The feeling of meaninglessness that sometimes grips us, the absurdity behind the internal collapse of a “was it all for nothing?”, is the result of
Étiquette : time
Simplicity and Discipline: Back and Forth
The disciplined daily practice of meditationprograms the emergence of the unexpected experience of wondrous simplicity.And the dazzling experience of nature charts the course of a
Through Time
In zazen, I sit throughpassing time,and through myself sittingthrough passing time.In zazen, I see that time only passes through myself. ©FJ Dec 2025Recueils / Participation/
The Posture
The posture is a raftThe posture is a horizon line,The posture is the storm,The posture is the sky and the ocean, The posture is beyond
Inner Intensity
When I was young, life was so sharp it was painful; there wasn’t a cigarette paper to soften its direct contact with the skin.Life was
Time-Zero
The introduction of the factor parameter [time = 0] into spiritual practice, into life,Is the great multiplier, the radical amplifier of practice and life.As long
The Sand-Beach
I think what Dogen means when he says that mountains and seas are time is that they are made of time, that time constitutes them,
Getting Out and Remaining (1/2)
When I stop camping on / from my coordinates: [This Body; This Mind] and realize that I am of a much vaster nature than this
What if I didn’t get anything at all ?
“Death” wasn’t death, What if “the death” from which the God of Israel in Psalm 41 allows his people to escape wasn’t physical death, What
The Below, The Above (2)
Part 1 The below, the above,The lower floors, the upper floors,The successive floors,The successive ceilings,These are two avenues of investigation, learning, and familiarization.Walking at first
Too Late.
Your body is the tool for practice.Practice while your body can.Walk, sit. One day your knees, your pelvis, your back, your shoulders, and your neckwill
What has seen has seen
When one has understood the modality of things, that is, the place from which things are expressed,When the manner in which things are expressed has
After the Ruin
Imagine the house you’re in, the one that serves as the framework for your entire existence, where you built your life, your person, your family…
Zazen Is Nothing
Zazen is the hub of the wheel.It is nothing, but without the sitting practice, nothing ever comes together.Inactivity gives way to activity.Without it, everything is
Final Rest
Zen masters, patriarchs of yesteryear, when they felt the hour of death approaching, would enter zazen and welcome in the posture the echo of their
Notes & Silence 