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
Étiquette : spirituality
Monk or Not
Whether you’re a Buddhist or not, Zen Monk or not,Don’t you always end up sitting Zazen ? Every night, therefore, I train for the end of
Anchoring
The feeling of stifling, suffocation, felt when reading certain texts – biblical in this case – does not necessarily reveal we are in a situation
A Single Point
The teachings of Dogen Zenji, Ramana Maharshi, Nisagadartta MaharajConverge on a single point :-Shinjin Datsu Raku Ahead of all concepts and psychological processes,Ahead of this body,Who
Blaring Stupidity
There are times when the loudness of reality won’t shut up.And earplugs are the only solution to blaring stupidity. Teach yourself to protect yourselfCome back,Come
He Who Laughs
One thing that makes me really sad, is the pointlessness of chaotic behaviors.All this mess,All this noise,Creating so muchAnxiety, so much tensionAll this exponential suffering.Every
Time To Surrender
I’m watching our practiceI’ m watching mineAnd I see so much ego.It is hard to admitBut it is impossible not to confess today.These practices are
Penance
It is unfortunate that the daily investigation and ensuing penance are clouded by filters of our representations of Catholicism. However, it is a healthy and
Saved From Waters ?
Self-centeredness is sometimes the only path an individual can take to avoid being swept away in the midst of the gusts of life.Like everyone else,
The Partition Bias
Above all, the surface consciousness wishes not to be forlorn,It feverishly watches out for the disengagement of forces and their migrations for deeper layers, to
Straw Fire (1/2)
Exhausted beings, knotted together,Entangled in others’ links,Littering the ground with ashes,Burned skin and worn-out hearts. In this place, however, the fatigue of the soul,May teach
And The Hostage Gets Free
Fits of anger take all actors hostage.Faced with cries, jerky gesticulations, they fall victims of an emotional freeze, an inner petrifying torpor. Only a descent
Art Of Tea
Jesus talks about tea leavesThe Buddha talks about filtersThey both talk about the same thing :The art of making tea. ©FJ April 2022Recueils — ParticipationsTelegram (Publications
Sudden Disintegration
The practice of meditation is utterly thorough.It contains both everything we want to see happenand everything we don’t want to see happen.Everything that does not
The Stove of Sitting
Thoughts aggregate into lumps.And the larger the amount of debris in the psychic soup, the easier it will be for that cluster to embark the
Notes & Silence 