What is to be rememberedbefore the presence of God,as a necessary corollary, ground for such a presence is freedom. Our great freedom,not different from God’s
Étiquette : prayer
Are you truthful ?
Surah 52, verse 34“Then let them produce a recital like it, if they should be truthful.” Anyone, if truthful, can produce a narrative like this.Everyone
Primordial River
There is a pulsating pleasure of body and mind, upstream of sexuality and its erotic imagery,It is sexuality in that it originates from the pelvis,And
Sacred Fountain
Have you discovered the secret fountain at the heart of the sacrum ?The pumping water of the sacred tree,Have you activated it? ©FJ_Jan 2026Recueils /
Are you done, now ?
When you have broken all the rules, pushed all the boundaries beyond all limits,After using every trick in the book—derision and detachment—Then it will be
The Art Of Telling Apart
When the Book Of Life writes itself within me, I can hear the invitation.The words in letters of light that appear in my mind are
The Phone Impulse
I realize that contemporary technological tools—PCs, smartphones, etc.—have nothing to do with life.On the contrary, they have everything to do with an escape reaction when
To P.M. 23/10/2022
Tonight, in silence,all of us sitting in our homes,we thank youfor making us who we are, For being the person you were,for giving, together and
The Arche-Posture
The zazen posture is the archetype.Every posture in our lives can embody this archetypal posture.In each of our postures, zazen can express itself. Listen, engage.
Return to Simplicity
My friend,Don’t spend too much time in dojos.Don’t be captivated by the terminology and the monks’ robes. For then you would miss the eternal freshness
Outside of Time
Consciousness that is outside of timeHe who looks at the wrinkled hand of todayis the same as he who looked at the hand of yesteryear.
Gone Gone Zen
When everything has been subtracted from the practice of zazen,there remains the task of removing zazen from zazen,so that simple sitting is empty of simple
Mental Body 2
An emotion can also be at the root of the inflammatory phenomenon of the mental body. Fear has a powerful potential to invade the mind.
Mental Body 1
The mental body (body of thoughts) is sometimes the victim of an overload of activity.It can then overflow, being awkwardly released onto the physical body.
The Breath of Silence
Spirituality is composed of layers.Sometimes clearly superimposed,other times, they interpenetrate. The layers are populated by a thousand characters, filled with stories and references.The layers tend
