(transcription of an audio note) I read a page of Gérard Pilet this morning, in which something is written that invites us to consider emptiness
Étiquette : practice
Subtle Things
Subtle, the sound ripples that emanate from the singing bowlAt the beginning of sitting practice,participate in your centering,do not neglect them. Subtle, the wood that
Sitting, Moon, Text, Finger
The important thing is sittingnot the texts in which it is reflected, sitting, moon,text, finger Let us not forget. ©FJ Nov 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe
And The Mind Rears Up
Thought is often an emergency exit.Great calm frightens.Planted in zazen before the abyss of serenity, the mind rears up and builds up in thoughts,then escapes.
Food In Your Body
The ingestion of each food, each drinkis an entry of energy that you authorize in your body.When it enters, it starts circulating and runs through
Final Judgment
The common way of presenting the Final Judgment has undeniable educational virtues. However, another reading allows us to understand this ultimate moment as access to
The Apparition Phenomenon
The apparition phenomenon is both real and illusory. Real: it is the manifestation of deep consciousness that pierces through to the superficial layers. Illusory: this
Choosing the Right Religion
If you understand the nature of the religions’ figures… Saint, gods, bodhisattvas,Angels, spirits, prophets,Then the fear of having chosen the wrong religion immediately fades,as well
Non-Sitting
What makes you want to interrupt the sitting practice is precisely the indicator that the sitting has not begun. Thus, you do not interrupt anything,Since
Come back! (1/3)
Don’t forget – come back! – that under the veil of the mind that so often covers everything, things happen. The flame of the candle
Drawer Zen
If the Zen you practice doesn’t allow you to pass through all the categories,If the Zen you practice is just another drawer, a category of
Measuring spiritual advancement
-How to measure the spiritual advancement of the disciple ?– To the degree of authenticity when bowing with hands joined.-How is this measured?-This is not
Extraordinary Courage and Ordinary Lies
It is in Man a primordial need to maintain his psychological coherence that explains why lies as crude as those that are served to him
Silent Sitting, And The Wind in the Trees
Accept today that you will never be able to solve the equations of the Infinite Sky with the calculation tools of the mind. Whatever the
« My Master Said…. »
There necessarily comes a time in spirituality when the book ceases to be what it was: a « tool of valorisation », the additional stone on which
Notes & Silence 