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Étiquette : spirit
Holy Ignorance
Version Française Whenever the spirit blows across the world, it is a good thing we remain ignorant about Its whereabouts and directions.This is the summit
The Door Within Rituals
Behind every gesture, every ritual, chant,Behind every practice of a small religion,You’ll find a door opening onto the Large Religion, To all appearances, small religions
Pure, Not Pure
The Heart of Being can never linger on the questions of what is pure and not pure.This is incomprehensible for such a Heart. The one
Living Spirit
Every time we close the door of words on Jesusit is the Spirit we are smothering,God we are running away from,Jesus we are crucifying. Christ
May Life Unplug You
How often have I longed for the encounterWith the human being inside of you.On every occasion, I have found nothingBut a battery of tightly knotted
Cross Of Life
Meditating on the Cross is contemplating the power of the SpiritTo transform, to glorify, and to haveAll the heavy, the entangled, the ugly, the stagnating,Spring
Eventually, All Evil Masterminds Fail
Whatever this person may do, he will never own the Earth,Nor the heart of free Men,–The free heart of Men. Every morning, new morning,Every rising
Sacrament Of Forgiveness
Sitting zazen, there is a sacrament of forgiveness.Towards others, of course, forgiveness dawning in the horizon,Towards ourselves, forgiveness we receive. The heart of zazen is
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
Lost Battle
Inside our bubble of thoughts, where would you find God ?He is waiting outside, behind the door of your heart.He’s waiting beneath…That you kneel down,
God’s Embrace
God’s embrace is so simpleThat all your books can be laid down, right here.All your concepts so skillfully entangled. These have stopped being of any
The Spirit Blows Where It Wills
It is not because the Holy Spirit does not need anyone,That no one needs the Holy Spirit to need them. Franck Joseph — ©FJ Sept
The Book Of Spirit
There can never be a book – however holy, however well-reputed – which can ever be consulted. The Spirit has to read ItselfWithin ourselves and
Né D’un Souffle
A chaque fois que l’Esprit de DieuSouffle dans le Coeur de l’hommeC’est le Christ qui nait Franck Joseph©FJ June 2021 – All Rights ReservedArticles are
Notes & Silence 