In zazen I will finally see what is happening beyond the curtain of the mind. To prevent people from investigating the realm beyond the mind,
Étiquette : practice
Soul Call On Hold
Human consciousness is called to this infinity.All stagnation keeping it distant from this infinity groans, and a dull sadness results from its withering.Setting it in
The Unique Piece of Reality
The expression of spirituality will occur in a given person according to their personal disposition: externally (divine attributes, devotion, attention to revelations and belonging) or
Sculpting the World
For those whose inner channels are open, instances of collective manifestation are ultimately only a response to particularly powerful inner manifestations, whether individual or collective.
The Right Hand, The Left Hand, and the Miracle
External manifestations, apparitions, and representations invite this inner acceptance (they are signs, orientaitons of the heart).Just as they respond to it (they are then projections
Zen and the Spirit
When the spirit is open, when opened to the Spirit, I recite the sutras of Zen, I see no shred of contradiction. Zen allows this,The
Tunnel-Lamp-Cave-Light-Treasure
Zazen is not Japanese, not Chinese, not Indian,zazen is not even Buddhist, It is the treasure deep in the heart of every human being.Zazen is
Not Of This Body
The deep in-breath rising as the legs assume the lotus position is not mine.It is in the body, not of this body. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils
What others believe is their own business.
The elements of belief that you find indigestible are so precisely because you perceive them to this day as elements of belief. These are not
Religious Decoding
We can also think of religions as computer programming languages from which softwares have been developed and updated, more or less frequently and effectively.This computer
What Stands In The Way Of …
All thoughts about Zenstand in the way of ZenAll thoughts about GodStand in the way of God These are not two sentences but one universal
The Sand-Beach
I think what Dogen means when he says that mountains and seas are time is that they are made of time, that time constitutes them,
Without Limits
Feeling that Zen is limiting and going beyond these limitations of practice,That is Zen,The expression of profound nature is beyond the limits of the framework
Praying for You
Praying for you is touching our unique natureCommon to you and me,Touching the point within us where we cease to be different,Sheltering this point. ©FJ
The Pure and the Impure
Racking your brain with questions of pure and impure to the point of making them a central, fixed point necessarily leads to rigid behaviors that
Notes & Silence 