Here is a strange belief, both highly common and yet quite surprising :The belief according to which words would withhold elements of truth. We would therefore
Étiquette : words
Tell me, why do you even talk ?
Among all this illusory unfurling of existence, what is the role of language ?Is it the raw materials, the necessary supply to set all connected
Would You Believe The Bliss ?
Sometimes, the feeling of bliss is so prevailing that I barely dare tothink about, say or do anything, for fear that I might break something
Back into a Plant
I’m trying to figure out why the sun I am receiving on my skin at this very moment is such an incredible mindfulness anchor, such
Cushion Diving (3/3)
See Cushion Diving (1/3) and Cushion Diving (2/3) I’m asking you to move down a few notches below words.Down enough to see what words do
Hishiryo
Do not hear the words of othersUnless you’ve taught yourself perfect silence. Do not grasp and consider any conceptUnless you’ve entered non-thinking. When you have
A Smile of Light
Do not try to understand these words aside from the posture.They are incomprehensible. When all this appears in zazen, there is nothing to understand.Maybe a
Bravery of the Spiritual Path
Because God can never be an outside in application but is always an inside out revelation, I’m not convinced that theological and pseudo-theological concepts are
Religion Left
At the bottom of our sitting When the swirls wear away And the glittery boards Of words and concepts Crumble down, For eyes have
In the Inkwell of the Self
Writing is difficult when you dip your quill in your own personal inkpot. Ideas get glued up and go lumpy. They end up tied in
A Flow of Light
The seamless move from materiality to ethereality, phenomena to vacuity ku to shiki, shiki to ku Non-doing enters emptiness, embraces a thousand forms, and comes
Beyond
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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
The Yoga of Intimacy
In 99% of cases, In 99% of phrases, And 99 % of the time, God is but a word, And as long as God is
Random pebbles will surely get you lost
Words are elaborate versions of ‘this’ and ‘that’. They’re pointers to our partial representation of reality. These tools have been subjectively selected through the various
Notes & Silence 