Zazen : Just sitting, up against the wall, and entering the unexpected space to survive.Free diving through existenceIs a frustrating experience for the adventurous spirit
Étiquette : suffering
Writing a Way Out
The writing process is never complex. This does not mean anything.The complexity lies in the processes that the writer describes, not in the writing itself.
Stranger-Friend-Angel
The long-awaited friendDoesn’t know himself as such.He simply walks to me,Breaches the awkward silenceBetween me and the world,And serves my soul The long-awaited words. Franck
The Waiting-Room Prayer
Lord, may you grant me a lifeOf wealth and abundanceFreedom and humilityAllow me to understandThere is no life to expectOther than the one expecting us.
What Makes me Feel like Crying (1/2)
–The illusion of present lives : the succession of thousands of hours, spent pretending we actually exist. –The illusion of past lives : stories, all
The Daring Souls
I know that you can seeThrough the walls, unfailingly.I know your sufferingWhen they gather with a contrived faceTo comment the paintings on the wall,The reflections
The Circle of Practice
‘Sometimes, we become so familiar with the practicethat, little by little, we move away from it…Sometimes, you have moved so far away from the practice
Hostile Figures on the Cushion
What do we do when difficult personalities show up ?When people hard to love at first glance or people with whom we have shared a
The Heart of Disaster
This is why disease or tragedy, when they appear in someone’s life can — in a paradoxical and counterintuitive manner — turn out to be
Simplify Your Life Equation (1/2)
Simplify your lifeLike you would simplify the terms of an equationUntil a few numbers remainSo you can understand them in a glance… … In a
Crisis of the Egosystem
The ecological crisis finds its roots in the egological crisis. Totally ignoring alternatives, our egos swell and choke, Sentencing themselves to the destruction of their
The Decision (Life Ahead)
I have smothered in the narrowness of your mindsI have despaired along your vacant aspirations. My heart has splintered through you indulgenceMy soul has crushed
Freeing Obedience
When obeying the invitations of life, In front of ourselves, Life within and through ourselves, There resides our Great Freedom Indecision, self assertion, items of
The Eye of the Storm
The further you move into the cosmic darkness, the deeper you sink into the universe, The more violently the winds will blow. Could this be
All is Suffering. The Joy of Buddhism
Dukkha. Sarvam Dukham. This is the first of the four Noble Truths, offered by the Buddha, as he agrees to share the insight experienced through
Notes & Silence 