I can hear the manPerched on a platformBehind the reading standUnderneath the collarScanned by dozens of eyeballsFrozen in the expectationOf a lightbeam, of a stumble,I
Étiquette : reality
The Heart of Disaster
This is why disease or tragedy, when they appear in someone’s life can — in a paradoxical and counterintuitive manner — turn out to be
the Heart-Ocean
Identity is frothThose bubbles hypnotizeThe eyes of our being. They sparkle, fizzle,Agglutinate and burst. Wide, tranquil, emergency-freeThe heart-ocean does not change a thingTo its peaceful
Plastic Box (quote)
Everything is fake inside the plastic box : people, stories, laughters and faces… …But the thousands of days in your life that you spent in
The Reality of Things (note)
To rephrase Harada, in The Essence of Zen, it is the perception of things which creates things.This does not mean they had no existence prior
Investigate the Night (quote)
« Investigating ahead of tagging and naming allows us to experience things before they become things » Franck Joseph ©FJ May 2020 – All rights reserved. Articles
The Clouds of Intentions
It is dizzying to become aware of the share of our actions, speech and thoughts, that is determined by the intentions we ascribe to others.
Time to Sit (quote)
« It’s time to sit. Simply sit and read your soul. No fear. No trick. » Franck Joseph ©FJ April 2020 – All rights reserved. Books
Here I Am
There will come a time when we will have to acknowledge all this spiritual circus, to which we were initially attracted, moved by the gusts
Where Souls are Drowned and Bodies Seen as Real …
The Buddha’s Pure Earths, the underworlds, Paradise and all transitional places can be visited while sitting on the cushion. They correspond to the different ‘climates’
Last Screening
Matthew, legs crossed, 10 PM sitting session. His eyes are all over the place, like an animal watching all attackers coming at him at the
Piercing the Worlds
I am the medium for reality without me, the world cannot exist. And the shelter you provide is hosting a fictitious universe Without you to
The Wideopen
Firmly grounded in the one who sees, there is no necessity left to decide which of the two proposals is to be followed What kind
The Ritual Within
The true ritual is within us. Ritual. At most, what we generally refer to as ‘rituals’ across different traditions act as a mirror, an occasion to
That Is How Important You Are
What if…Our Higher Selves, the already accomplished version of who we are, were (collectively) dreaming this every day reality so as to make us go
Notes & Silence 