Experience the physiological parallel between the superficiality of phenomena linked to thought (“the mind”) and superficial breathing.The means of action is bilateral: – dis-sinvesting the
Experience the physiological parallel between the superficiality of phenomena linked to thought (“the mind”) and superficial breathing.The means of action is bilateral: – dis-sinvesting the
It’s not because we talk about « just sitting » and of “not doing” that zazen consists of “simply waiting”.It is not because in zazen we are
After all these years, the true sutra still runs behind the sutra in the mind. The mind sutra still runs behind the upcoming sitting session,
There is no need to fear the advent of the Metaverse Era, whose name is plastered on every magazine, and where each of us will
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