It is normal that each of the actors claiming themselves to be disciples of Christ, spontaneously consider themselves to be among the first, the closest
Étiquette : Space
Religious Buildings
Intellectual structures that Christianity persists on erecting require an ever increasing psychological energy to be sustained.This makes me deeply sad.Of course I can hear the
Sky, Water And Dogen
A few words regarding Dogen’s reference to the sky and the water in Zazenshin :The bird in the real sky and the fish in the
Dogen : A Space for Kindness
When Dogen says : ‘The wood does not know the ashes, ashes can look back at the firewood’, he points to the only reality there has
Essential Detour / Space Remains Space
It was healthy, life-saving for him to proclaim the joy he felt after he had discovered Mahayana.Yet, in light of what he perceives today, his
Meeting The Kesa Of My Life
Today is February, the First, of 2019I am 39 years old.In a few minutes, we’ll celebrateThe seventh birthday of my younger son. At the back
Frail Feathers On The FLoor
When I’m overwhelmed and suffocatingYour words … Claiming inanity, this is what I always do.For there’s not enough space within meTo let your words unfold
A Father’s Space
When the child angersWhen the child storms about and hits,The role of the father is not to counter-stormAnd to end up both smothering. It is
Answering Tears
I don’t know how to answer your flowing tearsWithout notice, they’re drowning me.All I can do is grab those old planks of shouts floating nearbySo
Zooming out on Couples
The couple format is to man/woman relation what Zazen practice is to our lives :It needs to offer enough space to appreciate our great freedom. Franck
The True Engagement
Disappointment, distress inside the couple relation is mostly the result of a perception bias.The other is not…The other does not want to hear…When will the
Space in My Palm
It is true that meditating is at the same time moving around our surface being,Losing oneself in the mind maze,Clinging back to the central axis
Spilling Life On The Soil
There’s nothing like your wordsTo double-lock time,To turn it into clots,Into scabs and scabsBack into tissue. Reduced from the layersImpacted by the sharp tone of
From The Ground Up (quick note)
‘Home Staging’ : This is a typical example of what happens when common sense is suddenly made hostage by an American-sounding label and is squeezed in
Sitting For You
Sitting zazen, I sometimes delve into my brother’s meander.If there ever has been anything magic in the practice, there it is.Doing this, I find the
Notes & Silence 