Let’s be abrupt,I will be. I wonder if religions are not just the leafy fruit of mental agitation.I am talking about the inspirations of the
Étiquette : spirituality
Sitting : Long format
The time given to practice acts as an agent of dilution on mental phenomena.A swirling thought in a 15 millimeter puddle becomes a hurricane that
Serenity Archipelago
To experience existence based on the eyes of others is really to live life from the most superficial stratum and to stand far from the
Sitting Meditation: Risks
Watch out —Zazen involves risks And we don’t talk about it enough.Zazen will make you grow.The practice of sitting, often, in spite of yourself, will
If You Meet The Buddha…
Today I put away the Buddha,The statuette seemed too much to me. It bothered me.I missed its absence.For the inexperienced practitioner, the plaster, stone or
Awakening Line
It’s so amazing, so wonderfulTo see that the bottom of failure and the edge of awakeningAre one and the same line. ©FJ September 2022Recueils /
Refuge In Non-Refuge
The conceptual scaffolding of religions/philosophies,Are constructions, more or less skillful, subtle and cumbersome,Behind which we take refuge.Should we then take refuge in non-refuge ? ©FJ
No Leaves
It is true that prayer effectively picks up dead leaves in the garden.It is also true that the practice of Zazen uproots the tree from
Mind Stirrers
When the mind is stirred,Stay away from mind stirrersMind stirrers are seductiveSeduction and stirring ability are highly intertwined.If you understand, observe the confusing effect they
Who Locks Dungeons Doors ?
It is often the grotesque traits in which we lock others through a reaction that we generalize (it is always so…) that locks the doors
Awakening Emergency
“It has never been so urgent to awaken”This sentence, always true, has never been so true. ©FJ September 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram (Publications et Pratique)
Infra Fiction
Religions are to spiritualityWhat video games are to reality. An infra fiction.A reassuring bubble of mapped conceptual references, and emotional sign posts.An illusion.There is a
Creative Consciousness
-On the Christian, Muslim, Jewish end, God is the creator of the world-On the Buddhist end, the world is an illusion. Those two terms do
Boarding the Boat of Silence
The only possibility for the difficulties of ideological cohabitation or the incompatibilities of spiritual positions to be resolved, is not to try to solve them,
Sailboat of Consciousness
The ritual: what you put your consciousness into, when and where you are.What opportunity do you have, here and now, to inject consciousness? It is
Notes & Silence 