I look at my thoughts and try to calm themAs I hold between my fingers the hanging bamboo sticks and the stone who collides themAnd
Étiquette : prayer
Everyday Suffering Exposed
I once wrote that life was a game, that I become sad as soon as I forget this statement.Of course, I didn’t « invent » this, nor
Chasing teachers ?
I see two ways of not chasing teachers, dojos, conferences: -on the one hand, not having any knowledge of the richness and potential for awakening
2020-2022
The context that I’m going through, that we’re all going through, actually,Taught me two things,so obvious to many,yet, unthinkable for me until recently: -We can’t
In my body, a lotus
I feel thought, literally, as a cognitive phenomenon, as a manifestation (in the sense of a transitory appearance)It momentarily crystallizes and densifies energy. It aggregates
Explaining
Two pitfalls that should be avoided : -Those who always want to explain everything-Those who believe we should never try to explain anything The former turn
Music listening and spiritual practice
Jazz, bebop: listening to higher tempi….from a slow listening point,Embracing wider…embracing from a wider perspective.Listening to the whole thing from a further, deeper place.No longer
Corporate Face
1: Corporation control – But what would I be without you?My company, my group, my corporation, …My very life!You who give all the presence to
Family
In the impossibility to fully embrace space, time, the universe, consciousness, there is something eminently seductive, attractive, familiar.This revelation allows us to initiate the return.I
The Idea of God
The idea of God is certainly the most difficult smokescreen to get throughOn the way to God.The idea of God is certainly what keeps us
Stray Ball, Found Ball
The golf club hits the ball with a sharp brutality and throws it into distant space.Brutality is not precise, also the shot is clumsy and
Bereshit
This morning, I’m reading an explanation of “Bereshit”: “In the beginning”, the very first word of Genesis.The author explains that this beginning is not a
Post-Apple Adam
Post-apple Adam is incapable of living cut off from his true nature,of living naturally. From then on, he knew he was naked and broke apart
Attachment to the Way
As long as there is an attachment to this or that path, the foot placed in the circle of the Heart is still shaky and
Royal Bow
In Zen, words are no longer, You’re talking and talking,And I’ve long stopped caring Royal bow to you. ©FJ Jan 2024Recueils / Participation/ Groupe
Notes & Silence 