From the bus window, music in the headphonesColors landscapes with graceAnd on the shore of the lipsA smile surfaces to welcome life As I awaken
Étiquette : poetry
Before Awakening
Beauty lies in the slightest moveIt sizzles behind every sound,But you don’t see it yet. One spoonful of instant coffee in hot water. Franck Joseph©FJ
A Broken Zen
Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Eternally Away
Spaced. One by one, preoccupations dripDown on the water surface From the extreme tip of the stalactiteTo the underground reservoir. In the echoing lapping,true happinesseternally
Strategists And Poets (note)
Our human society can be divided into two columns : such a distribution covers most of our social structures : On the right-hand side, those whose
Welcoming Orchestra
Spoon in the coffee jarCoffee powder falling in the cupHot water poured in Spoon in the cupSpoon in the cupSpoon in the cup Spoon on
The Practice of Ignorance
It is very clear to my eyes, that the underlying power conveying thoughts does not belong to me.When the vertical axis collides with and opens
The Freeing Perspective
Would there be anyone to tell me or show me in which fold from the Big Consciousness Cloth I have once again let myself be
Live Forever
Zazen : seeing DeathComing forth as inner eyes adjust. Zazen : agreeing to stay putAnd sit one-on-one with Life Singing in tune, at last,With what
Summoning Death
Mary often appealed to her great freedom as a determining feature of her personality.She would therefore try to present a socially acceptable side to substitute
Meet your Deadline, again
There is so much anxiety in the process of getting old, like having mountains as only horizon. Reaching the Peak of the Thirties, as there
Freeing Obedience
When obeying the invitations of life, In front of ourselves, Life within and through ourselves, There resides our Great Freedom Indecision, self assertion, items of
Religion Left
At the bottom of our sitting When the swirls wear away And the glittery boards Of words and concepts Crumble down, For eyes have
Human Contractions
Version française disponible ici What they perceive today as a bunch of insignificant contractions, simply requiring a bit of rest, but certainly insufficient to justify
Spiritual Friendship
Une version française est disponible ici : Amitié Spirituelle : I Shin…. (1/2) As we remain on the cushion through our simple sitting practice, time
Notes & Silence 