Sometimes we have to know how to leave behind people who cannot grow.The resistance they express when facing the need to evolve towards a less
Étiquette : spirituality
Before anything, sit down
The practice of silent sitting allows us to realize the cognitive, psychological dimension of suffering.Cognitive, as a local, physiological process,Psychological, as stagnant energy. The posture
Read to yourself
Every book… every line,Reading books is a training in the ultimate reading, that of the inner book. All these thousands of hours pacing through books
Touching Reality With Your Whole Body
Religion acts like a comfortable duvet, a cozy bed that we find ourselves into one night after the other.This is effective and allows the man
Attention by default
When sitting silently, have you seen the spectrum of attention narrow and become laser-focused, ?When sitting, have you seen the field of attention suddenly focus
Chasing teachers ?
I see two ways of not chasing teachers, dojos, conferences: -on the one hand, not having any knowledge of the richness and potential for awakening
Inner Bows
The same way a mantra or a prayer, after having been recited hundreds of time naturally becomes internalized,We practice bowing…Until it becomes an internal practice,
Wedge of Consciousness
Thought is sometimes so dense, so compact, that one cannot squeeze the wedge of consciousness into it. Paradox: when we realize the density, the unbreathability
Cube
Statues, candles, incense,We often see them as ritual supportsWhen it is the rituals which are supports of practice and the practice itself is a support
Explaining
Two pitfalls that should be avoided : -Those who always want to explain everything-Those who believe we should never try to explain anything The former turn
A Heart of Compassion
Hannya Shingyo is the fruit the heart of Avalokiteshvara, (Kannon, Guan Yin, Bodhisattva of compassion)Through compassion, transcending the world,Transcending the world to heal it,The other
Chest Held Hostage
Fear sometimes takes the chest hostage.This can last for months, years.Through breathing gently, through progressive letting go, we can free the chest, as we free
Music listening and spiritual practice
Jazz, bebop: listening to higher tempi….from a slow listening point,Embracing wider…embracing from a wider perspective.Listening to the whole thing from a further, deeper place.No longer
The Idea of God
The idea of God is certainly the most difficult smokescreen to get throughOn the way to God.The idea of God is certainly what keeps us
Stray Ball, Found Ball
The golf club hits the ball with a sharp brutality and throws it into distant space.Brutality is not precise, also the shot is clumsy and
Notes & Silence 