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2016 - 2020Sunday, December 20, 2020 – Giga amoroso – Your new work with Nicolas “From one world to another” | Hello Merry Christmas with my last poem and the hope of a re “Birth” thanks to your kindness on our humanity and our universe.
“Awakening our conscience
Tell me that life will not die out here,
Especially that there will indeed exist a paradise,
Where love, joys, desires are eternal,
Without misery or suffering like our Tower of Babel!
The more we merge with the "Living",
the less we accept seeing suffering,
the more we push ourselves to reflect,
the less we fail to be indifferent.
May this earth, flooded with oceans and seas,
With so much beauty formed from immense universes,
From abysses, with beautiful living expanses reaching to the sky,
Awaken man and his original consciousness!
Saturday, December 5, 2020 – Marina – Thank you for Mom | Hello Frédéric Lenoir, I started reading you after a breakdown. I shared my readings with my mother and it strengthened my bond with her. Tuesday, December 1st, shortly after 9 a.m., she was hit by a car, her head slammed against the ground, and she left us. Your book "On Happiness: A Philosophical Journey" is still on her nightstand. Mom was a devoted, smiling woman, overflowing with life and courage. My brother tells me that she had completed her mission among us, but it's a little too soon for me; she was only 61 years old. I want to thank you very much for what you write; you have brought us closer together, and you are helping me grow. Thank you very much.
Saturday, November 21, 2020 – Joan – Gratitude | Hello Frédéric, I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your books and especially for “Du Bonheur – un voyage philosophique”. More than 7 years ago now, I had major difficulties at work. I’ll skip the details, the important thing is that I no longer remember how your book came into my hands, but it was a revelation. It helped me overcome that moment by rebuilding myself with new foundations. Even today I love rereading it, and just the mention of the title allows me to shine and connect with the best in myself, others and life. So simply: THANK YOU from the bottom of my HEART!
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 – Sandie – Does “freedom” cost too much? | To free ourselves from our unconscious beliefs and actions that determine “our” professional and romantic choices, it would be good to identify them and dissect them with the help of professionals such as psychologists. The best thing would be to use them to avoid repeating this “mistake” with our children or our spouses. Who can invest so much time and money in this wonderful adventure?
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 – Roberta – A Wonderful Coincidence | Hello, for my birthday on November 11, a new book [The Paths of the Sacred] – magical like all the others – has just been published… Immense joy. Infinite admiration
Monday, November 2, 2020 – Giga amoroso – Poem for my daughter's wedding | Thanks to Frédéric and Nicolas for coming together for our future and “Living differently”.
For Elsa's happiness
Dear Elsa, happiness cannot be conquered,
nor can it be declared overnight.
Little by little it is tamed in your hands,
Fragile, sensitive, it flies away at the first sudden gesture, false step.
But so attached to sweetness, to joys,
Lover of life, of desires like you,
He returns by surprise at the bend of a path
Or when the sun rises like this morning…
Long before dawn at the Cornu Hat where
your smile sleeps, your beautiful eyes that embellish your dress
as white with light as the lightning of Love,
…Alone for a moment, but radiant for his return
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – Eric – Thank you ! From One World to Another | Hello Frédéric, I'm almost at the end of your book, co-written with Nicolas Hulot, and in a few words... I thank you both. First of all, for sharing your experiences and thoughts, which certainly contribute to the individual awakening necessary for collective awareness. Then, I spoke about it to my daughter who, at 17 years old, is very involved in the ecological cause (and others!) and who feels neither understood nor listened to by our generation... thank you for this generational link, which must be one of the driving forces behind the paradigm shift we absolutely need. I salute you both and promise to be, in Montreal, the echo of your work. Sincerely... Eric
Monday, October 26, 2020 – Emmanuelle – The Angel's Consolation | Hello, I first borrowed your book from my village library, then I bought it to thank you and to have it with me when I lead discussion groups with victims of sexual abuse. I also appreciate the idea of being able to return to it at any time. I didn't expect it, I just savored each page. Then I read pages 169 and 170; I felt something reveal itself within me, something that allows me for the first time in my life to think that, perhaps, I am a good person after all, in any case worthy of being loved and respected. I read, then closed your book, upset without really daring to admit it to myself yet. Afraid that it wouldn't last, afraid of lying to myself. However, it's been several days now since I read your book, and the effect is lasting! Thank you so much. Also for SEVE, whose journey I've been following. My only hope in writing these words is that you have time to read them so that you can receive my gratitude.
Saturday, October 3, 2020 – Cat – Thank you | Good evening, thank you for all the books you write. I just finished "Wisdom Explained to Those Who Seek It." My thank you goes with the fact that your words, your explanations, are so clear that they are a balm to the heart. My life has been so rich in lessons that I have learned what letting go means. Tonight, I had the opportunity to think about it again. I am preparing myself, and your testimony about your incident with the paragraph from Chuang Tzu appeared to me. A light, thank you.
Saturday, September 19, 2020 – Marie-Odile – From One World to Another | A HUGE THANK YOU, Mr. Lenoir, for your book of dialogue with Mr. Hulot. I couldn't wait to finish reading your work to talk about it to my friends and acquaintances, I was so keen for them to get hold of it as soon as possible... Because there is an urgency for a better world to come about and, what feels good, you believe in it. There is an urgency for everyone's happiness because your book is a balm for the spirit to be shared with those we love and with as many people as possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you... for sharing your thoughts and experiences in such a rich and humble exchange.
Monday, September 7, 2020 – Lionel – Télématin, livestock farming in France | Good morning, this morning during your interview on Télématin, you said a "fake news" about meat consumption in France, 80% of French meat does not come from industrial farming. To see this for yourself, don't hesitate to come to the Aubrac countryside where you will see small farms that feed France and which are often criticized by people like you.
Response to Lionel: Fortunately, there are still small farmers in France who raise their animals in a respectful and high-quality manner. Unfortunately, 80% of the meat consumed in France comes from large farms, a large proportion of which are foreign. See article in Le Parisien (06/04/2018)
Sunday, September 6, 2020 – Catherine – Thought of the day | Hello Sir, I believe that philosophy can save a life and I believe that Mr. Spinoza did not write by chance “not to mock, not to lament, not to hate, but to UNDERSTAND”. So thank you because for me, but this is just my opinion, if you wrote the miracle of Spinoza, perhaps one day we will write the miracle of Lenoir.
Thursday, September 3, 2020 – Michèle – Thank you | Hello Frédéric, just to tell you that you bring me the best in this life, one of the few with Nicolas who gives me hope. I like to hear you say what I think deep down because I am considered a utopian! It is hard to live serenely in this world. Like Nicolas, I have no filter and I feel everything. Thank you both, I will read your latest work. Keep up the fight, we are with you! Best regards
Thursday, September 3, 2020 – Françoise Mementomori – claude.gil[at]dbmail.com | All these compliments are strange. Mr. Lenoir annoys me enormously with his four-penny optimism; all that was missing was his collaboration with the rich Corsican Hulot; yet he seems sincere to me; he believes what he says, on repeat now and on all the media; not a good sign. I'm going to read the "consolation of the angel"... So the existential question: the meaning of life? There is none; a sperm meets an egg, sometimes in a so-called act of love, sometimes just for a quickie, sometimes, alas, in rape, even in the case of marriage... See the "biology of passions" by JD Vincent. What is love based on? But hey, we all believed it. A child is born "and the family circle applauds." Well, let's see... what are we going to offer these little ones who didn't ask for anything? The beauty of nature that cannot be denied except when it rebels and kills. A world where we will have to fight at school, at work when we can find one despite having a master's degree, a world where we kill for religions...
Thursday, July 30, 2020 – Martine – Meditation | Hello Frédéric, for several months I have been meditating almost every day with your CD, it does me a world of good, your voice as well as the choice of each word and music is just PERFECT. Consolation is a real upheaval every time I listen to it… Thank you so much
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 – Pierre – My thanks | Dear Mr. Lenoir, I have just finished your book “The Consolation of the Angel” and I am allowing myself, even if I imagine that your schedule must be very full, to write to you to thank you for the beautiful moments you offered me with this reading. This is also true for your other works which have allowed me to evolve my thinking, I who have not pursued studies other than as an autodidact concerned with elevating myself spiritually.
I am over 80 years old and the approach of the end of my existence is an obvious fact that I cannot exclude.
Your reading will certainly help me to pass the mirror more serenely. Thank you again for that. I am writing to you while listening to Allegri’s “miserere” and I have tears in my eyes. This should not surprise you… for that too, thank you. I wish you all the best in the world. Pierre.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 – Marie-Amélie – Philosophizing with Children | What a wonderful discovery this book is… It will allow me to talk about philosophy with my daughters… If only I were comfortable with the subject… I would have enjoyed doing these workshops with the children at the local school like you. I'm sure it would give them self-confidence. In any case, you've made me want to delve deeper and read your other books. Thank you
Saturday, July 25, 2020 – Marie – Thank you | Good evening, I just wanted to thank you for your writing. I discovered you with The Miracle of Spinoza and the magnificent ideas it contains. I just finished “Live!” and I appreciated the kindness of these pages. Thank you for your writing style, which is simply pleasant, and for everything your works bring to life. Thank you for your commitment, especially to animals.
