mind – Page 14 – Notes & Silence

Meet the Journalist

avril 3, 2021 Notes And Silence

Still digging out old posts….from earlier sitting sessions, back in 2016. I recently bumped into someone I had never met before.Someone I know more than

Dragon/Fly

mars 28, 2021 Notes And Silence

Thought is a tiny fly…It’s overexcited, voracious and insatiable. The mere beginning of the furthest of any approaching sound gets it flying all over us.

Necessity Of A Useless Effort

mars 27, 2021 Notes And Silence

According to the Sutra,Where there is strength, drive, enthusiasm, vigor,There is awakening. These are various possible translations to the Virya Paramita (The Perfection of Energy).There

Soul Sharpening

mars 18, 2021 Notes And Silence

When the wood pencil is so short,That it threatens to disappear On every stroke, on every letter, Where has its former body gone ?Is it true

God Means ..

mars 11, 2021 Notes And Silence

God means the bottom of your soul, your most intimate self, as Meister Eckart put it.You can look elsewhere, but be prepared for inconsistencies and

Practice Beyond Combat

mars 5, 2021 Notes And Silence

Practicing Zazen, just sitting,Is answering ‘mu’ to all questioningsSubtle and non-subtle onesThat are stirring up our minds. By sitting Zazen, we practice ‘not entering’.Sitting on

‘No Place To Sit, Nowhere to Rest’

mars 2, 2021 Notes And Silence

Once his visitors have mentioned the absence of any possibility to sit, as they come to meet Vimalakirti, he asks the the following question : ‘Have

The Path Is Clear

février 28, 2021 Notes And Silence

A French version is available here : La Voie Est Libre ! I feel sorryFor people who love to stuff their mindswith new age sauce

Winter Gusts

février 13, 2021 Notes And Silence

There are times in a life,Crossroads in the nights,When the energies passing throughCan be upsettingly violent. The practice of Zazen, sitting meditation, Creates conditions for

Naked Buddha (1/2)

février 11, 2021 Notes And Silence

I can’t assert that there actually is such a thing as Buddhism.I do not assert Buddhism exists. A few gestures, attitudes, words, a couple of

Words : A Footbridge To Nowhere

février 9, 2021 Notes And Silence

Here is a strange belief, both highly common and yet quite surprising :The belief according to which words would withhold elements of truth. We would therefore

Feeling Adventurous ?

janvier 30, 2021 Notes And Silence

Useless Thoughts

janvier 28, 2021 Notes And Silence

There is a fundamental equality in the way our mind material is useless.Not a single thought worth being a source of preoccupation,Even though variations in