-What is the agitation of the mind ?-That which burns everything that passes because it is afraid of disappearing. -Why is the mind afraid of
Étiquette : prayer
Tap-Practice
I sit in the lotus position,I don’t practice zazen like the men and women in black robes. Kesa-kolomo-oryoki… I sit in the lotus position.I don’t
What is a mind at peace ? (1/2)
The peaceful mind will no longer burn all the wood for itself.The psychologic wood will be there. The inner forest, verdant, sheltering passing beings.The peaceful
The Bald Man Was Right
The bald man, whom I eyed with suspicion, was right. Yet I saw in his words yet another gratuitous provocation, one for which he had
Amputating The Soul
Prayer is, in essence, an act of harmonization between the practitioner and reality, the universe, deep nature, God.It is the practitioner’s response to the constant
True Prayer
A prayer that does not involve the bodywill tend toward barren repetition. Prayer will stimulate the mind all the more easilybecause it does not invite
The Breath-Through
Silent sitting is the ultimate adventure in the land of spirituality.The practice includes the 10,000 gates that the pilgrim crosses, in this, silent sitting is
Awakening: The Last of the Class
Intelligence is not an aid…. on the path to awakeningOn the contrary, it is a factor of opacityThe thickness of the intelligence filter is a
Musical Wind
The musical wind, sitting zazen, in front of the still incandescent logs.I am here to hear it,otherwise the wind would play for nothingotherwise the wind
Welcoming the Sound
Me, a musician, my whole life… I, who have spent so many hundreds of hours trying to tame exercises and scales, trying to appropriate the
Thou Shall Not Drink This Beverage
If traditions, in their vast majority, advise against the consumption of alcohol, it is because it is incompatible with the practice. Alcohol de-centers the individual,
Always Vaster
I have always had this attraction to wide open spaces,Since I was little, I have been attracted, physically, by the opposite of confinement.The emptiness of
Eternal Prayer
Ritual prayer: I am seized by a surge of joya joy bathed in sweetnessat the very heart of the prayer that I approach this morning
When Music Undresses
Having reached a certain point, a certain form of interest in music,particularly focused on identity-related discussions, defense of point of view,is a stagnation to be
And If Something…
And if something, in the external environment comes to antagonize your heart, to rub your throat,If something is « your problem with this, that, or with
Notes & Silence 