Saturday, July 25, 2020 – Jean Michel – Acknowledgments | Having read some of your works, particularly those on the theme of religion, I would like to thank you for their writing. I have just read The Philosopher of Christ , which gives a reading and a view of Jesus that seems right to me. As well as an interpretation of the biblical writings from which emanates a tolerance and an open-mindedness that I appreciate. Being a believer myself, but somewhat in dissent with the churches, I find comfort and confirmation of thoughts that have crossed my mind for a long time… I dare to hope, and even believe that you are inspired by the Holy Spirit. Thank you again and good luck
Sunday, July 19, 2020 – Citoyenhmida – The Angel of Consolation | I am 76 years old and I really enjoyed The Oracle of the Moon … just as I infinitely respect your work as a teacher of philosophy… So I read your latest novel: at my age, it seemed a little light to me but you know how to present things so well… I gave it to my goddaughter who is 22: she read it with infinite pleasure and she bothered me a hundred and one times for this or that detail… She is starting The Miracle of Spinoza today…
Saturday, July 18, 2020 – Claude – Spinoza | Hello, I have just finished The Miracle of Spinoza . Curiously, I am making a connection with the work of Jean E. Charon (1920-1998). In 1960, Jean Charon took up Einstein's Theories using complex numbers; endowed with a real part and an imaginary part (by the negative square root, noted "i"). Everything is made up of complex electrons. It is the "thinking electron". Its real part (matter) is subject to destructive entropy, and its imaginary part is the "Aeon", "Spirit", continuously increasing by negentropy. At death, the Aeon remains, rejoins the Cosmos and the Primitive Aeon, called God, enriched by all the experiences of the Universe: "I have lived 15 billion years", "I am in the Universe, I am the Universe". Thus, we can bring together the real part of the electron with Spinoza's "natured Nature", and the Aeon with his "naturing Nature". In another way, Jean Charon joins in a certain way, the thought of Spinoz
Monday, July 13, 2020 – Delphine – The Consolation of the Angel, a gem of a read | Hello Mr. Lenoir, I just devoured your novel The Consolation of the Angel . Thank you for this wonderful novel, it deeply moved me, in a good way. Throughout the pages I was streaming with tears. Like a confirmation of what I feel daily, (thank you Blanche!) without being able to put it into words. When a reading transports you into emotion to this point, it is wonderful, it touched the heart, it is pure happiness! I love reading you and rereading you, thank you, reading the beautiful things you write is a real remedy for feeling good. Yours
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – Ludovic – Thanks | Good evening, I have just finished L'Oracle della Luna . What a pleasure to read this novel which combines medieval romance and spirituality. I found the initiatory journey of the young knight in Roger Mauge's novel "The Unfaithful Knight" with the added mystical dimension. I simply wanted to thank you. A lay member of a baptism team in my parish and having participated in 2 WYD with Jean Paul 2, I have also stayed twice in Nepal to encounter Buddhism and your books indirectly participate in my personal journey with God.
Friday, June 26, 2020 – René – The Consolation of the Angel | Good evening to you, first of all, I have read several of your works that I really liked, with a “slight” preference for the Oracle della Luna , which I have read several times. Your very clear interventions on television programs were appreciated. It’s a shame not to see you more often. My approach is as follows, with great respect. In the book cited in the subject, I would like to point out that Victor Hugo did not go into exile in Jersey, but in Guernsey. This does not prevent me from saying that it is a work full of sensitivity, between a generation that wishes to leave with humility after having suffered so much in its flesh, and the rising one, which has everything to learn from life. Receive the admiration of a reader and continue to make us dream.
Monday, June 22, 2020 – Sarah – Thank you | Hello, this little message to tell you that I have read quite a few of your books and that you are a person who inspires me a lot. Your latest book “Living in an Unpredictable World” is a timeless, soothing book. Thank you 🙂 Looking forward to reading your next books…
Monday, June 22, 2020 – Martine – Thank you | Mr. Lenoir, thank you for all these teachings that rock and guide me at present. Thank you for your charisma, your humility, your commitment to this world, especially towards the little ones who will be the adults of tomorrow. Thank you simply for helping us evolve and grow. Hoping to meet you in Quebec in the near future.
Thursday, June 4, 2020 – Alix – Thanks | Dear Frédéric. I wish you a happy birthday, a day late. My intention was to congratulate you and at the same time thank you for your treasured novel L'Oracle della Luna , thanks to which I spent a wonderful confinement. See you soon, sometime somewhere and always with this immense joy. Yours!
Monday, May 25, 2020 – Marie – Wonderful novel | Hello Mr. Lenoir, I have just finished your novel ' The Consolation of the Angel ' which literally overwhelmed me. This ode to life, death, and happiness, deeply touched me with its accuracy of tone, which obviously echoes my own convictions and feelings. You have also made me want to reread the poetry of Victor Hugo, and Baudelaire among others… I have already read some of your works in which I find peace and comfort. Thank you for all this!!!! I would so much like our politicians to be inspired by your wisdom, perhaps we could glimpse a fairer and less cruel world…
Thursday, May 21, 2020 – Fran | I've only been reading you since the lockdown and I'm really enjoying it... And thanks to you, I'm discovering Spinoza. Thank you.
Friday, May 8, 2020 – Myriam – The Angel's Consolation | Hello, I read your book “The Angel's Consolation,” and I was inspired especially by the references to Hugo and Allegri. So I'm going to reread Hugo's poetry—I remembered very well the poem “to the trees” that you quote—and I was a little disappointed by Allegri. So I'd like to share with you some music in the same vein, which you surely know, it's Tchaikovsky's Cherubim Hymn (here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZQzW_QfPew ) which I find moving. Thank you for your works, but I admit that I prefer your conferences which speak to me more. Good luck.
Saturday, May 2, 2020 – Isabel Mendes – A Very Small Thought | Very, very dear Frédéric, the discovery of your thought, through your writings or your conferences, fills me with joy. I finally understand the attachment of disciples to their master and the happiness you can experience in frequenting Spinoza. Thank you for your light
Thursday, April 30, 2020 – Line (line.bouchard99[at]videotron.ca) – Thanks | Thank you Frédéric Lenoir for sharing your wisdom and light. I read your book The Soul of the World just before the Covid 19 lockdown… it seems that the message of this book is a premonition of what humanity is currently experiencing… I reread it a second time… these messages guide and inspire me… Once again, thank you
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – phibaudin[at]yahoo.fr – Thank you | I just finished your book, The Philosopher of Christ , and I finally found an echo of my spiritual quest, which I had never found in the principles of the traditional Church. This book had been lying around on my bookshelf for a long time; I liked its title, then I forgot about it. I rediscovered it during the lockdown. How modern, just, and beautiful Christ's message is! I want to read the Gospels now.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – Nathalie – Thanks | Discovering your book The Soul of the World “by chance”, in a particular socio-political-health context, your Wisdom illuminates my path already strewn with spirituality and inner realizations. What a joy to also discover The Consolation of the Angel , The Healing of the World and to hear revealing truths (during your conference on 01/14/2018) including that on the duality between joy and sadness in connection with the study of Spinoza through your understanding. In short, I discover you as an author illuminating the path of many, of which I am one. For that, THANK YOU
Sunday, April 12, 2020 – Isabelle – The Consolation of the Angel | On this very special Easter day, bathed in Allegri's Miserere, I have just let go of the hand of Blanche and Hugo, both resurrected to life after terrible suffering. This magnificent book comes at the right time, there is no "chance" indeed: little by little, after an accident in 2016, I hope to be on this path of resilience, accompanied by the consolation of the angel!
"The whole path of life is to pass from unconsciousness to consciousness and from fear to love."
Magnificent work, a hymn to life, to love, to poetry: Victor Hugo, Baudelaire and the contemporary poet Christian Bobin, I am moved, grateful: bravo and thank you to you, Frédéric Lenoir.
Saturday, April 11, 2020 – Giga amoroso – Thank you for the contacts with “Journey to the Edge of Consciousness | The Value of Silence
Why these noises all around me
To understand the notion of existence?
While luckily my simple absence
Sometimes without noise guides my choices.
Despite the trials, my differences
No tears, nor ecstasy would have any meaning,
If obviously my joys come from my confidence
My happiness is very often appreciated in silence.
Such modest happiness
A single rose under my roof,
Stirs my heart,
But even more, the first smile of a child
Tenderly nestled, greedy in a mother's breast!
I love so much the indefinable happiness
Of truly listening with my heart,
Of feeling this divine music
Invade my beautiful, modest soul.
Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Francesca – The Angel's Consolation | Dear Frédéric,
I read your novel The Angel of Consolation (I love everything about angels).
I want to tell you that your characters deeply touched me.
Blanche and Hugo's relationship, their confidences, and especially the love they discovered for each other.
This mutual acceptance, but also this great need to confide, to welcome, and to console each other.
Hugo's distress allowed me to connect with my own.
When I was 3 years old, I was hospitalized for lymph node surgery. During this stay, I was abused by a hospital employee.
I was never able to connect with this experience; it was deeply buried inside me until I read your novel.
When Hugo reveals his sad secret to Blanche, I connected with my own, and the valves opened. I was finally able to cry and release the deep grief that was still there inside me. Through your writing, a lot of healing is happening, thank you.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 – Roberta – Thank you very much | Hello Mr. Frédéric Lenoir, I live in Lombardy, the region of Italy most affected by the coronavirus, and today I simply want to say thank you.
Monday, April 6, 2020 – Philippe – The Angel's Promise | Hello Sir, The confinement conducive to reading allows me to take the time. I savor your novel co-written with Violette Cabesos "The Angel's Promise". I will no longer see Mont Saint-Michel with the same lightness but illuminated by your pages and this beautiful story between Moïra and Roman. I thank you for this high-flying novel. Yours sincerely
Monday, April 6, 2020 – Géraldine – Evaluations | The current situation requires us to face change and acceptance. Like a bubble of oxygen, your messages free me from confinement, just as the sculptor manages to remove from his statue everything that does not resemble the beauty he seeks. And there, I am face to face with a dilemma. I have to manage the school monitoring of my 10-year-old child and I realize my powerlessness in the face of his boredom. The "it would be enough for teachers to do this or that for the child to be perfect" have really left me... It was when I heard you on Spinoza that a glimmer of light crossed my mind: could desire be the driving force behind action? It would therefore be enough to find one's angle of desire for one's motivation to be at its maximum. No more need for evaluations that classify, or downgrade entire generations. All children have the capacities within them. Just address desire first, not skill. I have an experiment to conduct. Thank you.
Monday, April 6, 2020 – Brigitte – The Angel's Consolation | Hello, I just read your latest book and I remembered my NDE I experienced at 19. I am now 63 years old and I confirm that God is Love and that as long as the exercise is not understood in his Heart, then he represents himself again and again. When I was out of my body, I was part of a collective consciousness and, although I would have preferred to stay, I understood and accepted to return because I had other things to do. And every day I reconnect with this infinite Love to nourish myself and share with the visible and invisible creation. I understood that what man has created, for good or for bad, he is responsible for it and can, or must, change it for the greater good of all. Thank you Frédéric for sharing your writings.
Best regards, Brigitte
Saturday, April 4, 2020 – Sugundhi – The Angel's Consolation | I've been looking for clues about romantic relationships in Frédéric Lenoir's books for a year now, and finally I have them in this novel! This book also covers other topics like the meaning of life, death, happiness, religion, near-death experiences, family secrets... Reading it really interested me and brought me something, even if the beginning of the novel seemed naive and unrealistic to me: Hugo, who is coming out of a painful experience, agrees to talk with Blanche from the start and without reservation... I know a lot of young people this age, including my children, and they would have been rather reluctant and "grumpy"...
Friday, March 27, 2020 – dominique.landrin[at]orange.fr – Thanks | Your warm and kind message touched me deeply. Your words and writings are a source of hope, humanity, and serenity. Take care of yourself. Respectfully.
Friday, March 27, 2020 – Jean-Philippe | Dear Frédéric, thank you for this great moment of emotion that you were able to convey through “The Consolation of the Angel.”
