The worst thing that can happen to a true master is for disciples to project the image of a master onto him. Therefore, the real
Étiquette : wisdom
As One Speaks Above
This body-mind is the realm of restrictionsOutside this body-mind, encounter the all-possibleLeaving this body-mind is essential to bring the all-possible back into the realm of
The Hearts And The Reins
Psalm 7The Lord trieth the kidneys (‘reins’) and the heartsTaoism: the wise know passions and fears Heart / PassionsKidneys / Fear ©FJ Sept. 2025Recueils /
Truth Without Words
-When is Zen born? – Zen is born when you stop searching for words about truth and start searching for the truth without words. ©FJ
Words Do Not Make Zen
Zen is silence above all.It has nothing to do with the reconstruction of more or less fantasized traditions.When you sit in silence and stand in
The Great Resolution
The Great Resolution must be understood as the end of tension, in the musical sense.Tension aggregates sounds and attention toward a single sonic point then
When you talk about yourself
What I observe externally is what I am able to observe.What I am able to observe corresponds to what I am internally.What does not correspond
Patient Breath
The breath knows the great outdoors; it is called to return to the vast.This is what listening closely to the breath teaches.Out of respect for
Heart of Wisdom
The heart of wisdom teaches :The summary of this armada of concepts is their uselessness, So go beyond,go, and take with you,Those who will have
Practice: shut up and leave.
3 types of people in spiritual circles: Among disciples, the three most common profiles are found successively in the same person (or even synchronously): -Those
Nothing But Bubbles on the Surface
Although powerfully esoteric, the practice of simple sitting, zazen, is served by a radical empiricist approach, since the essence of the practice consists in dissolving
Constant Teaching On Unity
I remember hearing the story of a great Sufi master who had gathered several of his disciples to teach them about Divine unity (Tawhid)… When
The Mountains and the Lake
Concepts are hooks screwed into the sides of the surrounding mountains. When you nourish them, you strengthen and tighten the ropes that bind you to
Beyond the Path
Holy books are paths to encounter God,The path leads to God,Precisely, the path leads, provided one does not stray along the way, to the point
Musical Wind
The musical wind, sitting zazen, in front of the still incandescent logs.I am here to hear it,otherwise the wind would play for nothingotherwise the wind
Notes & Silence 