We are currently undergoing the latest stages in a financial bubble situation.Here, I am not just talking about what has been happening on the stock
Étiquette : spirituality
On The Threshold Of Sitting
What the three strokes on the singing bowl teach meOn the threshold of sittingThe way they baptize the moment,With which they bless the present,How they
Emotional Hell
The Master has nothing against emotional content or the expression of such material.Still, he will try to point to the suffering arising whenever emotion becomes
Mind The Candle ?
My mind, a flickering candle light,My inner eyes, the endless tranquility of the night. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils — Participations
While Listening To The Breath
If I listen to the breath,If all masters listen to the breath,If we always come back, one way or another, to the breath,it is because
Hygiène Spirituelle
Le non-attachement à la forme de la religion, (allant des rituels aux couleurs conceptuelles et mécanismes linguistiques) n’est pas antagoniste de l’approfondissement de la vie
Absolute Courage
In Zazen, non-doingIn the face of rising fearThere is nothing to doThe absolute courage of the sitting man. ©FJ June 2022 —Groupe de PratiqueRecueils —
In Front Of The Door
The force of conditioning, launched from incalculable erasIs relentless. It determines the reality of each and everyone.At every moment, however, we have the freedom to
De Logos à Dharma
De ‘logos’ à ‘dharma’, je ne suis pas convaincu qu’il y ait une seule marche à franchir. Le logos, au sens étymologique est l’ordre des
Gestures – Movements – Thoughts
There is a continuum between awareness to gestures, movements and observation of thoughts.One leads to the other and conversely. Gestures are thoughts in movement,Thoughts are
Sacred Hours In Night Lab
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
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 concepts (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 :
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
Notes & Silence 