Realising the barrenness of identification with mind activity is truly the first step on any spiritual path. Many people teach,don robes and finery,have temples and
Étiquette : spirituality
The Free Song of Sitting
We were talking then about the distant soul, the lost soul,and you also questioned the existence of the soul itself. Today I tell you that
Compass Posture
The body-mind is a compass.The practice consists of observing the magnet of thoughts.As soon as it moves away, the needle returns to its original direction.As
Trapping God
In Freedom only, God can be.Religions are traps for people who think that God can be trapped. ©FJ_Fev 2026Recueils / Participation/ Groupes
Between the Bowl and the Mallet
The point of contact between the bowl and the mallet is the point of existence,The encounter between the eye and the light of the object,Between
Shin Jin Datsu Raku (again)
« Leave the body-mind » Dogen’s body-mind, the one that must be « left » according to the famous injunction given to monks in zazen, can also refer to
The Spinal Cable
The spinal cable’s coil is in the belly (hara).During our lifetime, it sometimes activates and then seizes up. Hunched shoulders,Pelvis loses its tilt axisDorsolateral scoliosis
The Below, The Above (1)
Leaving the mindthrough the floor,through the ceiling,are two different experiences.The investigation of the infra-mental and supra-mental spheres are two different journeys. Infra, here, means « not
“God of Love and Emptiness”
I am struck by reading James Finley who calls Jesus the “God of Love and Emptiness”, and reveals with simplicity the link of continuity between
The First Gate
It is because in zazen we are supposed to have already traversed everything that the practitioner can be given the illusion of having indeed traversed
‘A Person’
How can we understand a personal God, a God in whom Christians are supposed to believe, to adhere to a personal God, not as a
The Eye And The Navel
Sawaki says: « The eye is the eye and the navel is the navel; they do what they are there for. »(Talk on 08/15/42) The navel « does »
Cosmic Room
Religion can also be a corner of spirituality, a room in the cosmos where we feel at home.I have no problem with that understanding, as
The Master Inside The Book
Listening to the Master,May you encounter the words of the one who will be able to pivot the cognitive-emotional tool, invite himself into the illusory
Upstream
Do not address the object of desirethis aspect is unimportant.Understand that it stems from the same impulseregardless of the nature of the object. ©FJ August
Notes & Silence 