Opening your eyes in complete darkness is a very relaxing practice, to which we do not pay enough attention.The eyes and the mind benefit greatly.Appeasement
Étiquette : peace
The Offering of Reality
A striking effect of meditation practice is that it predisposes one to see Beauty. The Beauty that emanates from the simplest arrangements of reality… -a
Stagnation Words
All egotistical speech (Packaging words that aim at telling oneself) is a sound of heaviness, density and stagnation. It carries and expresses an energy that
The Sword
Jesus said that he came to bring not peace, but a sword. Like the illusions in Zen that are cut through, the sword that Christ
A Trail Of Words
A primary understanding :Reciting prayers does not aim to solicit an external entity but to foster an inner disposition.Therefore, the prayer achieves its purpose when
Longing and Yearning
This yearning for our deepest Nature, to the earwhat has filtered out all perception, mental, all induced memories,is none other than our longing for God.
Can You Still See the Sky?
Religions are grids that cover the sky.They are devices that are at once practical, artificial, and opaque.The thicker the grids of religion become, the less
Common And Unique Practice
Before meditation begins, I join my hands and bow forward,Gassho,as one says grace before a meal. When meditation ends, I repeat this gesture,as one gives
The Beyond
My call is that of the Universe,my impulse is toward the Universal,the Beyond That is the reason of Silent Sitting Practice. The universal is the
Religion of Noise
You have made a religion of noise.You have made noise a religion.Your relationship with noise and the environments that generate it is religious. The noise
Dogen and the Divine Breath
“Although the unimaginable Dharma abounds within each of us, we can only perceive it through practice, for it is only attained by realizing it. Buddhas
Mary and God
Mary is the feminine energy, the feminine face of God,Mary is the feminine expression of God, Mary is the feminine of the Divine,In this, Mary
Obstacles and Chaos, Of Course.
Zen is the practice of simplicity and silence.This involves encountering difficulty and frequenting noise. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation
It’s still a long way off, but it’s something.
If expanded consciousness brings inner peace, it’s because it corresponds to a moving closer, a coming together of the human mode of existence in the
The Ancient Nets of Consciousness
On the surface, just below, or in an intermediate depth, thoughts float as debris, and some are caught in the ancient nets of consciousness.As debris,
Notes & Silence 