Both hands in the pocketsTo clasp in the center of palmsThe object of her faithThe echo from elsewhereSolutions from here… A soft, velvet pebbleHas gone
Étiquette : practice
A Wide Wide Heart (2/4)
Julie was knocked out, stupor-stricken.She had been sitting there, in shock, for hours, days maybe.Whenever she tried to escape that state, to trick its mesmerizing
Hakim Opens The Door
The way the body feels itself, direct feedback, from the inside and so close we might as well completely ignore it.Is the same vein as
Locked-up Couple
The couple relationship has double locked itself. Still, there are cases where one of the prisoners wakes up amid a dust cloud and starts seeing
The Awakening Soup
As ingredients are added to the brew, a chef will regularly plunge the ladle in the pot and keeps an eye on the overall texture.
The Koan Of My Life
The koan of my life, up to now, is as follows :‘How to be a wandering monk without being a wandering monk ?’ How can
Friendship In The Deep
Matthew never said the person he felt close to that they were his friend.Never did he let that one syllable hit like a ton of
When Pretending Collapses
You have always made do with pretending.Today, pretending just won’t do. Compliance with other’s pretending does not protect against anything.It only pays the highest price
Seek The Fire
The fire, incubating underneath all the words :Here’s what deserves our mindful focus. Words are nothing but the desperate leftovers, remnants from psychological play-dough,Thrown on
The Gift of Irritation
While sitting Zazen, distraction is often what ‘calls us back to order’…An object hitting the floor, for instance, is what show us the way out
Hear The Call
The adventure to which we are invited by Christ : ‘Effata’, is not different from what zazen practitioners discover beneath his silent sitting.By opening to silence,
Zooming out on Couples
The couple format is to man/woman relation what Zazen practice is to our lives :It needs to offer enough space to appreciate our great freedom. Franck
The Accordion Principle
The times of old age already herald the times of childhood,And the watermarked child appears through the old man.Relaxation and contraction: childhood unfurls again.Even though
The Blessing Of Knowing
Knowledge is never binary. There’s a whole range of potential positions from ‘I know’ to ‘I don’t know’.Those coordinates along these axes are not compartmentalized.The
Silence teaches Silence
Silence teaches the pointlessness of mocking,Of the attempt to reach the final witty remark.Silence opens to the appeasing state related to extinctionAnd takes us further
Notes & Silence 