Emptiness Cafe
Café du vide-- de Susan Kahn
La vie se meut
Comme l’ombre et la lumière,
Apparaissant instantanément,
Bien que je perde la notion du temps.
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Des villes reflètent de pensées,
Sans que rien ne tienne debout seul.
Il n’y a pas de prophète sans les personnes vues,
Pas de pensée sans chose.
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Sujet et objet s’élèvent ensemble.
Sentiments, perceptions, rien ne se crée tout seul.
Pas même le cœur N’allume sa propre flamme.
Le séparé s’en va tout seul.
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Il y a des sensations, conversations,
Contemplations aromatiques,
Mais pas de je à revendiquer
Ce café du vide.
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Questions pour faire germer la réflexion : Que signifie pour vous le fait de passer du temps dans le café du vide ? Pouvez-vous partager une expérience pendant laquelle le temps a disparu et la vie est apparue ? Qu’est-ce qui vous aide à voir la non-dualité dans la dualité ?
Susan Kahn teaches the philosophy and practice of Emptiness Teachings also known as Middle Way Buddhism or Madhyamaka. She is also a practicing psychotherapist.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does hanging out in the emptiness cafe mean to you? Can you share a personal experience where time disappeared and life appeared? What helps you see non-duality in duality?
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On Jul 30, 2023 Ram wrote :
But no I to claim
This emptiness cafe.
Who is saying this?
This emptiness cafe.
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On Oct 29, 2021 Eero närhi wrote :
Everything and nothing
When i am everything i am you - Love.
When i am nothing i am no-body - wisdom.
But in reality i don't know anything.
When i am everything i am you - Love.
When i am nothing i am no-body - wisdom.
But in reality i don't know anything.
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On Feb 6, 2021 David Doane wrote :
Hanging out in the emptiness cafe means to me hanging out in awareness that no thing exists, only formless waves of energy that constantly move, change, interplay, come together, move apart. Time disappeared and life appeared for brief periods when I've been immersed in the present which is Presence whichis Life. In such brief moments there is no time, past or future, there is only present, and it's alive. What helps me see nonduality in duality is awareness that all creation is one whole, one giant ocean, metaphorically speaking, out of which waves arise briefly giving hte appearance of separateness and duality but really all is one. More interesting to me is what helps me see duality in nonduality. I think major factors are our ability to be self-conscious, our very tiny sliver of the total bandwidth of perception, and the constant conditioning and indoctrination we suffer.
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On Feb 5, 2021 Jagdish Dave wrote :
Susan Kahn uses the metaphor of Emptiness Cafe to convey the idea of emptiness is fullness. The Spanish mystic John of the Cross calls 'unknowing" an ecstasy. Our mind is mostly dwelling on the same known thoughts. Thought is nothing but a thing. When my mind is still and freeI am hanging out in Emptiness Cafe. In this clear and empty space I feel the fullness of the present moment. It is like hearing the soundless sound.
When I am in deep meditation and when my mind is free fromdistracting thoughts time disappears. I am in Emptiness Cafe where life unfolds with no boundaries of space and time.It is an experience of enlightenment and fulfillment, and abiding love andjoy. Like RabindranathTagore sings, "Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life, the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love."
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