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Étiquette : mind
The Challenge of Modern Times
The global spread of technological tools — smartphones, tablets, PCs … is mostly due to the fact these are all screen-based devices. They actually provide
Égalités de Cœur (quote)
L’égalité de cœur, l’unicité de l’expérience spirituelle se situe toujours en amont des mots et des concepts. Les traditions porteuses de mots créent la stagnation.
Cushion Diving (2/3)
Down, where names lose their artificial soothing properties,You name objects to keep track of them in your mental chaos. You organise this chaos with tags
Cushion Diving (1/3)
Thich Nhat Hanh says : ‘Mindfulness and the Holy Spirit both help us touch the ultimate dimension of reality’.These are elements allowing us to experience
Hishiryo
Do not hear the words of othersUnless you’ve taught yourself perfect silence. Do not grasp and consider any conceptUnless you’ve entered non-thinking. When you have
« The Essence of Zen » (note on Harada’s book)
In his book, the Essence of Zen*, Sekkei Harada mentions the ego-self and quotes Dogen’s Zazengi : We cannot explain…Zazen is zazen.We have to say
Undercurrent (quote)
The one who knows Knows no matter what we do, No matter what we think. Franck Joseph ©FJ December 2019 All rights reserved. Les articles
L’Eau Delà
En retournant la lentille, le méditant cesse de concentrer les rayons du soleil. Il n’embrase plus le monde intérieur. Il laisse une douce lumière se
Walk Simply
All this jumble of concepts to untangle, Please, don’t attach to it. Leave it to theologians, to their careers. Lay down this burden of knots.
Common Escape
At any time, practice with what you have There is no other practice, Anything else has been cooked in the kitchens of illusion. Get closer
See-Through Sitting
One thing he clearly had not anticipated as he was sitting zazen through all these years, was that, despite all expectations, and against all pre-traced
The Solid Ground of our Beliefs
Our common beliefs appear as solid grounds to base our lives on. We approach them they seem to densify as a protective reaction to our
La Faune de l’Âme, la Flore du Cœur (2/2)
Il est temps de s’asseoir, Et de lire son âme en direct, sans peur, sans artifice. Les paysages ne sont pas des décors. Les caractères
La Faune de l’Âme, la Flore du Cœur (1/2)
Il est vain de s’attacher aux livres de papier, comme aux lettre d’électrons sur un écran. Tous deux sont des plantes offertes par la nature,
Notes & Silence 