importance and relating to everyday life more than to the breach of normality, comes to occupy
To the central adage of the practitioner according to which “thoughts have no existence”, I propose to substitute this one: “thoughts are not important”. It
One could object to the argument according to which all thoughts are illusory that this argument is also a thought, and therefore illusory.Thus, all thoughts
We have become executing agents, in many senses of the word.It is one of these meanings that I wish to explore today: the first, the
Before, after the cushion,Listen to the wisdom between two hasty movements, On the cushion,Listen to the teaching between two foggy thoughts Gestures and thoughts are
During sitting meditation, Man walks on a ridge, the winds of thoughts sweep him left and right, send him twirling in the distance,For a minute
Thoughts could be named tribulations.This term perfectly embodies the reality of thoughts and reveals how essentially misleading they are.If we could remember in any situation,
There are times when manipulating any concepts (including concepts pertaining to the spiritual realm) is like jumping with both feet on a closed tube of
While meditating, we can easily follow the oscillations between the center and the periphery.For the one who listens, it is possible, at any time, to
« Let go of the body and mind. »For more than 800 years, we have brought out this luminous injunction by Dogen Zenji,As I sift it once
Meditation is a game of letting goof the mental channelBy dint of being neglected for so many years,The channel rears up, overflows, then dries up.Whether
A thought structure swells and inflates, in an oppressive, sluggish bubble,It breathes with its jerky breath and bursts when it finally enters the Field of
It is impossible to understand anything to the world we live in todayAs long as we ignore this principle :-Announcing the future is creating the