I feel very deeply, not in an emotional sense, a closeness to the sacred inner fire,The one where souls are born in incandescent sheaves,to that
Étiquette : spirituality
Zazen Heals
Zazen heals, in that it opens the doors to your deep consciousness, Zazen heals: ActionSometimes without you even being able to notice it, not having
Your Own Buoy
Books tell you about markers, doors, pieces of floating plastic,At best, they tell you about other people’s buoys,they never tell you about your own buoy,This
At Least, Hold the Bow in Hand…
Missing an opportunity (joined hands, prostration, rituals, practices, formal or not) is always a missed target……A sin, etymologically, when these opportunities are not imbued with
Net Profit of Sitting
The results of zazen are always beneficial,Whether you are aware of it or not,Whether your intention is authentic or not,Whether the zazen sessions are wobbly
Theological Misdirection
As long as God is an idea, however sumptuous, you are always in the sterile and suffering-generating insularity of the mind bubble. Theology brews ideas
Nothing Else
The lotus posture is the invitation and the making of contact and the invitation to return,But it goes further and at the same time, it
Impatience and Care
One of the expressions of impatience is haste, a more everyday occurrence, and often valued by our societies where speed is synonymous with productivity and
Nowhere Else
Nowhere else but in soient sitting is this direct contact with Reality,This open path of investigation,This free field to unfold without lies or discourses. Protect
L’Aventure Totale
Dans la simple assise, abandonner tous les cadres,les paysages d’explication, de compréhension, les enchevêtrements de concepts La prière silencieuse,La prière commence,Lorsque les mots se taisentQue
Tap-Practice
I sit in the lotus position,I don’t practice zazen like the men and women in black robes. Kesa-kolomo-oryoki… I sit in the lotus position.I don’t
Beneath the Cultural Surface
The heart of the teachings: we enter it when we stop twisting and turning within the cultural surface of the tradition we inhabit to pierce
Sacrilege
The true sacrilege consists of not practicing when your consciousness allows it.However, if you don’t practice when you have the possibility to do so, it’s
Heaven and Hell
Read in Thich Nhat Hanh in one of the Commentaries on the 50 Stances of Consciousness.This resonates with the childhood intuition recounted elsewhere in these
Let the Bird Enter
Awakening is a bird entering the room, meditation is the open window.Sometimes, put a few crumbs on the windowsill. Once a year may be enough
Notes & Silence 