When others spend their time locking me into their narrow representations,I strive very hard to satisfy no one.Someone has to teach them, right? ©FJ April
Étiquette : mindfulness
Remedy for Suffering
Hidden behind the way followers of various traditions think that the body of texts they cherish as an inalienable block of non-negotiable truth,Inside the childish
Burial Scene
– Say, do you love me ?– Yes, you know it well-And you, do you love me?-Yes– All right, let’s bury each other now, shall
Percer l’Hypocrisie
Une excellente pratique consiste à voir l’hypocrisie de la pratique consistant à faire passer la pratique pour de la pratique.Assis pour la forme,Le fond à
Gratitude
I feel such gratitude to…I don’t know. Zazen in my life is such an injection of beauty, breadth, perspective, clarity, an energetic embrace, an ocean
Poser Ses Mains
Je découvre que la beauté d’un métier consiste à mettre ses mains sur quelque chose, puis à les laisser parler. Un animal, une planche de
Unbearable Sitting
The one who can observe this point of un-bearability in sitting meditation,the breaking point of total boredom, the moment when exasperation is on the verge
Relative Suffering
Two strategies consist in relativizing the suffering of a being: -By comparing them to the level of suffering experienced by their peers (« it’s the same
“A Useless Gathering?”
Music robs the beauty of calmness.On deep water, nothing is built.There, light sinks in and leaves fallAnd plants slowly decompose.All of this is raining inside.
Intentionally left blank (note in progress)
(Quick note on my way to Sakamoto area, Otsu, Shiga, while reading the first pages of Zen Ritual, by Steven Heine…) If I write « this
Tibia Log
On my tibia, up to the internal malleolus facing the sky, laysa log of wood. I knock it with folded fingers, and move towers my
Tsunami Ou Ruisseau
La source de nuisance, bruit, parole, excitation… n’est pas nuisance en tant que telle, ce n’est pas le bruit qui dérange, ni l’excitation de la
The Heart Blown By The Explosion
In the same way as Nagarjuna, with a lot of humor said that there was really nothing more we could do for those who cling
Halogen And Dead Mosquitoes
In the fields of ‘spirituality’,He who reaps is he who affirms. The more a protagonist will be assertive and peremptory,The greater the influx and ardor
Abandonner Le Corps A Chaque Pas
a chaque pas,pratiquer l’abandonchaque pas enseigne l’abandonpar le corps ©FJ August 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — ParticipationsMerci à tous
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