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 – Corinne | My family, my friends call you my darling… and yes! I have read you with joy for all these years… THANK YOU for writing, for expressing so accurately what I feel, what I modestly experience when I thought I was alone in my universe. Yay!! Full of light and long live your creativity… THANK YOU
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 – madameT1963[at]gmail.com – Gratitude… | Thank you so much for having this gift and for sharing it with the world.
May you be happy
May you be well
May you be safe
Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Jean-Louis | Hello Sir, if I come here today, it is to say THANK YOU! Yes, “The Angel of Consolation” saved my life, yes really! I was on the edge, and at the end of reading, I was standing, alive and eager to live. Thank you
Friday, March 6, 2020 – alanpuech[at]orange.fr – Happiness… | Thank you for Happiness that is dense but never boring. You can be on the heights and still be accessible. Congratulations from Font Romeu where I ski with my grandsons.
Thursday, March 5, 2020 – Thiphaine – Gratitude | Hello, I knew Frédéric Lenoir by name. I first discovered him on video, thank you Facebook! My mom gave me “The Consolation of the Angel,” what a wonderful gift. For 10 years, I have been evolving in personal development, I have grown and have traveled a beautiful and rich path. I devoured this novel, felt so many emotions, realized how much I am in tune with this vision of being and the world. Thank you to life, thank you to Frédéric for this gift. I wish you a beautiful day full of smiles and gratitude.
Monday, February 10, 2020 – Mounia | Hello Mr. Lenoir, I read your latest novel “The Consolation of the Angel,” which is both moving and a very beautiful book. While reading it, I even found myself in other works of yours, such as “Wisdom Explained to Those Who Seek It” or “The Spinoza Miracle.” For my part, I would say of this novel “an ode to life or even to love,” quite simply sublime. Bravo. Soon, I will start “Meditating with an Open Heart.”
Sunday, January 12, 2020 – Roger – The Angel's Consolation | Frédéric, I find you in this idyllic novel which completes The Black of a White by reminding me that a white note is worth two black notes, especially in angelic music. I am convinced that man is a spiritual being engaged in a temporary incarnation as "God" in Jesus Christ, son of Man-son of God. This incarnation is political, social, etc., dependent on our freedom. The ideal world is to be built day by day, patiently and modestly.
Sunday, January 5, 2020 – Isabelle – The Miracle of Spinoza, presentation in Crans-Montana | I just discovered you. Three days ago, I didn't know you. I listened to your presentation at Montagn'Arts in January 2018, in Crans-Montana, entitled "The Miracle of Spinoza." You can't imagine the impact your words had on me. I'm 61 years old. At 5, I said just about everything Spinoza said, without knowing it. And I screamed when the adults around me tried to convince me otherwise. Screaming alone, I finally gave up and adopted their life of sadness to survive. Your words have such an effect on me that I feel like my life is beginning and that I am no longer alone. A simple thank you cannot express all my gratitude.
Friday, January 3, 2020 – Fabienne – Thanks | My partner gave me “The Angel’s Consolation” for Christmas. Coincidence, he told me… I don’t believe it; it perfectly matches what I’ve experienced and what I’ve been discovering for some time. I just want to share it, of course, and thank Frédéric Lenoir for everything he produces and brings. For children and adults of all ages!
Sunday, December 29, 2019 – Gigi Amoroso – The Consolation of the Angel | My tribute to life on our beautiful Earth and to acting for yourself.
"To melt into her
Feel all this energy within you,
Preserve your true nature, life,
Beauty of each morning which revives
The soft solar glow on your shores.
At the highest but will never be too high,
Your hands rise from the waves towards the sky,
Free you, collect the purest of waters,
To finally be reborn and melt into it.
Why is this love of then in exegesis
the cause of such serious discomfort?
Out of loyalty to your universal land,
but perpetuating its work, solemn mystery,
Your being in search of happiness
Among the sorrowful and weeping crowd,
Forces you to move forward, to believe in your sister
In the purity of mind, of heart.
This is your only way out in the hour
of passing time, with all its lures,
its desires, its very deceptive fantasies,
because your soul will know how to dominate your fear.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 – fc.harmonie arobase free.fr – The Consolation of the Angel | A little acrostic for your book that I loved and that I'm giving to my daughter for Christmas...
The meeting between Blanche and Hugo is fortuitous.
So enjoy this beautiful novel!
Each of the characters brings their thoughts.
Offering many pieces of advice, Blanche will leave
Having little time and love to give...
Under the spell of Hugo, sad but a survivor,
We will discover her, quick to console him;
The path of life is to perpetuate
With delicacy one's past emotions,
Transmit the wisdom of accumulated years
Illuminate a soul in chiseled words,
Where the gaze of the other will be illuminated
Nourished by what leads to happiness.
From Blanche's twilight to Hugo's future
Between these beauties, what a marvelous duo!
The author of this book is definitely worth a look.
On the threshold of the vigil, like a true troubadour,
Christmas is at your feet and on this happy day,
Let's bet that Frédéric Lenoir says "Hello" to you
and invites you to pass...from fear to love...
Sunday, December 15, 2019 – André – The Miracle of Spinoza | Hello, after The Consolation of the Angel , I have just read “The Miracle of Spinoza”. I had already read books on Spinoza, but they were too complex. This time, thanks to your work, the reading seemed much more accessible to me. As a result, I read the novel “The Secret”, another great novel. A beautiful story about values. Exactly the kind of novel I love. Ah… what a beautiful story, even if a little sad! I hope you will keep this style and continue to tell us beautiful stories. Thank you.
Sunday, December 15, 2019 – Leya – Meditate with an Open Heart | Hello, I just finished your book Meditate with an Open Heart . Apparently, I had been meditating without knowing it for a very long time, but your book gives me a new perspective to go further; I should point out that I am a positive person despite all the ups and downs of life, surrounded by animals since I was very young.
Friday, December 13, 2019 – Jean-Jacques – The Consolation of the Angel | Wonderful work! Practically all the concepts and/or ideas that can today help each of us move towards our inner freedom (which, accompanied by kindness and compassion, is the guide to our outer freedom) are addressed. What a long and magnificent journey you have had to write a text that is so attractive, light, soothing, and instructive at the same time. May your book be read by as many people as possible and pique the curiosity of its readers. Make them want to know more. Give them the courage and the strength to continue to improve themselves and thereby improve us all. Bravo and thank you, simply.
Friday, November 15, 2019 – André – The Consolation of the Angel | Sir, I wanted to thank you for introducing me to your book “The Consolation of the Angel.” I am 70 years old and have experienced a very difficult past since my childhood. My story of being uprooted, anchored in my memory, resurfaces too often. I have read certain works by other authors, thinking I would find answers. For the first time in my life, I read a book in 2 days, and this book extremely touched and moved me. Your novel “The Consolation of the Angel” made me cry. Then I confirm that “the angel of consolation” really exists. Yes, something exists, and then I confirm it. Thank you again. I would be happy to follow you, or even read other works… Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Monday, November 4, 2019 – Olbro – The Divine Miracle Spinoza | Dear Mr. Lenoir, you should offer your book to all priests of Christian obedience. You and your friend Spinoza managed to make me understand in a few hours the message of Christ, from which the Catholic Church had managed to distance me little by little over forty years. Thank you for this divine reading!
Friday, October 4, 2019 – Roger – Book The Oracle of the Moon | Hello Frédéric Lenoir, I have just finished this book which excited me with its content, everything I learned from it, for the fascinating plot, for everything concerning other religions, for the sensitivity, the tolerance that I perceive there. I heard you at a conference in Fribourg at the Saint Michel college, also on TV several times. I have read several of your books, including the one on philosophy with school children. I am sensitive to it because I was a teacher with immense pleasure especially with children with learning difficulties. I express my deep gratitude to you for all your sharing which pushes me forward. With my deep emotion.
Monday, September 9, 2019 – Sandrine – Thank you | I discovered your work by reading your book on Spinoza and I had the pleasant surprise of learning about your association Together with Animals , I who am involved according to my means in several of them; I also discovered your books on wisdom and happiness; thank you again, it feels good to know that there are people like you.
Monday, September 2, 2019 – Patricia – Crystal Heart | I just finished reading “Crystal Heart,” a true gem rich in messages and reflections of wisdom! This tale, whose subject is the quest and fear of love, melted my heart (of crystal?!?)! 😉
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 – Jacqueline – Your book “Wisdom” | Frédéric Lenoir, hello. I first met you on television on the show C dans l'air . I then read a number of your writings such as: “The Spinoza Miracle”, “The Healing of the World”, “New Communities”, “The Philosopher Christ”, “Short Treatise on Inner Life”, “On Happiness: A Philosophical Journey”, all of which have greatly contributed to my search for progression and evolution. The latest “Wisdom” enchanted me, very educational, well-documented and above all “ready to use” for anyone who wants to try to access “wisdom”, the vast “art of life” or “make an art of one’s life”. It is as close as possible to what I aspire to, I immersed myself in it by highlighting many passages. In short, a true joy and congratulations on your way of writing. A big thank you for what you share. I am interested in Jean-Philippe Brébion's bioanalogy and I have found similarities in approach. Thank you, Jacqueline C
Saturday, August 24, 2019 – Talitha – The Spinoza Miracle | Attention, magic book 🙂 for those who seek to heal their soul, to get out of sadness, open this book!! I came across it by chance, believing that it was “only philosophy” and well, I am overwhelmed by what I received in spirit, it is a beautiful soul who powerfully transmitted a real remedy through her healing word… I met 2 angels: Spinoza and Frédéric Lenoir <3
Saturday, August 17, 2019 – Marie-Pierre – Thank you | A big thank you for accompanying me through a complicated period of my life and for opening up wonderful perspectives for me thanks to reading “The Power of Joy.”
Monday, August 12, 2019 – Fredou – Universal Response | Hello, I would like to thank you for the quality of your book, On Happiness . It was a mine of incredible information regarding the vision of happiness and these schools of thought. I would recommend this book to everyone around me, so that they can find their own answers.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 – Andrea – The Soul of the World, what a marvel | I wanted to thank you for the masterpiece that is The Soul of the World . You have put into words everything I feel in the depths of my heart, and have never been able to formulate so clearly, included to myself! What an incredible testimony of peace, happiness, meaning! This book must be distributed to the entire planet. Not being good with my words, I just hope to show you how much this book has touched me, overwhelmed me, how much it testifies to everything I believe in. This is the first time I have allowed myself to violate the sanctity of a book and highlight all the passages that spoke to me, to take notes, and to “map” the messages that I want to remember and which are truly principles by which I want to live. Thank you, it was a real connection with the Soul of the World to read you!
