The problem with superficial relationships as the sole means of communication is that they replace authentic relationships. While superficial manners, with their insipid artifices, reduce
Étiquette : psychology
When Trauma Erupts
As long as the traumatized person hasn’t reconnected the traumatic parts of their story,As long as they haven’t reconnected with the traumatic parts, by revisiting
The Leaning-Toward
At the source of every thought, whatever its content, praiseworthy or trivial, subtle or crude, superficial or profound,there is always the same ingredient, the same
Decoding Consciousness
The urgency, the one that truly deserves speeding up time, consists of achieving the counter-urgency: slowing down the pace of psychological life, compared to the
The Noise of the World
Social and political questions are noise from which it is healthy to distance oneself.The distance, whose form can be multifold, allows one to realize the
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
Psychological Threshold of Sitting
In the practice of zazen, there is a psychological dimension… this is absolutely necessary in that it constitutes a modality, if not of refining, of
Revealed Affection, Concealed Affection
Treating someone without regard is sometimes a mark of affection… in the same way that the ellipses of language may indicate connivance : if we sometimes
Zen does not build from the past
Zen, Zen, Zen,what does it matter ? Zen does not exist,Zen does not exist anywhere else but in you, here and now, What you extrapolate
Toy Store
Religion provides mental objectsWith which we initiate and sustain a relationship,Religion then suggests playing with the objects it has provided.Religion is a toy store.Several brands,
Emptying the Overflow
A lasting passage in the steep paths of Zenallowed me to express the trampled authenticity of beingwithout filter, without manners, and thus to respect it,to
Far From the Edge
To engage in conflict, it is necessary to live at the edge of one’s mind.He who has withdrawn, set back from the edge of the
Zen Alibi
The attraction for Zen seems to strike more intensely the pilgrims with a prominent ego and developed cognitive faculties…this attraction, more or less consciously, provides
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
Edge Addiction
Can you feel that what keeps you out of the state of practice, what de-centers you again and again,What makes you an armchair disciple or
Notes & Silence 