In the Book of Nehemiah 2:13; “By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal[ Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem,
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The Axis Of Relation To Christ
In our relation to Christ, there is the whole range from the most dualistic devotion to the radical non-dual approach. From the devotional to the
Grace Alone: God’s Space
There is a nice parallel between one of the founding postulates of Protestantism, according to which the grace of God alone saves the soul of
Everything Can Turn…
What do I like in life?Investigating silence, that’s all.This is why sitting takes the central place of my existence. Around the cushion gravitates my existence,a
Even if I can’t hear anything
I have never found answers anywhere else but in the practice of silence.Sometimes, silence makes events speak,Other times it silences them all.But still, it nourishes
When Everything Shuts Down
All these posts can as well stop right hereI will write, as far as eyes can see, sutras, mantras, passages from holy texts, prayers,That would
Her Whom I Embrace With My Eyes
The practice of simple sitting is a joyful practice.It teaches the courage to go beyond the crust of concepts.Experience requires going through this crustIt is
Zen on the lips
Zen, Zen, Zen… It does not matter the least !For Zen does not exist, Zen exists nowhere else but in yourself, right here, right now,What
The Language of Silence
I waited a long time in silence.Silence does not speak Hebrew, Sanskrit, Japanese, Arabic or Latin.Silence does not speak.That’s one more reason to listen.
City Practice, Field Practice
The practitioner of the meadows, of sitting in the wild, is very sad when he passes in front of the building where city practitioners gather.
Have You Seen It All Yet ?
To practice Zen, You have to have seen it all To have seen it all You need to practice Silent Sitting ©FJ Oct 2023Recueils /
Beep Beep And Coyote
Concepts run, endlessly, to the point of exhaustion,And then they pass the baton to others. Concepts run behind God, the living, Always faster, Always elusive,
Zen Heresy
The emptier my practice,The more I’m able to welcome all practices.This is the heart of true Zen.Any arrangement of a systemic ‘Zen’is a total heresyabsolute
A Compass For the Soul
The Spirit that pushes Man along the axis of disintegration of all concepts inherent to religious and spiritual practices… Is the compass of the soul.The
Junk Food of the Spirit
Until you reach silence, religion, spirituality, are just gibberish: physical equipment from the Grand Bazaar where everything is worth anything else, where nothing is worth
Notes & Silence 