People talk about different music styles.Yet, in reality, the difference does not lay in the elements of definition we bring up in terms of harmonic
Étiquette : silence
What Is
Seeing what isIs seeing what is not.This may happen as the relationBetween what is and what is not reverses.Sitting creates favorable conditions to such an
Silent Gratitude
I kneel to thank God, The Universe, Reality, Life, I sit to thank The PracticeFor going so light on me. Broken, cracked from end to
A Hole in my Heart
Preliminary note : The prayer of the heart, or Jesus Prayer, is a very important practice in Eastern Christianity. It constists in pronuncing the name
Enseignement Scellé
Les sauts dans l’inconscience n’ont de cesse de divertir ici, puis là, revenir encore, effondrer le plafond, au travers du plancher, passer et soudain pénétrer,
Live Forever
Zazen : seeing DeathComing forth as inner eyes adjust. Zazen : agreeing to stay putAnd sit one-on-one with Life Singing in tune, at last,With what
Quel est Celui qui Prie en Moi ?
Quel est celui qui prie en moi ? Tant que le négociant en tapis prend la parole, aucune prière ne se dit. D’ailleurs, je ne
Pas la cause, l’origine : d’où ? (notes)
Trouver la cause est une quête souvent vaine, un leurre thérapeutique, car elle se perd dans le tréfonds du noir. L’origine, d’où ce qui parle
Pourquoi le Ralentissement ? (2/2)
Cet article fait suite à : Pourquoi le Ralentissement ? (1/2) Osons le parallèle musical : la création est le groove, celui là même qui
Hishiryo
Do not hear the words of othersUnless you’ve taught yourself perfect silence. Do not grasp and consider any conceptUnless you’ve entered non-thinking. When you have
Knowledge Wishes
May Knowledge descend in youAnd open you eyes, your heart and your mindWhen you’re least expecting it.Yet, make sure everything is ready to welcome it.
The Man Talking
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
Sitting With Jesus (note)
In Matthew 6:6, when Christ invites you, as you pray, to ‘go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is
A Smile of Light
Do not try to understand these words aside from the posture.They are incomprehensible. When all this appears in zazen, there is nothing to understand.Maybe a
A Night in a Tent (note)
Among the things we can learn from a night spent in a tent, there are two that have appeared very important to me : The
Notes & Silence 