When I say “listening to silence”Do you understand both sides of the practice ? Without listening,Even in the midst of the purest of all silences,The
Étiquette : practice
Underground Arrangements
I am always amazed to see how the teachings to which we do not understand anything, can work our consciousness through underground arrangements, and suddenly
Lack of Transcendence
Here are a couple of sentences jotted down on a notebook several years ago.The fact that today I am hesitating to relay them is much
Le Maître Colère
Les récits m’apprennent que la colère, celle qui retient le sommeil en otage,est aussi mon maître. Un maître cruel, radical et sans concessions.Mais aussi un
Blown Away
It wasn’t really me, was it ?What can I do if the emergence process has been initiated ? And along with it, the explosion into
Chaotic Canoe
Thoughts could be named tribulations.This term perfectly embodies the reality of thoughts and reveals how essentially misleading they are.If we could remember in any situation,
Toothpaste Concepts
There are times when manipulating any concepts (including concepts pertaining to the spiritual realm) is like jumping with both feet on a closed tube of
The Economy of Innocence / Linguistics of Emptiness
Thomas Merton, in Zen and the Birds of Appetite :The notion of innocence (which he offers as a translation for « emptiness ») through economic terms :
Emergence Dharmique
Choisie par le contexteAu sens d’une réalitéNe pouvant déboucherÀ cet instant et en ce lieuSur rien d’autre que cette personneUne émergence dharmique ? ©FJ Nov
Sieve Of Practice
While meditating, we can easily follow the oscillations between the center and the periphery.For the one who listens, it is possible, at any time, to
Aging is A Gift Of Peace
There is a secret gift at the very heart of the aging process. It does not consist of a gain or a loss: As I
Neighborhood and Chicken Bones (note)
The relationships we have with our neighbors can be intense.The similarities between this type of environment and the family environment are striking enough to take
As Long As You Hang In There (Quote)
As long as you remain the plaything of everything keeping you in a suffering zone (your addiction to the superficial areas of your being), you
Nothing New
Behind the common use of the mindfulness word, quite recent, after all, under our latitudes,are hidden further-rooted words of ‘depth and authenticity’. Depth and authenticity
Sainte Ignorance
Lorsque L’Esprit souffle à travers le monde, il est bon que nous n’en sachions rien.C’est là le summum de la conscience.L Lorsque L’Esprit souffle à
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