Belief in a self is the obstacle to compassion, emptiness,selflessness and allows compassion, emptiness begets compassion,compassion allows the realization of emptiness, Shiki soku ze kuku
Étiquette : prayer
« You’re a big boy now… »
You’re bigger, broader, freer than that, « leave this body-mind. »Like a father who raises his voice a little to his young child, who doesn’t dare go
Lonely Potato
It is fair to argue that meditating alone is to risk being trapped within one’s own projections, without ever experiencing the favor of a fragment
Ripples From Beyond
I was searching for a path of simplicity, devoid of the clutter of concepts,I was searching for a path not drowned in words, A path
Happy Arrangement
It is intellectual effort that gives rise to the solution in thoughts.It emerges owing to a happy arrangement from the depths. The energy of the
But what are you doing?
Realising the barrenness of identification with mind activity is truly the first step on any spiritual path. Many people teach,don robes and finery,have temples and
Through And Beyond
Spirituality is about sitting through.By way of sitting through, we end up sitting beyond.By way of sitting beyond, we end up just sitting. ©FJ Sept.
The Free Song of Sitting
We were talking then about the distant soul, the lost soul,and you also questioned the existence of the soul itself. Today I tell you that
Compass Posture
The body-mind is a compass.The practice consists of observing the magnet of thoughts.As soon as it moves away, the needle returns to its original direction.As
Between the Bowl and the Mallet
The point of contact between the bowl and the mallet is the point of existence,The encounter between the eye and the light of the object,Between
Shin Jin Datsu Raku (again)
« Leave the body-mind » Dogen’s body-mind, the one that must be « left » according to the famous injunction given to monks in zazen, can also refer to
The Spinal Cable
The spinal cable’s coil is in the belly (hara).During our lifetime, it sometimes activates and then seizes up. Hunched shoulders,Pelvis loses its tilt axisDorsolateral scoliosis
The Below, The Above (2)
The below, the above,The lower floors, the upper floors,The successive floors,The successive ceilings,These are two avenues of investigation, learning, and familiarization.Walking at first surprises the
The Below, The Above (1)
Leaving the mindthrough the floor,through the ceiling,are two different experiences.The investigation of the infra-mental and supra-mental spheres are two different journeys. Infra, here, means « not
“God of Love and Emptiness”
I am struck by reading James Finley who calls Jesus the “God of Love and Emptiness”, and reveals with simplicity the link of continuity between
Notes & Silence 