Sunday, June 30, 2019 – Vicky – Gratitude | Hello Mr. Lenoir, just a quick note to express my gratitude for the wonderful meditations in Meditate with an Open Heart . They bring me great well-being and inner peace. Your voice, your teachings, the music, and the themes covered are magnificent. Thank you so much for your great wisdom and generosity! Namasté!
Friday, June 28, 2019 – Trypto5927 – The colors of the rainbow: Green with rage for the environment, Red with anger for dangerous drugs, Blue with anger for our polluted water… | Hello, I would like to react to the subject of the powerful pharmaceutical and agri-food lobbies that are corrupting our planet and our country, killing us slowly, and to tryptophan, one of the 8 essential amino acids in the human diet. It governs our physical and mental health and yet we are all deficient in it from birth and throughout our lives. I am a mother of 4 children and since 2010, I have been a kindergarten teacher with children aged 3 to 6. I am stunned and very saddened to see that our students are constantly sick from September to the end of the current school year…
Sunday, June 23, 2019 – Marie José – Your book “The Healing of the World” | Hello, just a few words to tell you that I really liked your book “The Healing of the World.” Very interesting, it held my attention until the last word. This book truly leaves a mark on my interior. I will need time to be able to digest it, but I already feel that many of the messages have reached me. Thank you for this sincere and powerful contribution which has, in a way, opened my mind to “other worlds.” The word “world” made me decide to read it. I have an exhibition entitled “The World Turns.” Thank you again for transmitting so many positive things “to the world.” I feel that yet another world has opened up within me.
Monday, June 17, 2019 – pascal – Article on mindfulness The Guardian 06/14/19 | How would Frédéric Lenoir and, more incidentally, the new age guides of the SEVE Foundation, or even the “fully conscious” journalists of the magazine Le Monde des Religions, position themselves upon reading the recent Guardian article (June 14), entitled “The mindfulness conspiracy”? The purpose of this article curiously echoes my initial critical approach to these “unscientific” techniques (as Jon Kabat-Zinn concedes), which tend to evacuate any political protest among citizens in a supposed state of “full consciousness” (candid and passive). This fashion also strangely stigmatizes, according to an arbitrary a priori, ordinary stress (a healthy reaction of the psyche to an aggressive context) as a pathology to be treated by a therapeutic technique. Thank you in advance for your clarifications.
Thursday, May 30, 2019 – malula – Meditate with an open heart | I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your book “Meditate with an open heart”, the meditation CD makes me experience very emotional moments, thank you.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 – Gigi Amoroso – For my soul brother | Little thought of my night
“In joy
Year after year,
Our soul reveals itself,
Among broken hearts,
It ignores them and rebels.
It is the sky that interests him,
Very high in pure joy,
Where time no longer counts,
Love as the only virtue,
She completes her journey,
In the hope of a return
To her very first age,
Her creation of a day.
Friday, May 3, 2019 – A European observing your country – Call for calm | Isn't it time for the French who believe in the virtues of reason, tempering emotions, reflection, and who understand the serious risks of a crowd acting thoughtlessly in hatred and anger, time for these French people to mobilize and dare to address the yellow vests who continue to demonstrate, thus cultivating hatred and inadequate ideas about the causes of their situation. What good are beautiful books on peace, the cult of meditation, if those convinced by these ways of seeing things don't dare to publicly question the relevance of the opinions expressed by the yellow vest demonstrators by addressing them not to disqualify them but to invite them to rediscover a capacity to think and to experience themselves differently than as poor victims?
Monday, April 22, 2019 – Sephora – Testimony | The Soul of the World!!! I don't think I really find the words, or perhaps the right words, to express what I felt throughout this reading. I have never read a book so quickly, in 3 sittings, which is an achievement for me who hardly ever reads. But what a joy. This book should be on the national education curriculum. The entire planet should read it. Thank you so much.
Sunday, April 21, 2019 – perrin.toinin[at]gmail[dot]com – Philosophy workshops at school | These philosophical workshops are a great initiative from F. Lenoir! However, you should know that this practice is more common in schools than it seems. As a teacher, I have practiced it throughout my career. In any case, children naturally question and react, which sparks a permanent debate, and not only on philosophical questions. The understanding of a literary text, the different methods for solving a mathematical problem, the strategies to implement to win a sports match, at every moment the debate takes place and, together, the most appropriate and understandable solutions are validated by the group. Learning is not only about ingesting knowledge, it is also and above all about being able to have an opinion, to learn to defend it, to listen to and respect that of others. In short, a teacher's obsession, in my opinion, must be a permanent search for access to autonomy for all his students.
Sunday, April 21, 2019 – Roberta – Once again, thank you | When this morning Papa Francesco said that we must become “peacemakers,” I thought of you and all the good you do for us with your books, and I want to share my thoughts with you. A few months ago, I wrote that all efforts to aspire to joy and deep, lasting happiness were a vain search… In 2017, I had to face an extremely painful event. After a long period of total closure, today, despite my many weaknesses, thanks to prayer, thanks to reading your wonderful books, thanks to your vision of life (which I have made my own), I have the strength to try to accept life as it is, with its trials and pains, and with awareness, I thank it every day. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 – Burgenpsy – The Soul of the World: On Introspection | Hello, I have just finished reading this book and – as a psychoanalyst – I was struck by the passage on the need for introspection, which is – this is how I see it – a plea for the work I do with my patients. I have therefore taken the liberty of quoting a few sentences from this passage in my blog, citing – of course – the bibliographical reference. Thank you for this text, which – originally given to my wife – I took the time to read between two writings by Freud and his disciples, which convinced me of my orientation. Jocelyne Beguery: I have had time to digest it, but I already feel that many messages have reached me. Thank you for this sincere and powerful contribution, which has, in a way, opened my mind to
“other worlds.” The word “world” made me decide to read it. I just finished an exhibition called "The World Turns."
Thank you again for transmitting so many positive things to the world. I still feel like another world has opened up inside me.
Sunday, March 3, 2019 – Cathia – Acknowledgments | I have just finished reading your book “Wisdom Explained to Those Who Seek It,” and I still appreciate the energy that emanates from your writing. I loved the relevance of the questions, the richness of the quotes, the humor, and the sincerity throughout the pages. Finally, I was particularly moved by the last part, “The Wisdom of Children.” A big thank you.
Friday, February 15, 2019 – Samia – The Angel's Message | Good evening, this is the first time I've written for someone who writes for me. I haven't finished your book The Angel's Promise . This morning, taking the train and then the metro, I experienced the torture and death of Moïra, inexorable. And then, as I arrived at the station of my destination, I read with pleasure and against all expectations that Roman kept his word in the last moments of his life. I spent, after these events, as fictitious as they are, a day full of questions about carnal love, not carnal, filial, friendly or other, which ultimately boil down to one, namely: "But what the hell is this love?" It's Friday and I can't wait for Monday and to find a seat on the 8:02 train to read the rest. Reading this book, I feel both seduced and compelled. I've had this feeling before when listening to Mozart and his music, which can be both flamboyant and intimate in one sitting. Samia
Friday, February 1, 2019 – Sébastien – Thanks | Hello Frédéric, I'm 34 years old and I've been reading books about spirituality for about ten years. I started with Krishnamurti, then books on Buddhism, and now I'm more interested in Western spirituality. It's in this context that I started reading you because you bridge the gap between East and West in your books, and it's an angle I really like. I wanted to thank you because thanks to you, I started reading Pierre Hadot, to whom you often refer. Reading him was a real revelation for me. His approach to philosophy as a way of life is fascinating, and I enjoy reading his works. You've allowed me to read people who think like me and thus feel less alone. Thank you very much!
Saturday, January 26, 2019 – Pascale Dor – 4 hours of joy | Just to thank you, a Paris-Toulouse TGV, 4 hours, with The Miracle of Spinoza , bought at a kiosk in the station. It so echoes what I feel, live and think… Just a serious philosophical disagreement, chocolate is necessarily intrinsically good, it can’t be otherwise. So just thank you for so much joy!
Thursday, January 24, 2019 – Laurence – What are we doing? | Hello everyone, I would have liked to bring some sunshine with these few words. Alas, here is the reality: I am working in a so-called "social case" family. I am a psychologist and educator, too, to educate who? I come to the point. My first steps in this family inspire horror in me. I see animals: three dogs in a starving state locked in a room, they urinate on the floor, howl in death, they move slowly when they can go out but never outside. I immediately write to the SPA, I call the mayor, the municipal police intervene, take photos, the house is littered with cockroaches, four children also live there. Two months pass, the cats have been placed. Since then, nothing. I also sent a letter to Brigitte Bardot's association, 30 million years, no one can do anything. The prosecutor too and nothing! Who can help me save these three dogs, victims of these sick people? This story haunts my nights; I can't forget the desperate look of one of the dogs.
Sunday, January 20, 2019 – Jean – Title of song 7 on the meditation CD | Thank you for the beautiful book and the “open-heart meditation” CD. I would like to know where the beautiful voice and song of meditation number 7, entitled “consolation,” came from. Thank you for your writings that help us live better. Jean
Monday, January 14, 2019 – Laurence | Hello Mr. Lenoir, I wasn't familiar with your writings and stumbled across "Petit traité de vie intérieure" by chance. In the midst of a separation, filled with doubts and anxiety about the new life that awaits me, I devoured your book. I think it's a springboard to other equally enriching readings, and it led me to reflect on my own journey. Thank you so much for sharing. Yours sincerely.
Sunday, January 13, 2019 – Fred – Testimony | Hello, I just finished the book “Open Letter to Animals…”, after a difficult end to 2018 for me, (especially from a psychological point of view). The question of a professional reorientation becomes clearer following this reading, and especially the choice of orientation. Thank you for them and to you.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 – Diane (dianetremblay53[at]icloud[dot]com) – Purchase of a book | Hello Mr. Lenoir. I listened to you on the Tout le monde en parle in Quebec. I loved listening to you. I bought your book “Mediter à cœur ouvert” with the CD of 10 meditations. I love it and I have started the meditations. I am a beginner. Congratulations on this beautiful book. I hope you will write more. I follow you on your website. Hello and thank you again.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 – Roberta – Thank you, Mr. Lenoir | Hello, Mr. Lenoir, I am Italian and I don't write well in French, but since I happened to read your books, I have been motivated to do so. Your communication skills are a gift. In a world where personal selfishness, superficiality, and exteriority prevail, you are a rarity. When I feel the need to disconnect from reality, I take refuge in what you write. I try to assimilate as much as possible the wisdom you believe in, but when I close the book, reality, with its fair share of pain, is something else entirely. I love and believe in God and I thank him every day. The problem is that all of existence is an enigma, and even with the effort of reasoning and discernment, with lucidity and attention, with generosity and gratitude, aspiring to supreme joy and deep, lasting happiness is a vain pursuit. The fullness of life is God's prerogative. Thank you so much.
