An example of ignorance leading to wasting life energy :Not using the sacred night to explore consciousness,To be your own laboratory,Heat up with a Bunsen
Étiquette : spirituality
All Beings Vs. Saving Myself
The first line of the 4 vows recited in Zen generally translates as follows : “However innumerable all beings are, I vow to save them
Toothpaste Concepts
There are times when manipulating any concept (including concepts pertaining to the spiritual realm) is like jumping with both feet on a closed tube of
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 : being
No Need To Meditate
Master don’t need to meditate anymore,This is the reason why masters meditate. ©FJ May 2022 – Telegram (Publications et Invitations à la Pratique)Recueils — ParticipationsMany
As Long As You Hang In There (Quote)
As long as you remain the plaything of everything keeping you in a suffering zone (your addiction to the superficial areas of your being), you
ShinJin Datsu Raku (7)
« Let go of the body and mind. »For more than 800 years, we have brought out this luminous injunction by Dogen Zenji,Let’s sift it once again
Thought Flower
A thought structure swells and inflates, in an oppressive, sluggish bubble,It breathes with its jerky breath and bursts when it finally enters the Field of
Nothing New
Behind the common use of the mindfulness word, quite recent, after all, under our latitudes,are hidden further-rooted words of ‘depth and authenticity’. Depth and authenticity
The Secret of Aging
At the internal fold of the neck,This is where congenital entropyComes to pearl. In this secret place,Owing to an angle in the mirror,My eyes contemplate
The Call 3/3
Though realizing That is beyond wordsWe use words to call That. ©FJ April 2022Recueils — ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Invitations à la Pratique)Many thanks to all
The Call 2/3
(Part One : The Call 1/3) 1 : Hearing the call2 : realizing this has been a call all along In my life, 1 and 2 have
The Looks Of Happiness
To some people, the appearance of happiness is enough.They convince themselves that by conforming to the actions, behaviors and replies of people we think are
The Acute Gaze
One post here,One verbal interaction there,From one to the other, he strives to appear as a man having had an experience,one that has plunged his
Praying Yourself To Sleep
Praying yourself to sleep,Sinking into the night,Pushed by one day’s shortcomings,And drawn by the next morning in the hope of right action. ©FJ April 2022Recueils
Notes & Silence 