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
Étiquette : prayer
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
Nothing Necessary
To do zazen, to be penetrated by the teachings of zen, there is nothing else to do, nothing to do but to sit.There is nothing
Body Scales
Zazen, by the highlight it places on the body, ballasts the disciple : whatever his practice, he will be all the more inclined to avoid going
The Stamp Is In The Bubble
Zazen is the starting pointand the arrival point,there is no path,no progression,no pedigree,all this is part of the illusion bubble ©FJ Fev 2025Books / Participation/
Zen
I am a complex man,I need a simple practice. I am a cerebral being,I need to be taught through the body. I am a scattered
Tradition, All Traditions
From the depths of my being, there is no prayer that I cannot pronounce,No practice that seems more exact than anotherI see no difference between
Will You One Day Be Able to See …?
Will you be able to see one daythat all the ideas about God that you entertain (even if they come from the most erudite books)are
Spiritual Success
In a spiritual approach, what to do with this more or less persistent or discontinuous will which consists of ‘wanting to receive’ ? In the
Notes & Silence 