Monday, November 12, 2018 – Sandie – The Nobel Peace Prize winners of October 5, 2018 are… | Hello, occasional reader of your books that I find very interesting on happiness, joy, etc… I wanted to share with you this information that reached my ears a little late: the Nobel Peace Prize winners this year are: Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwedge. If you don't know who she is and who he is, do a little research on the internet and you will see… I find them strong and wonderful. What a joy to know they act to repair the atrocious acts that Man can sometimes commit in certain contexts.
Monday, November 5, 2018 – Danièle – Tampon Conference (Reunion) | Hello, I had the chance on November 2 to attend the conference on "Religion and Spirituality" at the University of Tampon, which allowed me to finally understand the meaning of each of them. That was my goal, you replied with a smile when I approached you furtively at the end. For a long time, I searched for answers, but without being totally satisfied. Indeed, the people around me who shared their spiritual experience were not even able to explain it to me, apart from the fact that these are things related to the spirit. So now I am well advanced on the question. Your conference enlightened me and made me think about it. What if religion and spirituality only led to a single goal: the quest for happiness, however fleeting, that this material and selfish world does not bring us? It is up to each of us to find our own reason. Mass materialism, in the face of happy sobriety, rejects difference and does not understand our beliefs. Thank you.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 – Marylene49 – In total harmony with your heart and your thoughts | A big and warm THANK YOU first of all for the Fairy and Heaven who put you on earth Frédéric LENOIR! Self-taught after a humble level of general school culture – almost 69 years old at the moment – I had the chance to discover you through many books that you wrote and published. I listened – via YouTube – to many conferences where you philosophize on the meaning of life, the favorable direction to give it, the paths to take to get there, I was interested in your mentors that you cite, Spinoza and others… With you, I live again, so much do you have an open mind based on inexhaustible knowledge that has enriched you with all the currents of thought of various religions. You are right in suggesting that we dig deep within ourselves to find God and joy, and to be wise beings for others, saying yes to Life, to all that is LIFE. Thank you for the children you teach to think. THANK YOU
Wednesday, September 24, 2018 – Pierrette – C Politique (France 5) | I discovered you and I absolutely loved you. I fully agree and admire you.
Monday, September 15, 2018 – Marianne – Reply to Mélanie | Hello Mélanie, in response to your message to Mr. Lenoir. For your information, I just wanted to tell you that Frédéric Lenoir has a particular interest in the well-being and support of aging people, and in the mix of generations, since he has been the sponsor for many years of a very fine association called "Le Pari Solidaire" which responds precisely to the needs of young people and seniors, the objective of which is to develop the supply of housing for students and combat the feeling of insecurity of seniors and thus contribute to their remaining at home for as long as possible. Yours faithfully.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 – Melanie (melanie.vanmuyden@gmail.com) – Death Today | Dear Sir. Currently, more than 9% of the French population is 75 years old and older. This is something new in our country, which advocates human rights. However, this is in fact a population without real rights. Isolated because it is incapable of adapting to the development of technology. It is unproductive and therefore of interest to society. In a rich country with a Christian culture, how should France act to honor its old age? Grant it a beautiful, freely chosen death! URGENT! Thank you for taking an interest in this burning issue that is incompatible with your youth.
Saturday, September 1, 2018 – Carole – The Angel's Promise | A big thank you for your dedication, for your presence in Morges, and your words… incredible how I find myself in these, these ideas that I share but that I don't know how to express… Thank Interior Life and The Open Letter to Animals … I will soon be launching into The Spinoza Miracle , even though I am not used to literature, but hearing you talk about it made me want to. Take great care of yourself…
Friday, August 31, 2018 – Jean – The Oracle of the Moon | What a beautiful work, so rich, abundant, with these long expositions on the three monotheistic religions, astrology, independently of the novelistic plot. Small note: in Algiers, was Cape Matifou called that before 1830? It is still 28 km from the Casbah and there were no roads, so one evening seems to me not enough to make the trip. Then the boat trip from Oran to Toulon for Georges, why not Marseille or better still a port in Spain?
Kind regards.
Saturday, July 28, 2018 – Jacques-Emile ( je.milhau@laposte.net ) – Spinoza | A thousand thanks for your works/teachings on philosophy and Spinoza. You shed a lot of light on certain essential aspects such as joy and sadness. Let us enter and participate in this school of philosophy with Joy: we will discover and draw useful riches from all our activities and experiences.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 – Isabelle – The Soul of the World | What a beautiful book THE SOUL OF THE WORLD is…. I recently discovered your works, Mr. Lenoir, and I started with “On Happiness, a Philosophical Journey” while browsing the shelves of my small and very pleasant village library. This obviously piqued my curiosity, since I continued with “The Soul of the World” and what a delight! The stories and illustrations are delightful and lead to essential existential reflections. At 45, there is always time….. Life is indeed made up of many evolutions. Thank you again, and I look forward to reading you again
Monday, July 16, 2018 – Richard – The Philosophy of Christ | I just read this book, which fascinated me. As I closed it and reread the pages on the Inquisition and other horrors committed in the name of God, I immediately thought of Woody Allen's aphorism: "If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse!" Thank you, sir.
Sunday, July 1, 2018 – Michel – Comments on Spinoza | Your book on Spinoza is accessible and awakening to awareness. It allowed me to discover him. A treat.
1. It seems to me that Spinoza did not personally achieve the beatitude he desired for others, unlike Socrates. Did he live as a hermit?
2. Following your quotes about Jesus, it's no wonder he was rejected by the Jewish authorities. Belief in the existence of God remains unresolved.
3. '...acting according to our own nature...' reminds me of the theory of liberal economics: when everyone seeks their own individual interest, society achieves its maximum efficiency. But what are its safeguards against abuses of power and antisocial behavior? Is Spinoza blind to the imperfections of human nature, to the mechanisms of survival? Not all men think like philosophers. Let's come back down to earth.
Religions, laws, and police forces are designed to protect against this.
Thursday, May 31, 2018 – Pascal – Spinoza, the false philosopher | Spinoza appeals to today's bobo public because his caricature of philosophy makes him a precursor to current authors of pseudoscience and other all-out popularizers, who corrupt ideas to transform them into marketing products.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 – Aurélie – On Joy | Hello, I really appreciated your work and your approach in The Power of Joy . It’s very pleasant to be able to debate simply and deeply on such an essential and universal theme. I find myself in your centers of interest, like many others, which represents in my eyes a beautiful wave of hope. Yours, thank you again 🙂
Saturday, April 21, 2018 – stephane.mathieu@afnor.org – A short treatise on inner life: a true “literary therapy” | Hello Frédéric, I am 51 years old and, since the beginning of last year, I have been undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The fight is long, bitter and difficult, but I remain deeply optimistic, confident and determined to achieve this one and only goal: healing 🙂 I discovered by chance (but is it really chance?) your book “A Short Treatise on Inner Life” which gave me a whole series of keys and pointers to move forward on my path of life and light. You are a builder of happiness and an assembler of possibilities: I would like to thank you infinitely for this “literary therapy” which has simply allowed me to understand what life is.
April 12, 2018 – ACB – Acknowledgments | Thank you for “The Spinoza Miracle”; I read your works with pleasure, but this one was a playful joy and a definite appetite. I had been very interested a long time ago by the works of Damasio, as a doctor, they allowed me other horizons, I became a little acquainted with Spinoza with Yalom’s work, and there was delight, thank you for popularizing this extraordinary thought. I started your work 3 hours ago and read 3/4 of it. Can’t wait for tomorrow!
Monday, April 9, 2018 – AM – Thanks for sharing your experience | Hello, I only discovered your writings three and a half years ago. Your writings led me to watch videos (conferences, interviews, etc.), to other readings, to other authors (like Laurent GOUNELLE for example), to one of your conferences last year in LA GARDE (83). All this work of understanding over three and a half years and the crossing of points of view with convergences have broken down many barriers in me in order to rediscover within myself a state of “joy” that I had already had within me a long time ago but since then “polluted” by external causes. I simply wanted to thank you for having been the trigger for this long work on myself, which is only the beginning of a long journey. Best regards. AM
Tuesday, April 4, 2018 – Aurélien – The Spinoza Miracle | Thank you for this beautiful and very accessible book that allowed me to discover Spinoza's philosophy and which resonated with me. Very interested in philosophy, this book also triggered my application to become a leader of philosophy workshops for children. Bravo for your work, for your actions, for your commitment which give off a real breath of benevolence.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 – Isabelle – Spinoza | … spend time with some good friends… and… books… to exchange profound ideas in a beautiful garden: we share the same values.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 – Hiémale – Wow! A miracle! | I never knew where I stood in this spiritual quest. I ended up siding with the atheist, but I never stopped thinking about God. Does God exist? I readily answer, inspired by what EE. Schmitt writes in The Night of Fire : I don't know, but I think not. One day, I dared to call myself a Christian atheist to signify my attachment to Christ on a religious discussion forum. Or another time, I dared to quote Einstein and his text on cosmic religion during a conference with an assembly of rationalists. Each time, I produced the effect of a dog in a bowling game. In other times, I might have been destined to be burned at the stake. Yet, I always wanted to believe that there could be another path already mapped out. So, a thousand thanks for illuminating Spinoza's path/voice for me. [It's not easy to have only a thousand characters to send a thousand thanks..]
Monday, March 5, 2018 – Annedc – Video on Joy | I totally agree with you about the culture of joy. For my part, I wanted to share my experience on this subject as well. To tell the truth, after an accumulation of many family problems that led me to leave home when I was a student, I very consciously made sure, after my departure, to create a new life for myself. And I remember repeating a nice phrase in my head: "You are going to create positive memories now. That way, when you are sad in the future, you will rely on them." I don't know where it came from, it's a strength that I had to maintain very often, and not without difficulty, but which bore fruit. Thank you.
Sunday, March 4, 2018 – Liline – Commentary on the Spinoza miracle | Hello, I am delighted by the connection you make between Spinoza's writing and Vermeer's painting...reading this, I am simultaneously reminded, and in a disturbing way, of the light of the brass instruments in JB Lully's music...a perfect triad to elevate our souls. Thank you for the enrichment provided by your writings.
