I sit,I read, I write, This is my practice To this day, these two elements are still to be brought to extinction. “I read, I
I sit,I read, I write, This is my practice To this day, these two elements are still to be brought to extinction. “I read, I
I do not sit because I’ve stopped being the good for nothing that I was: in reality, I never find anything else to do than
-How do I know if my sitting was fair ? -It’s simple: if you haven’t found the heart of your existence, you might have been
Here is a short note inspired by C., a Zazen friend. What place should be given to rigor, discipline, stick-to-it-iveness? I am not known to
The one who can observe this point of un-bearability in sitting meditation,the breaking point of total boredom, the moment when exasperation is on the verge
Sitting for an hour,A playful corner of my skullsucks me in,jingles and puns,In the softness of amazementThat same old stupid me ©ndraw@protonmail.com – Jan 2023–Recueils–Participations-Pratique
Do you know how to assess,Your thought quality index? In the morning,Is it really worth lying down some more ?Can you hearThe softened chaos ?
People can tell all they want about the history of their practice, the long duration of their meditation practice, the sessions, the places, the people,
Each sitting further digs the return to life,Each sitting scrapes the earth of our collapsed cave a little bit more,Until one day, the light begins
The time given to practice acts as an agent of dilution on mental phenomena.A swirling thought in a 15 millimeter puddle becomes a hurricane that
In Zazen, all my incompleteness passes, without hurting meThe once lamentable, leaves an evanescent trace,In a boundless landscape, They can wane and vanish, The instant
Sometimes the meditator treats his knees as he treats his surroundings.By forcing them into an uncomfortable position, he believes that they will eventually get used
Spiritual practice means dwelling in life from the depthPrayer, meditation are forms of practice,The practice does not change,The posture is formless form.In this, it is
Belief in posture is ambivalent.It is the bearer of the faith that saves man from projections that destroy the soul.So, sitting down, I believe without
What the three strokes on the singing bowl teach meOn the threshold of sittingThe way they baptize the moment,With which they bless the present,How they