What is Zazen ?Zazen is the last bastion of honesty in my life.Even if I ignore it,If I lose myself in the voluntary infatuation of
Étiquette : Space
Your Only Child (note)
In Chapter 8 of the Lankavatara Sutra, in which Mahamati asks the Buddha what is the best way to make people understand the need not
The Wheel Disappears
The Buddha speaks to my consciousness about something it knows.Christ speaks to my heart about something it knows. Today, listening to the heart of Jesus,
Here’s A Challenge
It is such a grace to have people willing to walk over us, despise us one way or another, so as to assert themselves as
Horse Whispering As A Practice
Each name placed on an inner impression is sitting on the back of an emotional horse whose nature is much more eloquent than the name
Whether You Like It Or Not
I know Zen doesn’t talk about God.And I know that mindfulness has no official place in Christianity…But when I read 1 COR 10:31 (“So whether
Creative Idleness
By what you perceive as idleness, flitting,I work, in reality, for the completeness of my being. Idleness: I observe the abacus of life under unexpected
Emotional Hell
The Master has nothing against emotional content or the expression of such material.Still, he will try to point to the suffering arising whenever emotion becomes
Mind The Candle ?
My mind, a flickering candle light,My inner eyes, the endless tranquility of the night. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — Participations
Importance Matters
To the central adage of the practitioner according to which “thoughts have no existence”, I propose to substitute this one: “thoughts are not important”. It
The Economy of Innocence / Linguistics of Emptiness
Thomas Merton, in Zen and the Birds of Appetite :The notion of innocence (which he offers as a translation for « emptiness ») through economic terms :
3 Graces
Upstream, the grace of the callingCast down the lane of faithInalienable lineThe awakening seed. Planted in the soilOf the Beyond-Time.Nostalgia without objectAnchored in the Beyond-SpaceOf
The Bath Of Infinity
Bathed in InfinityVastness healsImmerse your hands and feetIn space and timeBoundless Heal yourself from those who ignore itAnd get drown in everyday logisticsHeal yourself from
« Are you one of ours ? »
See : The urgency for them has now become clear : Disconnecting people, disconnecting them from their true nature. By imposing, through violent hammer blows
Art Of Tea
Jesus talks about tea leavesThe Buddha talks about filtersThey both talk about the same thing :The art of making tea. ©FJ April 2022Recueils — ParticipationsTelegram (Publications
Notes & Silence 