Friday, March 2, 2018 – François – Even Further | Reading your works, we understand your popularity. You convey your love of life and people very naturally. It is pleasant but also stimulating to discover a piece of writing, as we are so curious about these new pages, we expect to be surprised. And yet, as you express it yourself, criticism tickles you with this popularity, this famous "popularization" of the thought of movements and authors who are not necessarily accessible. I find this popularization famous! You awaken in us readers the desire to grow a little, by going to discover these breaches opened in our daily culture. But from the first chapters of Nietzsche or Epicurus, I become discouraged. Ultimately, what I seek in your work is not the thought of other authors nor the universal thought that you know how to extract, but the invitation to openness beyond our mechanisms. Let us go "even further with you," beyond our mechanisms and your academic culture.
Monday, February 26, 2018 – Raynald – Spinoza an Atheist? | I welcome your illuminating presentation of Spinoza's thought. You certainly didn't write it from an opportunistic perspective, because he is probably the philosopher most opposed to the intellectual positions currently in vogue. Spinoza obviously cannot arouse the interest of religious people, atheists, or agnostics. The former are only interested in faith and the more or less blind acceptance of a revelation. The latter want to know nothing about God. The third feel an absolute repulsion for all metaphysics, which they constantly decree is transcended. Now, Spinoza was enamored of a God who has nothing to do with faith and whose existence he attempts to demonstrate with the rational rigor of a geometer. I would have some reflections to make on Spinoza's supposed atheism, but, due to lack of space, I was unable to copy them here...
Thursday, February 22, 2018 – Christiane – Testimony | Thanks to Frédéric Lenoir for his commitment to children and for these many initiatory books that allow us to become aware of the values of existence and encourage us to work together for a better world.
Wednesday, February 21 – Roger – Thank you! | Just a quick message to thank you for the accuracy of your works. Your book “Petit Traité de Vie Intérieure” is my bedside book, which I reread regularly, and which brings me so much with each reading. Today is my birthday, the first gift I give myself is to say Thank you 🙂 and the second will be to offer me your work on Spinoza. Continue to share your knowledge and your kindness with us, Mr. Lenoir! Have a nice day!
Sunday, February 18, 2018 – Alain – Satisfaction | I just finished “God”; it’s a goldmine to be exploited, I’ll go back. You are an agnostic with a deist tendency, that’s your right, and I even think dogmatically (rationally) that one can only be agnostic. I’ll do you justice. Personally, I’m an atheist, but that’s not a problem. I discovered, very late in the day, that Jean d’Ormesson was also an agnostic. I liked it. I realized that I couldn’t prove my atheism. We all believe in everything, in nothing, no matter what. Spirituality, the life of the mind, is important to me, and I go so far as to talk about the God of the Atheists, without obviously knowing how to define it.
Sunday, February 4, 2018 – Mila – Synchronicity | Hello, I was a Spinozist, I didn't know it, thank you for introducing me to it. I share almost all of your ideas except for synchronicity. I really like Wagner even though he was anti-Semitic, but there will always be something that bothers me in the background when I listen to his music. As for Jung, he was racist towards Africans and anti-Semitic. I don't believe that music can be racist, words can. Regarding synchronicity: out of 200 people who take a plane, some will dream that it will crash. Almost all planes don't crash, so there is an absence of synchronicity. And when unfortunately a plane crashes and a survivor had dreamed of this accident, can we talk about synchronicity? Human beings are hyperactive and thousands of thoughts cross their minds, which leads to incredible coincidences. We don't know the meaning of our lives; we are born, we reproduce, we die, we serve nature. Believing in...
Friday, January 26, 2018 – Socratic – Spinoza | Thank you, Mr. Lenoir, for your contribution to the wonder of the world. Thanks to you, I finally discovered Spinoza as a man and as a visionary. It is because of who you are and what you do that I decided to learn more about this philosopher. Just like you, I do not appreciate his conception of women or that of animals. Nor do I subscribe to his absolute rationalism. However, what lucidity, what openness, and what intuition! Your book made me want to read Ethics Revised and Rewritten by Bruno Giuliani. Finally, thank you for your humanist commitment, a reflection of your adherence to the man you describe as the greatest philosopher of all time.
Monday, January 15, 2018 – Corine – Masters of Life Psycho mag | I am a first-grade teacher. The first time I found myself in a class, I was 18 years old and today I am 54. That makes a lot of encounters and hours of learning to Live. How can you think that I only applied the programs: reading, writing, counting? How can you imagine that we can be together 6 hours a day without learning to manage our emotions in order to open up to ourselves and to others, without seeking meaning and joy in each small evolution and in the path that leads there? I do not claim to be a teacher of life, I simply tried to give my little ones confidence in their relationship with adults in order to prepare them to meet the Other. Thank you to all my little students because they were my Masters of Life long before the older ones. When you summon your own, I'm sorry if you never heard the voice of one of your teachers because that means we've all failed.
Sunday, January 14, 2018 – Alain PIQUEREY – The SPINOZA Miracle | Hello Frédéric, pulled from eternity 89 years ago, the return cannot be far away. Inevitably, the inner questioning intensifies a little. I bought “The SPINOZA Miracle” and I had the impression of a fascinating conversation with a friend. Thank you Frédéric! Marveling at existing, despite the ups and downs of life, is my own little philosophy, and I was therefore happy to better understand this thought “based on desire and joy.” Even if I had some difficulty following the reasoning that attempts to reconcile determinism and freedom. Personally, I would be closer to Teilhard de Chardin, "humanity is marching towards its God" (The Human Condition), which I imagine (as a concept) in a thick fog at the top of a mountain that humans climb by different paths, with different guides but a widely shared conviction that it must be reached. While having the freedom to unscrew, more or less seriously. – Sincerely!
Sunday, January 14, 2018 – Alain PIQUEREY – The Miracle of SPINOZA | Sir, you wrote to your friend Robert Misrahi that your ambition – to write THE MIRACLE OF SPINOZA – is none other than to introduce a wide audience to the life and thought of the man you consider the greatest of philosophers. You introduced him to me, and in a beautiful way. I thank you for it.
Thursday, January 4, 2018 – Josiane – The Power of Joy | Hello, I bought this book, determined to read it quickly, and hoping for a lot from it. However, after several weeks, I still hadn't managed to get past the halfway point. I'm a pretty good reader, though. And it's well written. After reflection, I have to come to terms with the fact that joy isn't for everyone. You have to have experienced some joyful roots during your childhood to believe it, don't you think?
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 – Jean Jisset – Poem | A path to follow To Frédéric Lenoir I have decided to live happily And I discover in Spinoza, Through your expertise, sir, The path that must be followed here below!
Sunday, December 31, 2017 – Plevig – Thank you | I must thank you for, among other things, this brilliant insight into Spinoza. Not another word. Just thank you. All of this is so important.
Saturday, December 16, 2017 – Murielle – C news interview from 12/16 | I just listened to you on C news, unfortunately just the end. But what a joy to hear you! Absolutely all your observations are sensible, fair, and beautiful. I, who only meet cynical people, it did me a world of good to listen to you. Like you, I abandoned the Catholic religion at a very young age, I became interested in Buddhism, then I read a few passages from the Gospels, and I felt the same thing as you. I think that the key to harmony between humans and inner happiness lies there. You also defend the condition of animals, and that is very important. In less than a decade, we will probably wonder how we could have acted towards them in such a barbaric way. Bravo and thank you for being who you are and acting as you do.
Saturday, December 16, 2017 – Robert Morane – Interview published in Le Soir on December 16, 2017. “Spinoza guides us toward joy” | THE QUESTION OF FREE WILL (article 1) The scientific approach in the field of macrophysics is generally based on a strictly deterministic approach. This approach calls into question the possibility of phenomena occurring ex nihilo, that is, phenomena that escape any thread of causality. Free will, as it is usually presented to us, is one of these phenomena. To challenge it results in stripping man of his capacity for self-determination, a capacity linked to the ability to choose and make decisions. The question of free will has a long history. This is how B. Spinoza already affirmed in a work dating from 1677 (Ethics, Part 1, proposition 32) that "the will cannot be a free cause, but only a necessary cause (...) because the will, like everything else, requires a cause which determines it to exist and to act in a given way." https://www.facebook.com/revuetcorrige/
Thursday, December 14, 2017 – Catherine – A Short Treatise on Inner Life | Following the program Rendez-vous en terre inconnue , I noticed that Frédéric Lenoir is not only a historian of religions!!! I read A Short Treatise on Inner Life and I have to say: thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lenoir, both for reinforcing me in the choices I have made to live my life and for shedding more light on these same choices which were until now rather intuitive...
Friday, December 8, 2017 – Marianne – Animals Thank you, Mr. Lenoir, for your book “Open Letter to Animals,” but also a huge thank you for joining the FLAC Honorary Committee. To quote Émile Zola, “Bullfighting is neither an art nor a culture, but the torture of a designated victim.” Yours faithfully.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Carole (carole.czmil@laposte.net) – Conference of December 5, 2017 What a joy to meet you and listen to you yesterday, during your conference on knowing how to live together! I have read most of your works, I too had this strange impression of listening to a friend while reading you. I, too, discovered you while searching without believing it, a book that could give me the courage to move forward, the kindness and goodwill to forgive and forgive myself, and why not, rediscover the joy of living, because I too was feeling very bad. 'The Little Treatise on the Inner Life' enchanted me and... lightened me. I was curious to read you again. With the same satisfaction, the same astonishment at so much wisdom and so much simplicity. Within everyone's reach. The paths to joy and happiness are not easy, but they are well worth the effort. Whenever I feel down, I delve into your essays, searching for passages that will undoubtedly do me good. Hats off and respect, Mr. Lenoir!
Monday, November 20, 2017 – Catherine – The Spinoza Miracle According to Spinoza, everything that happens is necessary. So it was necessary for me to spend 3 short days in France from November 11 to 13, to visit Le Furet du Nord in Lille and to 'come across' this book. Having discovered Vedanta almost 20 years ago and having read a lot on the subject, and on other Eastern wisdoms, isn't it that I discover that a 17th century European had also discovered the same thing! In short, I became a big 'fan' of Spinoza thanks to your book. The best thing about Eastern wisdoms is that Spinoza explains how to apply this 'wisdom' in everyday life. And insists on clearing the way of our psyche and our projections. Fascinating. A big thank you.
Friday, November 10, 2017 – Romina – A Little Treatise on Inner Life This book “A Little Treatise on Inner Life” brought back my smile, hope, and gave me the desire to live life to the fullest again, and above all, to finally dare to LOVE and BE LOVED! At a time in my life when I was really feeling very bad. I felt like I was reading a friend's book and I received a monumental slap in the face! I finally understood, and whenever I feel sad, I reread it. Today, I am married to a wonderful man, I lead a serene and peaceful life, and I try to enjoy every moment. Just THANK YOU for allowing me, through this book, to be ME and for teaching me how to live and, more than anything, TO LOVE.
