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
Étiquette : mind
Practice Beyond Combat
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’
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
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
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)
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
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 ?
Meditating is observing the mind…Nothing else, really…And observing the mind is the wildest adventure on Earth(and beyond) Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021- All rights reserved.Articles are
Useless Thoughts
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
The Practice of Ignorance
It is very clear to my eyes, that the underlying power conveying thoughts does not belong to me.When the vertical axis collides with and opens
What Do I Do With Sensations ?
What I need to do with vedanas (1) is : …nothing.As soon as I attempt to deal with the ‘vedana phenomenon’, I have no other option
Vedanight
One of them, caughtBetween my fingers, staredFor what it is. They’re all out at nightPassing through my inner skyAll different in speed, shape and brightnessBut
Même si la Nuit
Ce matin, le soleil a l’œil qui colle.Pourquoi tant de nuages ? Il reste allongé dans le lit de la nuitEt me cache sa pupille
Wide Angle Awakening
Limiting all inner life phenomena to our the activity of the mind, is having an ideological perspective as well as a fragmentary experience of the
Alone in the Elevator (?)
Breathing in, Breathing out,Thoughts have their own cycles.Suddenly, one disappears and the next one does not arise.A bit of waiting, it does not come. The
Notes & Silence 