The extreme dematerialization of Zen operates both externally (rituals…) and internally (concepts, representations…). It is what makes Zen a refuge, a point to which we
Étiquette : practice
Final Rest
Zen masters, patriarchs of yesteryear, when they felt the hour of death approaching, would enter zazen and welcome in the posture the echo of their
How Reality Hatches Out
He who has not seen that it is information that creates reality, not reality that creates information, understands nothing at all. Information => shaping of
Thoughts Lose Their Hold
In zazen, as long as the hold of thoughts operates, speech is of no use.When thoughts lose their hold,In the universe that opens, speech is
The Dirtying Machine
The « thought » activity represents an effort.The laundry washing machine is powered by electric current, itself produced by coal or else.Observing the effort, the energy underlying
Practice: shut up and leave.
3 types of people in spiritual circles: Among disciples, the three most common profiles are found successively in the same person (or even synchronously): -Those
Nothing New
There is nothing I say that hasn’t already been said,I have no interest in that,Not a hair of a dog in the fight. I’m not
N’En Veux Pas
N’en veux pas à la pratiqueNe dirige pas ta colère contre ce qu’ils en font,La pratique est juste la pratique,Et ce qu’ils font est simplement
Pratiquer zazen
On peut pratiquer zazen au point que zazen disparaisse,réduire sa pratique de telle sorte que la pratique disparaisse. ©FJ Dec. 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe
Emptiness: Unnamed
When the breath passes through me, Undulations in the pipes,All dust carried away,Primordial line,Why put a name to it?If there is nothing to receive a
Mind: Physical Experience (1)
The hell-mind is a physical experience.It begins with the first drops of consciousness injected. Without it, the fire of the hearth of thoughts consumes everything,
Emerging from Silence
This gratitude I feel upon emerging from the silence is not manufactured or induced by some religious machinery; it is the song of their absence.
Two Lovers
Prayer and meditation are overlappings between the veils of the world. They allow one to pass through. Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, one glimpese the
Nothing But Bubbles on the Surface
Although powerfully esoteric, the practice of simple sitting, zazen, is served by a radical empiricist approach, since the essence of the practice consists in dissolving
Body of Practice
Spirituality is also practiced outside the defined realms of spirituality, such as established religions and associated practices.Thus, if as soon as attention is aroused, spiritual
Notes & Silence 