Zazen does not bring any solution to a specific problem.The practice of sitting reframes the problem we are facing in such a way it stops
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Demi Prière
Si, arrivé au bout de tes capacités,Tu ne sais plus porter ta solitudeSi la tristesse te pèse aux mains,Aux jambes comme au cœur,Si les mots
Welcoming Orchestra
Spoon in the coffee jarCoffee powder falling in the cupHot water poured in Spoon in the cupSpoon in the cupSpoon in the cup Spoon on
Cultural Appeal
The intellectual appeal for a country, a civilization, is actually the result of an emotion raised by an esthetics peculiar to a mental environment.The cultural
Can You Read Thoughts ?
Can you read between the thoughts,Strategies to soften, highlight, conceal or bypassThe slice of Reality opening to you ? Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021- All rights reserved.Articles
« If I Could Not Breathe Zen… »
Just this once will not hurt : I am simply sharing the content of somebody else…As it is, without trying to comment or add anything
The Practice of Ignorance
It is very clear to my eyes, that the underlying power conveying thoughts does not belong to me.When the vertical axis collides with and opens
Péché Originel (note)
Pour le judaïsme, le péché originel est l’acte initial de décorrélation entre les mondes ou, au moins, entre notre monde et les autres. Le péché
I Stumbled on a Zafu (note)
I truly enter the heart of practice – that is, the place where practice ends / transcending moments of insightful grace, when there was nothing
Aimer son Être en Lambeaux ?
Tout au long de nos journées, puis, à la longue, de nos vies, nous trimbalons — sans le verbaliser, ni parfois le savoir — une
Through The Impossible Sitting
From the hearth of tensionCatching a glimpse of stillness From the sputtering surface frothRemembering the depths Amid the impossible practiceSitting Zazen Franck Joseph©FJ Jan 2021-
Zen et Poésie Panoramique
C’est en se détachant des tentatives d’hyper explication du monde que le pratiquant zen, d’une manière qui peut apparaître contradictoire à l’observateur superficiel, permet au
What Do I Do With Sensations ?
What I need to do with vedanas (1) is : …nothing.As soon as I attempt to deal with the ‘vedana phenomenon’, I have no other option
Travels in Guilt
Guilt can sometimes be a strategy to divert ourselves from mindfulness practices.It therefore becomes the support for yet another wild journey of inner sensations. Guilt
Opening to Another World
Letting life unfold means des-inventing ourselves.Day in, day out, allowing the densified clusters of our emulated personality To crumble back to dust, enjoying the winds
Notes & Silence 