What is said seeks what is true and what is false.This is the function of language, but everything is true to different degrees, on different
Étiquette : prayer
Time To Strip
What is the heart of your practice once it has been stripped off of all it conceptual layers, and community-induced behavioral patterns, of every attempt
The Sand-Beach
I think what Dogen means when he says that mountains and seas are time is that they are made of time, that time constitutes them,
Without Limits
Feeling that Zen is limiting and going beyond these limitations of practice,That is Zen,The expression of profound nature is beyond the limits of the framework
Praying for You
Praying for you is touching our unique natureCommon to you and me,Touching the point within us where we cease to be different,Sheltering this point. ©FJ
Actualizing the Beyond
Posture is to Zen what landing coordinates are to a spaceship.Posture is to Zen what manifestation is to the principle.Posture is to Zen what phenomena
Divine Presence 2/2
I wonder if this is not the case with Mary, in Christian teaching.Theotokos, the “Mother of God,” through her initial “yes/fiat,” up until the day
Fly On
I wish I could let my mind fly with the wind…But it is stormy hereThe mind is desperately looking for a shelterWhen there is none
Divine Presence 1/2
Isn’t the literal understanding of sacred texts and elements of tradition supposed to allow believers, disciples, to access a level of understanding, albeit inferior to
Ignorance
-Qu’est ce que l’ignorance ?–Croire que l’on habite dans la sphère des pensées, plus les conséquence de cette croyance(identifications, perception du réel, via le prisme des
Usury vs. Gift
Calculated action with the expectation of return on investment Vs. pure action,Mushotoku vs. Profit-seekingIn action, speech, and thought, the absence of calculating mindThis is enabled
It’s still a long way off, but it’s something.
If expanded consciousness brings inner peace, it’s because it corresponds to a moving closer, a coming together of the human mode of existence in the
Still on the Run ?
What the calm and delicate observation of the inner world shows me, once again, is that a certain approach to religions, a certain expression of
Desire – Illusion
Desire is the matrix of illusion,Illusion is the matrix of desire. ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils / Participation/
Judgment, Retribution
The Day of Retribution can be read as the moment of truth, the one when all illusions will fall, when man will be confronted with
Notes & Silence 