Look for the Tablecloth

Whatever the collective organizations and the frameworks of the structures which the practitioners are part of,Whatever position an individual occupies within these structures,The way is always a s…

As-Tu Vu Ces Elans ?

J’entre dans la pratique véritableChaque fois que je ne donne pas suite aux élans d’auto-valorisation,Chaque fois que,n’ayant su les contenir,J’oeuvre à les rendre moins saillants,Chaque fois que, …

« Unfit »

Unfit : unable to adaptunable to adaptor adaptable at excessive expense. Most of the suffering experienced by the unfit person comes from frustration, or maladjustment to an environment. Or, more d…

Open-Sky Monastery

I enter meditation as one enters the monastery.The outer racing tracks has ceased to raise any interest in me. I saw through it.Burning,Burning the body,Coming back and burning some more. The withe…

Posture of Truth

People can tell all they want about the history of their practice, the long duration of their meditation practice, the sessions, the places, the people, the readings, the masters… They can qu…

The Music In Your Body

Making music actually means letting energies flow through you. They therefore operate in ourselves the work, the resonance specific to their nature. To a lesser extent, the same is true when listen…

Black Cloud

 There’s no such thing as a dark landscapeIn Zazen, it is none other than myself who darkens the landscape. The obscuring though, the initial cut in the lining of reality, I summon it, I give…

In Lotus

By bending under the femur the leg that will receive the opposite foot in lotus, I begin to cause a pelvic tilt I lean forward slightly and feel the pelvis tilt.It is often accompanied by a pleasan…

Initiation In The Air

Practicing Zazen through the noise,Within what is called “disrespect of the practitioner” Thus, having the opportunity to question the presence of the one who is practicing ? Zazen in the noise,Who…

Under my feet

I don’t follow the pathI am the way that unfolds under my feet.The one that the worldsEvery moment, bring me,On a carpet rolled-up in Time. ©ndraw@protonmail.com – Dec 2022Recueils / Pa…

Thanks

-Merci à tous ceux qui ont la gentilesse de me lire ici ou là et de suivre les activités liées à ces pages.Votre compagnie m’est précieuse.-Thanks to all the people kind enough to read those …

Untangled Illusions

The pleasure we take in imagining ourselves doing things is often greater than the pleasure we take in actually doing them. Pure virtuality does not obstruct the pleasure.The confrontation with the…

Bowing Deep

Before, after sitting,I bow to the depths of being,Do you not see ? ©ndraw@protonmail.com – Dec 2022Recueils / ParticipationsPratique Thanks to all the people kind enough to read those posts …

Field of Failure

By dint of cultivating the field of failure with so much tenacity,it cannot be ruled out that something ends up growing there… ©ndraw@protonmail.com – Nov 2022Recueils / ParticipationsT…

Someone, Nobody

The worldly path: believing to be nobody and seeking to become someone.The spiritual path: believing that you are someone and become nobody. Franck – Nov 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegram…

Dig, Scrape, Pierce

Each sitting further digs the return to life,Each sitting scrapes the earth of our collapsed cave a little bit more,Until one day, the light begins to pierce through©FJ ndraw@protonmail.com –…

Lame De L’Attention

Zazen peut nettoyer la lame de l’attentionDes traces de temps qui l’ont entachée.Au fourreau de l’assise,La lame ressort toujours neuve et aiguisée.Parfois, en quelques minutes, le fourreau fait so…

Capsule Travel

It is without words that the hand of your soul reaches out to the hand of GodAnd without words that the embrace takes place.Silent sitting, meditationTeaches this language without words,Sitting med…

A Method ?

What’s the method to get back to that beginner’s mind ? (Cf. Suzuki, Shoshin)There is no method.The method is the non-method. If I apply a method, I put myself on the path of inefficien…

Tiptoeing

Truth lies behind the stage of words, behind the curtains of concepts,Go and see for yourself : behind the curtains of concepts,Go and see for yourself : Without cracking the boards,Discreetly,Slow…