Religion is a vector of spirituality.It is the vehicle of spiritual life and not the matrix thereof.This life, my beating heart,The vehicle that transports this
Étiquette : prayer
No Stamp
The « spiritual content » is not in the possible recipient of a surge of the heart,It is not the recipient that stamps the validity of the
Body-Mind-Now
This body, this mindNow,Are the gates beyond the body and mind, the path to liberation, This body, this mind,Not-now,Are the gates of sufferingHere it is,
Just After
Just after the gusts of wind,for the one who managed to stay on the pathjust after that terrible storm,liberation,grace Do not forget. ©FJ Dec. 2024Recueils
Recent Joys
Joy 1 The joy of sitting is so simple that we struggle to find it,So great that we dare not feel it,Simple, it empties us
The God-Word
Consciousness enlightens,Consciousness sanctifies, The word-God can be the anchor of this Consciousness, when it has not yet opened its sanctifying power,When the Consciousness stammers, and
The Sitting Practice And Life
Zazen is life in me,The living,Access to the well of divine mercy,The straight, direct path,At the heart of our nature, The great return,The greatest grace,The
The Finger of Worship
Many religious practitioners actually worship for the sake of worship and not for the object of worship.They look at the finger of worship and not
Striking the Match
Many practitioners who are very advanced in religious traditions, fine connoisseurs of repeated texts, many very skilled believers, very quick in the presentation of the
Dharma Rain
Monotheistic religions offer nothing less than a path of liberation through the domestication of inner energies. These are personified, incarnated to deploy all the narrative
Praying as one quits smoking
In the first degrees of prayer, it is done in the same way that a smoker seeking to get away from his addiction will chew
Guilt
Guilt is an an ex-post constructionSometimes, it rises years after the act,Sometimes only a few seconds. The fact that the individual later repeats what they
All Prayers, All Practices
If you have been looking elsewhere and inquire about prayers and practices,and that, in a breeze of memory, you sit back on the cushion,you discover
The Thing Next To The Thing
Zen is a tradition where we don’t say the thing,we prefer to talk about the thing next to the thing, wisdom,humility,mischief, or all three at
Making Little Toys
The daily mind of Man constantly seeks to make and grab these little mind-made toys and knit scenarios. The human mind is -a toy factory,-a
Notes & Silence 