I believe that lighness of heart saves us while seriousness kills without fail. In lightness of heart, there is flexibility and adaptation to space In
Étiquette : spirituality
Wild Dharma
Dodging… This is also one of the teaching media in the Zen tradition. Laying a trap, greasing the helping hand… Preventing the roots from embedding
When Meditation is the Golden Calf (a Zealot Zazen)
(Version française : Parfois, Zazen est le Veau d’Or Zazen, zazen, zazen…. until it becomes an obsession, Then zazen again, zazen some more, until it makes
Breaking the Glass of Mindfulness
The sharpness of presence has nothing to do With the syrupy vanilla cotton cloud of glazed paper mindfulness of smoky telephone screens of one-way mirrors.
Take the words off the mix
Turn the fader now Press the time switch Take the words off the mix You’ll be at peace, for a moment … Yet knowing they
To the Morning Whistler
(french version available here : Au Siffloteur des Matins) From the fierce immaturity of my teenage years, I would question him about the endless universe
Promised Land
The Promised Land is in us. Continuously, this inner territory awaits its inhabitants. It stands inside each one of us, and we all share its
A Coffee Machine Awakening Practice
Julie sometimes happened to remind herself of how she was when she lived her previous life : offices, colleagues, dumb tasks, barren talks at the
No Door, No Threshold
Isn’t it amazing to note that the most immediate door to what’s beyond stands right at the heart of this world’s density ? This apparent
Fields of Fear
Now you have grazed the grass of all those dried up pens : Sit outside all fences. Surprisingly appeased, as no attacker roams Harmoniously faithful
Desert Sitting
Desert. It can mean going through the barren dryness and loneliness of meditation. Knowing the desert through meditation. The sun dries everything up. The higher
Holy Gardening
The evolution of religions as well as the way spiritualities expand, can never be detached from time. As we move along this axis, we are
Naima (Secret Code)
If there were only one song I’d wish to play for the rest of my days, it would be Naima, by John Coltrane. A single
Slide Underneath All Layers
There are many levels of consciousness : each of them is a world in itself. Each of them providing a different or deeper angle Each
“Off-Balance”
There is no better way to describe how we sometimes feel. The problem is we are often unable to use this term when we actually
Notes & Silence 