Mindful breathingAlways corresponds to the leap off the Train of ThoughtsThe leap back into the Awaiting. Franck Joseph©FJ May 2021 – All Rights ReservedArticles are
Étiquette : sitting
Pearling Truth for Zafu-Adventurers
It has now become impossible to deny :There is an attachment to this sitting posture that is both subtle and coarse. Subtle, because it is
The Art of Sitting
Again, this is an old post I dug out and dusted out while preparing the next book… It is not because we communicate on a
The True Dojo
Zazen is the room you go to When you want to cry tears of solitude,Or despair, tears of rage.You enter the room and pour out
The Gift of Zazen (quote)
The gift of zazen is that it brings you face to face with the ultimate silence of words. This definitely constitutes an advantage over other approachesWhich
Be a Timeless Buddha
The Buddha’s approach is beyond space and time.Targeted by questions and scratches in the Fabric of Reality, A Buddha simply sits and allows the Dharma
A Broken Zen
Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Through The Impossible Sitting
From the hearth of tensionCatching a glimpse of stillness From the sputtering surface frothRemembering the depths Amid the impossible practiceSitting Zazen Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021-
I Sit
Beyond steep rocks erecting and stone blocks combiningIn a densified mountain range,I sit Through the deafness of dark nightsWhere questions are held captive,I sit Along
Through the Reel
It is no small matter to fall through the film reel, the moment of a splice…the bliss of an absence, a moment of grace,A driven
Scalpen (Quote)
Across the paper sheet,Sliding in surgical signsThe therapeutic pen.Confident, studious,Riveted to the obligation of resultIt cuts and probes into the tissuesOpening on the beating heart.
The Daring Souls
I know that you can seeThrough the walls, unfailingly.I know your sufferingWhen they gather with a contrived faceTo comment the paintings on the wall,The reflections
A Way out of Burnout
I believe one of the reasons why our professional activity causes so much fatigue is that it operates like a scrambler jamming our natural frequencies.
Hostile Figures on the Cushion
What do we do when difficult personalities show up ?When people hard to love at first glance or people with whom we have shared a
Sexual Sitting
The experience of ‘just sitting’ is physical, instinctive, orgasmic There’s nowhere else to look. From the place of sitting, directly, the body speaks. The being
Notes & Silence 