My mind, a flickering candle light,My inner eyes, the endless tranquility of the night. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — Participations
Étiquette : Space
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
The Gift Of Freedom
It takes a freight of bravery, a serious hint of boldness,A disarming truckload of grace, a wild gift of freedom,To play one’s way through diverse
Syntax Of Life
There are two ways to place oneself in a relation to life.The intellectual difference between grammar and linguistics has something to teach us. Grammar proposes
Walking the Cell in Circles, Seven Times Before You Speak
Fundamentalists have a head stuffed with obsessionsAnd their look has been made opaque with railings and narrow bars.Can we perceive this boorish fundamentalism in the
Notes & Silence 