Thursday, November 9, 2017 – Alexandra – The Spinoza Miracle After waiting several years to discover your “favorite philosopher,” the miracle has finally arrived… in bookstores. I have just devoured—like a good thriller—your latest work, “The Spinoza Miracle.” To summarize the substance of your magnificent work, which focuses on the chaotic life of a visionary philosopher who lived almost four centuries ago, I will use Pericles’ motto, “There is no happiness without freedom, nor freedom without courage.” Thank you so much for this philosophical gem. To be read and reread.
Friday, October 13, 2017 – pierreturgeonxyz[at]gmail.com – How Jesus Became God What a magnificent book. I feel I was privileged to read you. I admire the research you have done. It is a masterclass on the beginnings of Christianity but more specifically of Catholicism. So much useless quarrels for power through religion. As you so aptly quote at the very end of your book: “God is love” and that “whoever loves is born of God and knows God” (1 John, 4). This is the true and only religion: LOVE. Thank you for your thoughts.
Sunday, October 8, 2017 – Etteile – Open Letter to Animals I just closed your book “Open Letter to Animals,” and I immediately had a flashback to this Syrian refugee couple I received a few days ago who told me with modesty and dignity “it’s horrible.” Yet I would have liked to share your utopia, even if Mimine never understands why I take the mice off her paws…
Thursday, September 14, 2017 – Jacques – Happiness… only happiness I picked up this little book during the holidays, bought at a garage sale at random… It’s the kind of ball-of-wool book that makes you want to pull on the hanging skeins… Each subject gives rise to rereading certain classics or philosophers or starting to rummage around in certain schools never personally approached, like the Epicureans. I was delighted to rediscover Zhuangzi and his quiet insolence. So from noon to midnight, I wandered at will on this radiant beach of pleasure and well-being, where the author distils his great sensitivity with great humility and a kindness to meditate on. In the gentleness of the spirit… A book that does good. Thank you.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 – Sophie – A Short Treatise on Inner Life I just finished this book, which was a true delight for my mind, my heart, and my being. I really appreciated the resonance you create between different religions, their spirituality, psychology, and philosophy. I was also very touched by the way you shared your life and the gift of your experience on the keys to a happy life.
Monday, August 28, 2017 – Olga – Thank you! Dear Frédéric Lenoir, you are an incredible personality, so radiant, profound, positive, and kind! So rare. Thank you for sharing your experience, your readings, and your thoughts with us, especially on well-being and living together. Come to Belgium with a conference! We need you here too.
Friday, August 25, 2017 – Martika – Let’s be utopian, it’s good for our health 😉 I can’t wait to meet you on November 5! I read a lot of your work before “taking action” (!) and following the SEVE training this year. Today I know that these first steps in philosophy workshops, in addition to the joy they bring me, mark the entry into a new era… which will be collective, conscious and awakened, notably thanks to you. You have this remarkable ability to simply formulate what many of us guess at the bottom of our souls, without really grasping it. And your words are particularly impactful because for me you are what you say: congruent, eloquent, inspiring. Thank you Frédéric! You are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for me 🙂
Friday, August 18, 2017 – Isa I read the book “The Oracle of the Moon” this summer. I can’t even find the words to express how magnificent this book is. While reading it, I traveled through history, through world cultures and religions, and also into my heart. This book touched my heart! Thank you Frédéric Lenoir for this fabulous philosophical journey!
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 – antoine.notari@orange.fr – Inner Peace One day, I turned to God and followed the voice of my heart, which is love. I turned to the teachings of Jesus, and my life was completely transformed. I saw life without end. It is by doing this spiritual work, by seeking God within oneself, that eternity opens before you, that one opens oneself to this universal love, to the love of one's neighbor, to this wonderful happiness within oneself, to humility, to compassion, to kindness. And thanks to my own spiritual work, a pure heart. I can say that as long as every human being does not understand the meaning that God has made, he will not know the true values of life. Thank you for your books.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 – Colette (colettepalatte@skynet.com) – Thank you Thank you for this very positive philosophy that your books and interviews reveal to the world, hope runs everywhere with you and it is as if life is reborn every morning, with its procession of hope, faith and love……. it is invigorating and revalidating…… Yours… you are the one who understood the complexity of humanity… Yours.
Saturday, July 15, 2017 – Adrien – Reading feedback Dear Frédéric, a young Christian converted at 20, I am now 22 years old and your books have helped me a lot in the meantime, to build my critical, philosophical and religious thinking. I also recognized myself in your personal story, your quest for meaning, the absolute and your sensitivity towards the poor. Your philosophical tales, your treatises on the interior life, joy or happiness, as well as your novels and essays ( The Philosopher Christ, Short Treatise on the History of Religions, Socrates-Jesus-Buddha, Open Letter to Animals… ) constitute a whole fascinating philosophical thought that I share with pleasure with my friends, who often subscribe to your analyses. I would like to thank you for your work and your associations. You have given me the desire to write too, at my humble level, to bring like the hummingbird, my drop of water, even if I don't really know how and I will surely need advice. Once again, thank you!
Saturday, July 8, 2017 – Jean Lago – Open Letter to Animals I just finished reading “Open Letter to Animals.” I really enjoyed it. I was born in the countryside 80 years ago and grew up on a farm. They killed pigs there, and almost every day a chicken or a rabbit was sacrificed. These animals had their throats slit; only the rabbits were stunned before being slaughtered. I can still hear the cries of the pig bleeding out. I am opposed to the return of on-farm slaughter; it would not be a step forward because I don’t see how pre-stunning could be implemented. This issue would need to be seriously addressed.
Thursday, June 22, 2017 – Viviane – A huge THANK YOU!!! Dearest Frédéric, thanks to the Bourges Media Library, I discovered in large print (I am only 1/20th visually impaired…) your magnificent book “Petit traité de vie intérieure” (Small Treatise on Inner Life). It was a total discovery of philosophy, accessible and fun although in-depth, and you gave me the desire to progress in my spiritual journey (just that!!). I rush to my media library where another of your works is present in LARGE PRINT: “The Soul of the World”. Thank you again a thousand times for having thought of visually impaired people and a big hat tip for what you are quite simply. Viviane GOULAUX (goulaux.pianos@orange.fr)
Monday, June 12, 2017 – Thalie – Open letter to animals Hello, I just finished your latest book and what a joy, what a joy to see that others share the same ideas, the same emotions, the same vibrations concerning the love of animals. I just lost my dog after 13 years of living together and I recognized myself in what you write. The love of animals is unique, true, unambiguous, it is love in its pure state, which makes us more human every day. I am one of those who saves small animals in swimming pools, who captures spiders and puts them back outside (I have a great technique…), I sometimes appreciate the company of my cats more than certain humans and concerning my diet, I eat less and less meat and I am not doing any worse for it. In short, your book did me a lot of good even if sometimes it hurt me and brought a few tears to my eyes… I also admired the beautiful illustrations throughout this reading. I think you are a beautiful person. Thank you.
Thursday, June 8, 2017 – Sandie – Conference “re-enchanting the world” with P. Rabhi I don’t have a Facebook account and don’t want to have one, that’s why I’m posting my comment here, regarding your conference that I would like to see but not on my computer. Having started, a few years ago, my readings called “spiritual sources and resources that allow me to maintain a life goal”, I started with those of your friend Pierre Rabhi then I read you recently and you are part of this “reference” now. So this is to tell you that seeing you both, among other things, during an interview is important to me, but I am waiting, perhaps wrongly, to be able to see it in public, like at the cinema for example and not at home alone with my computer. Is this something that is planned in the future concerning this conference? If so, I hope we will be informed, because even if I don't have a Facebook account, I can still check yours and some others anyway. Thank you.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 – Françoise – About the association “Together for Animals” Hello Mr. Lenoir, thank you for your strong support for the animal cause. I sincerely hope that this new government will listen to you through its Minister of Ecology and that these veritable concentration camps that some farms represent will disappear very quickly. Eating less meat is a militant choice, but when we really want to eat it, we should be able to not feel guilty when thinking about the conditions of animals: breeding and slaughter. Will we one day be able to forget “profit” in favor of the well-being of the animals that allow us to feed ourselves? Thank you for putting your media aura at the service of animals. Good luck, we will be by your side.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 – Animalslover – RTL Broadcast May 30, 2017 Thank you for your intervention today on RTL; when you spoke, I felt like I was hearing a kindred spirit. Just yesterday, my mother was crushing an insect (not a mosquito, I should point out). Faced with my indignation, she said to me, "but it's only an insect," I retorted, "it's above all a living being!" You were saving the bees, but I spend hours in swimming pools saving all these little marvels of perfection, watching them come back to life. I was even thinking of making it a game for children with a small net, magnifying glass, and an alphabet book of insects to teach them to observe them, admire them, and then respect them, as well as all forms of life. Never a sting. The same goes for my wild bees that squat in the big willow. I get right in the middle of them with my tennis racket to kill these horrible hornets and not a single one has ever hurt me. Well done again and thank you for them. Kind regards.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 – Marianne – RMC “GG” Show Hello Mr. Lenoir, congratulations on your appearance today on RMC on the “GG” show. I know how difficult it is! Sometimes it’s so complicated to tell people that you’re an animal rights activist, because we often hear the same old refrain: “there are still more serious things in life than campaigning for this cause.” How can we define one cause as more important than another? And for that, I wanted to thank you because you were able to express it clearly and effectively to the people present on the set. Congratulations on the publication of your new book “Open Letter to Animals” and happy since yesterday to join your association Together for Animals . Have a great Ascension Day weekend. Kind regards.
Thursday, May 25, 2017 – Lamina – Animal Abuse Hello, I would like to thank Mr. Frédéric Lenoir for his philosophical commitments and in particular for his latest book: "Open Letter to Animals." I salute his personal investment which informs us about animal abuse and I would like to emphasize the fact that we must not oppose the suffering of humans to that of animals as is often the case. I am convinced that respect for humans will come through that of animals. Hence the importance of these testimonies and struggles in order to change mentalities on this subject. Not all families are sensitive to the animal species; could we not imagine, for example, a school program which would integrate this subject and educate children? Best regards.
Monday, May 22, 2017 – Audrey – Info: Working with Animal Communicators Hello Frédéric Lenoir. I would so much like politicians and public figures, including you, to join hands with these communicators who devote themselves wholeheartedly and dedicate their time, sometimes their lives, to helping animals, having learned to communicate with their minds. There are more and more men and women who enter into telepathy with all animals, who are trained to help them. The results are a little approximate at first, but as they gain confidence, perceptions become more refined and the information received becomes astonishingly precise. I recommend watching the France 5 documentary on Laila Del Monte (youtube), a pioneer in animal communication, working all over the world, in zoos and in private homes. I hope that animal communicators are better known because they provide valuable information on the needs, desires, and feelings of animals.
