Matthew never said the person he felt close to that they were his friend.Never did he let that one syllable hit like a ton of
Étiquette : zazen
Convoquer la Mort
Julie en appelait souvent à sa grande liberté comme trait déterminant de sa personnalité. Elle dressait ainsi un versant socialement acceptable à sa grande peur
When Pretending Collapses
You have always made do with pretending.Today, pretending just won’t do. Compliance with other’s pretending does not protect against anything.It only pays the highest price
The Gift of Irritation
While sitting Zazen, distraction is often what ‘calls us back to order’…An object hitting the floor, for instance, is what show us the way out
Être Aussi (quote)
Ne pas être “pas le mental”Être aussi le mental Ne pas être “il faut se recentrer”Être aussi le recentrement Franck Joseph©FJ May 2021 – All
Does It Matter ?
When questioned about Mahayana, Theravada Buddhism, Zen,Ch’an or transmissions,On the chronological order of this and that,The master is getting a bit confused. The impulse to
Hear The Call
The adventure to which we are invited by Christ : ‘Effata’, is not different from what zazen practitioners discover beneath his silent sitting.By opening to silence,
Faith In Zazen
The beauty of Zazen is :It is not because we are unable to phrase it,Or because we are not even aware of itThat nothing is decanting.
Détourner l’Oreille
English Version La musique aimante l’attentionComme la lumière précipite les insectes sur son halo…par inconscienceIls la pénètrent à en mourirLa conscience entière se meurt Aspirée
Zooming out on Couples
The couple format is to man/woman relation what Zazen practice is to our lives :It needs to offer enough space to appreciate our great freedom. Franck
The Accordion Principle
The times of old age already herald the times of childhood,And the watermarked child appears through the old man.Relaxation and contraction: childhood unfurls again.Even though
Understanding The World
It is a mistake to think the world can be understood through a single or a combination of several analysis grids (economical, spiritual, historical…). This
Deceit
The scattering of arguments, and the multi-directional approach to argumentation,even though those elements may be rhetorically acceptable,are often a major indicator of the lack of
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Traversé le zen,Poussé au traversTourné, revenu,Fait zazen, dans le desertEtre où ? Ne sait plus.Pas important FJ-May 21
The Blessing Of Knowing
Knowledge is never binary. There’s a whole range of potential positions from ‘I know’ to ‘I don’t know’.Those coordinates along these axes are not compartmentalized.The
Notes & Silence 