Mental winds can be the consequences of a karmic swell.The distance from which they come has long been inaccessible to our understanding.The only thing we
Étiquette : practice
The Circle of Practice
‘Sometimes, we become so familiar with the practicethat, little by little, we move away from it…Sometimes, you have moved so far away from the practice
What Is
Seeing what isIs seeing what is not.This may happen as the relationBetween what is and what is not reverses.Sitting creates favorable conditions to such an
A Way out of Burnout
I believe one of the reasons why our professional activity causes so much fatigue is that it operates like a scrambler jamming our natural frequencies.
The Call from Beyond
The Call from Beyond, The Secret GalleryThat you follow from the depths of your beingTo the Being of the Depths Is the Prayer of the
Silent Gratitude
I kneel to thank God, The Universe, Reality, Life, I sit to thank The PracticeFor going so light on me. Broken, cracked from end to
What ‘Night Life’ ?
I sometimes feel sadness towards people who claim to party through the night…They believe that mindlessly hopping from one place to another until the sun
A Hole in my Heart
Preliminary note : The prayer of the heart, or Jesus Prayer, is a very important practice in Eastern Christianity. It constists in pronuncing the name
The Scent from the Refuge
There is a scent in Buddhism,Emanating from the RefugeAt the heart of the woodsAlong the hike, we have the firm hopeTo find there some food,
Hostile Figures on the Cushion
What do we do when difficult personalities show up ?When people hard to love at first glance or people with whom we have shared a
Buddhism and Christianity : the Heart is One
Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity both say the same thing, ultimately. The difference is that Christianity sinks deeper in transitional material. There, it carves niches to
Live Forever
Zazen : seeing DeathComing forth as inner eyes adjust. Zazen : agreeing to stay putAnd sit one-on-one with Life Singing in tune, at last,With what
To the Teacher Who Wanted More
There are few people who meet so many eyes, as they go about their lives. Today, you’re telling me that you wished more for yourself,
This is Real, This is Unreal
Our soul, angels, hungry ghosts, parallel worldsThey are all real. They’re all illusory. Paradise, hell, pure earths, …Everything is true. Until the ultimate truth unveils
Cushion Diving (3/3)
See Cushion Diving (1/3) and Cushion Diving (2/3) I’m asking you to move down a few notches below words.Down enough to see what words do
Notes & Silence 