The koan of my life, up to now, is as follows :‘How to be a wandering monk without being a wandering monk ?’ How can
Étiquette : mindfulness
Answering Tears
I don’t know how to answer your flowing tearsWithout notice, they’re drowning me.All I can do is grab those old planks of shouts floating nearbySo
The Gift of Irritation
While sitting Zazen, distraction is often what ‘calls us back to order’…An object hitting the floor, for instance, is what show us the way out
Être Aussi (quote)
Ne pas être “pas le mental”Être aussi le mental Ne pas être “il faut se recentrer”Être aussi le recentrement Franck Joseph©FJ May 2021 – All
Hear The Call
The adventure to which we are invited by Christ : ‘Effata’, is not different from what zazen practitioners discover beneath his silent sitting.By opening to silence,
Faith In Zazen
The beauty of Zazen is :It is not because we are unable to phrase it,Or because we are not even aware of itThat nothing is decanting.
Détourner l’Oreille
English Version La musique aimante l’attentionComme la lumière précipite les insectes sur son halo…par inconscienceIls la pénètrent à en mourirLa conscience entière se meurt Aspirée
Zooming out on Couples
The couple format is to man/woman relation what Zazen practice is to our lives :It needs to offer enough space to appreciate our great freedom. Franck
Violoncellique Suite
Quelques personnes sont rassemblées en un écrin. Il émane d’elles un calme d’archet :La certitude douce du violoncelle dans les pièces pour cet instrument de
Understanding The World
It is a mistake to think the world can be understood through a single or a combination of several analysis grids (economical, spiritual, historical…). This
The Blessing Of Knowing
Knowledge is never binary. There’s a whole range of potential positions from ‘I know’ to ‘I don’t know’.Those coordinates along these axes are not compartmentalized.The
Silence Will Sit
First you need to keep silent, keep the silence, protect it, like a bodyguard.Surround it and make sure that conditions are preserved to sustain silence.
Healing For Good
Some difficulties are invisible, inexpressible….They can only be understood once they have left us.A sentence, a word which comes out, without warning,The body, which alleviates
Sick Practice : The One Question (Note)
When you are sleepingOr even beyond death,Ask yourself the question… Or do it in a much more accessible, Daily and daytime manner,During times of sickness
My Kesa (A Robe of Words )
(Re-post) Each of these articles is a stitch on my kesa.On every sentence I have landed my attention.Sometimes stable, sometimes restless,Always trying to touch upon
Notes & Silence 