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The Big Shift
Sophie knew it. She had prepared the path for what she was about to experience that day.All these imbroglios straight out of Zen stories, all
Pied-de-Nez (quote)
Faire Kinhin*, c’est mettre son nez dans ses pieds et respirer *Kinhin est la pratique de la marche en conscience dans le Zen Soto :
Undercurrent (quote)
The one who knows Knows no matter what we do, No matter what we think. Franck Joseph ©FJ December 2019 All rights reserved. Les articles
And Zen itself can Disappear … (quote)
« I believe the real teaching of Zen, its core material, is to remind us there is no spirituality separated from what is — literally –at
The Safe and the Manual
We could consider religions as technical users’ guides to explain algorithms and mechanism of a safe protecting the truth. They claim their thoroughness and exhaustiveness.
Let God Through
The concept of God is paradoxically the most opaque of all filters. It sneaks somewhere between the eye of the observer and the inner lens,
The Luck Card of Zazen
The practice of just sitting is the luck card on which you’ ll find the following message : « Move to the final square. You’ve won. »
Bravery of the Spiritual Path
Because God can never be an outside in application but is always an inside out revelation, I’m not convinced that theological and pseudo-theological concepts are
Sailing Away on a Zen Boat
Why would I ever dock in Beliefs Islands ? Zazen is my sailing boat The celestial body is spherical If I love sailing so much
The Clouds of Intentions
It is dizzying to become aware of the share of our actions, speech and thoughts, that is determined by the intentions we ascribe to others.
Common Escape
At any time, practice with what you have There is no other practice, Anything else has been cooked in the kitchens of illusion. Get closer
See-Through Sitting
One thing he clearly had not anticipated as he was sitting zazen through all these years, was that, despite all expectations, and against all pre-traced
The Solid Ground of our Beliefs
Our common beliefs appear as solid grounds to base our lives on. We approach them they seem to densify as a protective reaction to our
Meditating through the Cloud
« To his inner eyes, the practitionner becomes transparent. When his secrets are unveiled, he disappears. Like a cloud where he thought he could land, Through
Notes & Silence 