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
Étiquette : Space
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
Run Away !
Run away before this ever happens to you. The problem that many people encounter in the so-called ‘professional’ slice of their lives, is the normalized
Aquarium Visit Vs. Ocean Dive
Night reading, as a strategy to bringing back inner calm, to carry us back in the sand of sleep, is highly interesting.Night reading allows to
Zen Includes
Understanding sitting meditation as a form of mind training, is a form of misunderstanding of what zazen is. Zazen includes this form of meditation,It does
Hatching Mindfulness
Nothing else but the quest for I Am can heal the quest for I am.Nothing but the investigation of our deep layers of consciousness can
The Width Of Christ
I have always been fascinated by the space Jesus occupies in the Koran.Issa, so much broader than all tales about him.How could he ever be
Notes & Silence 