Please scroll down for an English version. Bonjour à tous, je vous rappelle la possibilité de nous retrouver pour un créneau de pratique hebdomadaire :
Étiquette : zen
Le Cheval de Conscience
Il me suffit de faire confiance au cheval de conscience.Lorsqu’il s’affole et que mes pérégrinations le perdent, Il est inutile de le brider à gauche,
Unfathomable Wells of Faith – note
Very old note, among scribbles at the bottom of digital boxes 🙂 Really, the greatest gift we can offer someone is space (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Vieillissement en cours…. Actualisez la Page
Essayons de voir la vieillesse pour ce qu’elle est vraiment, c’est à dire un enseignement calme, radical, universel…Plutôt que de vieillesse, parlons de processus de
Living So Much More
This life, intense, the life that goes to the teenage headThis, life, boundless and explosive, the life moving the child running in laughter, This life,
But A Dream
Imagine a dream….You are giving yourself over to circular pleasures,Hidden by the surface foam from troubled waters,Until you notice distant flames on the shore Waving
Zazen Restaurant (Quote)
At Zazen RestaurantThe menu reads : ‘Beauty, Peace and Joy’Eat in or take away ? Franck Joseph©FJ March 2021- All rights reserved.Articles are available in book and
The True Dojo
Zazen is the room you go to When you want to cry tears of solitude,Or despair, tears of rage.You enter the room and pour out
« Are You Alive ? Yes I Am. »
This is a re-post of some notes taken 6 years ago.As I am currently working on the publication of a book in English I’ve been
Au Sommet du Mont
Vieillir est angoissant comme avoir la montagne pour horizon.Parvenu au sommet de la trentaine, puisqu’on ne peut faire autrement,On réalise que la vallée descend vers
Mouth Full Of Earth
A dry meditationReveals how deeply trapped we’ve allowed ourselves to become In ideas, both barren and fertile,In unclear, diffuse anxieties,In entertaining chorusesOn childhood and old
God Means ..
God means the bottom of your soul, your most intimate self, as Meister Eckart put it.You can look elsewhere, but be prepared for inconsistencies and
Vedanight, Nuit de Vedanas
Une d’entre elles attrapée,Entre mes deux doigts regardéePour ce qu’elle est. Les voici toutes de nuits qui défilentPourtant toutes à mes yeux de valeurs identiques.Vedanas,
Ceremonial Wisdom
What do I care to ‘look wise’ ?Why would I want to dress with the attire of wisdom ?This sounds like an absurd objective to me. Yet,
Practice Beyond Combat
Practicing Zazen, just sitting,Is answering ‘mu’ to all questioningsSubtle and non-subtle onesThat are stirring up our minds. By sitting Zazen, we practice ‘not entering’.Sitting on
Notes & Silence 