The first row of mental blocks must be placed on calm, peaceful ground.If this isn’t the case, none of the structures located there deserve our
Étiquette : peace
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The entrepreneurial mind, when too sharp, seeks to build and, in doing so, does not allow the emergence, existence, and disintegration of everything that emerges
Great Pool
Equanimity is ultimately the great pool in which nothing is as important as we think. The great pool,The great ocean,The vast mind,The one mind ©FJ
Endless Surrender
In kinhin*, with the front foot, I return to the earth, with the exhalation, I lead into the ground.With the back foot, I release, I
The Nature of Nature
If the materials from your religion are part of what blocks the path to Being, this is an indicator of the distortion of these materials,
The Eternal Now
God Now,For God is always now, This is what Zen teaches,God is now, This is so true that God and now are synonymous.Now is the
In The Word
In the beginning was the WordIn the Word are already present all words, all languages, All the thoughts, all the inner impulses of God,In the
As We Lay Dying
Christ is also the whole of creation.Understanding this avoids many straying into dead ends where exacerbated identification reveals itself ‘as we lay dying’ in such
Feeding the Whole Being
The parable of the seed that does not grow on the edge of the road (Matthew 13:1-23) can be understood as an invitation to dwell
Grasp the Rope Where It Is
We can gauge the harmfulness of a thought by its potential for confinement.How impermeable are its walls?To what extent does it hold us captive? This
Foundational Simplicity
Nudity consists above all in listening to the energy flows in and around one’s body – physical and mental flows. For many, whether beginners or
Welcoming, Letting Go
Zazen creates the space to welcome internal and external phenomena.Zazen creates the space to let them go. The narrow space creates the reaction to internal
Embrace-Reunion
Leave the mind…All these disciples claim they want to leave the mind.Yet, among them, who really wants to?The inability to leave the mind is the
Body of Practice
Spirituality is also practiced outside the defined realms of spirituality, such as established religions and associated practices.Thus, if as soon as attention is aroused, spiritual
Where Is Your Wickedness?
The wickedness we retrospectively attribute to others, at the moment this attribution occurs, is a fabrication of the mind. As such, it has no real
Notes & Silence 