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…

Daily Spadework

Spiritual fields are gigantic,You have to start clearing them somewhere.Every movement can be a prayer,I think of every move as a prayer,Aligned, you let Beauty express itself,Through you, almost i…

Intimate Encounter

Today I’m coming face to face with the one I should have become,The one I would have wished to become then.I’m realizing the real grace of not having been, of no longer wishing to be, this person. …

Baptême en Solitude

A un moment, sur le chemin , il faut que l’homme se trouve en solitude.Sans livre, sans maître, sans dojo, sans regard…Qu’il passe au travers de l’arche de l’assise nue.Que nu, il passe par l’arche…

Symbol Eater

I knew someone terribly greedy. Along his quest for unity, he would pick up all the symbols he encountered along the way and put them together in a big bowl he held under his arm. The restlessness …

Initiation Swamp

There is a moment on the path when one stops chasing initiations,And starts seeking silence.Beyond this passage, the words move away,All noise melts and only the winds remain…Only the tears of thos…

A Data Rattle

The inversely proportional connection that I observe between, on the one hand, the taste for technological tools and, on the other hand, psychological immaturity is such that I wonder about the pos…

Prayer, Meditation: Essence Bath

Even though I made,If others have madeDifferences between prayer and meditation… I no longer do,I see nothing that prevents me today from superimposing the state of prayer and the state of meditati…

The Door Within Rituals

Behind every gesture, every ritual, chant,Behind every practice of a small religion,You’ll find a door opening onto the Large Religion,To all appearances, small religions are many ;The Large Religi…

Not Ageing

The irrepressible smile of awakening arising on the cheeks is ageless,The cheeks that receive the imperceptible smile of awakening are ageless.Franck – Nov 2022Recueils / ParticipationsTelegr…

Face Aux Phénomènes

Les gens se plaignent souvent qu’il n’y a rien qu’ils ne puissent faire.Ce n’est pas vrai –La conscience : voilà ce que nous pouvons faire.Offrir notre présence au moment, quel que soit le mo…

Notes on Fasting (2)

The experience of fasting brings out the feline, reflex and predatory component of nutrition. -Food buffers diffuse anxiety.-Otherwise trivialized, it does not appear to our consciousness in the co…

Chaos Hologram

If I practice Zazen, it is because one does not fight against chaos. However, before sitting zazen, I do not understand this and I run from one strategy to another, in the hope of one day finding o…

Ancestral Voice

When the voice resonates fairly, it passes through the hole in the wooden floor and anchors in the vibratory depths of ancestral frequencies. Nothing to do, really. Franck – Nov 2022Recueils …

Not Your Fault

The phenomena for which the ego prisms give us such a strong sense of responsibility, even guilt, are in reality only the distorted reflection of a participation that is actually minimal, infinites…

Gestes, Mouvements, Pensées

Il y a un continuum entre la vigilance aux gestes, aux mouvements et la vigilance aux pensées.Une com-pénétration.L’un mène à l’autre et l’autre à l’un.Les gestes sont des pensées en mouvements,Les…

Blanket Phone

The smartphone is a great tool for spiritual practice,Not because of all the meditation app but of the opportunities it gives to observe the micro-anxiety that masks and initiates almost every use …

La Plaque D’Egout

La méditation est la plaque, le regard qui s’ouvre sur les déchets poursuivant leur course dans les tuyaux souterrains.Celui qui tient en sa main le regard, voit passer les eaux usées et n’est plus…

Ecouter Le Silence

Quand je dis “écouter le silence”Comprends-tu les deux cotés de la pratique ?Sans écoute,Même au beau milieu du plus pur des silences, La rencontre n’a pas lieu Et si l’écoute la plus fine s’appliq…

Towards the Magma Heart

It is often said that, to each ‘external’ sense, correspond an inner version. This can be verified by anyone devoting themselves long enough, or benefitting from enough talent when it c…