Saturday, May 13, 2017 – Anne Your books accompany me on my journey through life… They are like stones of light that guide me through my questions, my doubts, and reveal new doors to open within myself. Thank you for your words, your kindness, your quality of listening and your perspective during your conferences. You are a man, just a man, and that is why you are so precious… Anne, composer
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 – Claire – Thanks Hello Mr. Lenoir, thank you for sharing your passion for philosophy with those who have no higher education and know nothing about philosophy. You made me understand through your gaze, and the simplicity of your heart and I would even say the courage to say out loud what others do not even dare to admit to themselves, that Happiness is simple. The strongest image to imprint, truly to imprint, I dare to give it to you: as soon as I have negative or dark thoughts and I see myself taking a large glass of hemlock, I immediately put it down and I surround myself with a bright light full of love, joy and Happiness. I no longer want to be my own executioner in my own concentration camp. A big thank you, I am extremely happy to have met you through your book On Happiness, a Philosophical Journey . Claire Boissel, perhaps we will have the chance to see you in Quebec at the book fair in Montreal or Trois-Rivières.
Friday, March 10, 2017 – Marie – In connection with the power of joy My bookshelf recently turned upside down… While picking up the books, I found a small box. On one side, it said “JOY.” On the other, three quotes from Nietzsche, collected from a reading during my philosophy studies: “If one is intelligent, the only thing one has to worry about is having joy in one’s heart”; “To live in such a way that one’s energy knows its maximum intensity and joy, and to sacrifice everything to that” (Human, All Too Human, §300, II). “There is still much, much joy reserved for men, the fragrance of which has not yet reached those alive today.” Thanks again to the visionaries of joy who re-enchant the world like you.
Sunday, February 19, 2017 – Anne LG – Beautiful discovery I literally devoured the “Short Treatise on Inner Life,” a book that particularly touched me with its references and wisdom. I found in it what, for me, seemed difficult to express, “answers” also to the great existential questions that constantly torment us. Thank you.
Friday, February 18, 2017 – Archirel Hello Mr. Lenoir. I discovered your work through The Power of Joy , The Soul of the World . A beautiful invitation to rediscover the path of the soul and communion. It is far from simple. Courageous, rather. Thank you for putting your experience and your talent at the service of the great, the small and the poor at heart!
Saturday, January 14, 2017 – Pariji – “We did some… philoscalogy!” Thank you for the magnificent text of the wishes for 2017. I read it in all my Yoga classes, everyone heard it, joined in; were touched by this subtle spark of light in your words. Then I read it to children in CP (Yoga in TAP), their first experience of philosophy, of sharing a text. The children were completely connected; touched by “transform your anger into forgiveness” and “go through your deep sorrows”… the suffering is already sometimes so present in them that they don’t know what to do with it. We had already had beautiful experiences of liberation with sounds (with CM1) and there it was with speech, consciously, calmly. Then I got them to talk about joy, pleasure, love, we read and reread… Finally, they burst out laughing when I asked them if they knew what we had just done. Everyone nodded “no” (that’s cool) but everyone tried starting with “philo”: philology, scilogy, … one child cried out in joy “philoscalogy”! THANK YOU
Thursday, January 12, 2017 – Bastet Hello Frédéric Lenoir, I have finished reading the book “The Soul of the World.” A beautiful message of universal love. A book that I reread with pleasure and emotion. A workbook for every day. I have already read all your books and I am learning a lot. A truly big thank you for everything you do. I wish you a beautiful day filled with sunshine.
Monday, January 9, 2017 – Nabila – Thank you Hello Frédéric LENOIR, I just wanted to say “thank you”, I just finished reading your book “Du bonheur, un voyage philosophique” I like your writing and the simplicity with which you say things. I am not an intellectual, but I am interested in philosophy and in everything that can bring me knowledge about life and help me today to know myself better and therefore to know others too… Thank you again!
Monday, January 9, 2017 – Florence I completely agree with what Anne said on December 10. Putting others down doesn't make anyone grow. It's just a reaction of weakness and lack of self-confidence, sometimes a sign of great suffering. Growing up is a duel between oneself and oneself, it's using our abilities, making them blossom and bear fruit, and above all, having the courage to admit our own weaknesses and dare to experience them. It's at this price that we can finally be truly comfortable in our own skin because we are whole. Then we can open up without fear of being devoured, we can live in fulfillment and spread it around us. This doesn't mean that bad blows won't hurt, but we have so much strength within us that the ability to bounce back, to put things into perspective, to analyze and try to understand helps us to land more easily on our feet. I wish everyone for 2017 the ability to see and recognize all the little daily joys that pass by.
Monday, December 14, 2016 – Bernard – The conferences What a joy to discover your visit… I thought, great, a breath of fresh air with an interesting character… I'm looking to go to the conference but there, I'm shocked 20€ entry, ouch, as I want to come with my wife that means 40€. So I'm going to stay quietly at home… with a book… I have those by Frédéric Lenoir but there, I just felt the place of money and not of DONATION. TO DONATE is to be richer. I know that we have to finance the places etc… but STOP STOP to false pretexts. I hope to have a response from Mr. Fréderic LENOIR one day but let's not dream I don't have 20€ to give for free.
Saturday, December 10, 2016 – Marianne – Response to a reader… Anne Hello, when you reach a level of success and notoriety as high as Monsieur Lenoir, and you sell more than five million books which are then translated into twenty languages, I think that you actually risk more criticism than if you do nothing! Unfairly contradicting to boost your self-esteem, by lowering that of others with inelegant words, makes no sense! Because criticism is constructive when it is justified, but when it is not founded it brings nothing to the person who criticizes and even less to the person who receives it.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – Matthieu – My little note…in mood Hello, very, very happy to see that you are giving a conference in Besançon (25) which is sold out… on this subject (but it is not idolatry, with a negative connotation, but more admiration for the values that you embody!). And if you were a candidate in the presidential elections, I would definitely vote for you! To talk a little about myself and the ills that make me suffer horribly (which I share with a good number of citizens) in public spaces, I will only mention one: the noise, the din, the noise pollution… of our cities. Are abbeys or other country houses still spared from these parasites in my brain? Ah, this silence that allows me to hear the crowing of the rooster, the birds… of nature. My lost paradise, virtues to reconquer or discover.
Friday, December 2, 2016 – Anne – Conference of November 28 Sorry, but your conference left me completely hungry… I see you as a Marc Lévy of philosophy and that is not really a compliment!… A slightly sixties look, a few references to Greek philosophers but just to say that I have read them, a lot of “I”, a pinch of emotion with children’s words, when I see that in the room, some people were taking notes, I think that my philosophy teacher in Terminale must be turning in her grave! As we leave the room, we can see the extent of your “work”, catchy titles (I fell for it…) and the scale of the marketing operation that you are pulling off very well, I believe, that’s for sure… but is that enough, Mr. Lenoir, to call yourself a philosopher?
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 – Cécilia – Thank you! Thank you for this exceptional moment. Your conference in Lille yesterday was rich, authentic, and remarkably instructive. You have, with great humility, enlightened consciences. I came out of it different, a little shaken up inside, which makes me say that it has made me grow. What joy… I would have loved to tell you this in person, but I was not the only one in this situation! Continue, Frédéric, on this wonderful path that is yours; the world needs you.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 – Nicolas (nikolasdelique@hotmail.fr) – Thank you! Congratulations on your conference in Lille! You do more than just pique the curiosity of the youngest: you also pique that of the older ones! I really like the trombone test by Ken Robinson, an education expert, which perfectly illustrates your point. “How many different uses for a trombone can we imagine? Most people imagine between 10 and 15. Some, the most creative, are strong enough to imagine 200. To arrive at this number of solutions, they ask themselves: what if the trombone was 200 meters tall? What if it were made of foam? 1,500 kindergarten children were tested to determine their level of creativity. The percentage was 98%. 5 years later, these children were tested again. The percentage was 30%. 10 years later, the percentage was 12%." I bet that your philosophy workshops will tomorrow allow 200 m high foam paper clips to sprout in all schools!
Monday, November 28, 2016 – Michèle – Thank you Thank you Frédéric for your words full of wisdom and humility, full of hope as well, a message of joy and humanity that touches hearts. I offer you a prayer written by my mother after the death of our father, more than 25 years ago, a testimony of the consent to life in the face of the inevitable of which you speak so well. “Our marriage was a garden. Come, my God, sit with me and look. Look at my situation. I am alone now. When I consider our life in the past, I compare it to a garden. For some, the home is broken up, and for me, Lord, I have gone to you. Lord, you gave and you have taken away. May your name be blessed! For this, I say to you: come! Sit with me and speak to me. I need to hear your voice. I am alone now in my garden, alone to reap what we have sown. But in my solitude, in my sorrow, I turn to you, my God, to say Thank you! For together we lived happily, and from this garden I do not remember the labor. I remember that our life together was an immense bouquet of flowers. Thank you, my God, for this past lived together. Thank you for your assistance today. Thank you for tomorrow, which will remain in your hands. Amen. This prayer illustrates your message about inner joy and loving life as it presents itself. I send you this prayer to thank you for all that you give to others to build a better world and live better. With all my gratitude.
Sunday, November 20, 2016 – Patricia (patriciacorbin@sfr.fr) – Acknowledgments Very pleasant conference, Saturday, November 19 in Rennes. Frédéric is “luminous,” I will keep a beautiful memory of his embrace, very intense emotion. For me, he conveys: “a user guide,” for a happy life!! THANK YOU
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 – Sylvain – Fraternity This impulse toward fraternity brings us back to the motto of our republic: “Liberty, equality, fraternity.” The first two notions, “liberty and equality,” only become effective for the individual and society if they are framed by the last: fraternity. This is the most fundamental. Because freedom, if pushed in its logic, can lead to the law of the jungle, the law of the strongest, the law of the richest, to anarchy, and therefore to the death of the republic. Because full equality can lead to an egalitarian will that can only, and examples are not lacking, lead to totalitarian regimes whose vocation is to impose it in human society, which leads to the death of liberty and the republic. Only fraternity not only stands on its own, but it magnifies, frames, and justifies the other two notions.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – Charlotte – Today's dedication in Bastia Good evening again! I enjoyed listening to you this afternoon in Bastia, and I left feeling empowered by your answer to one of my questions and your dedication. It was very nice, thank you! I'm definitely thinking about signing up for the SÈVE training course, so maybe see you soon!
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 – zorg-f – Challans Conference Sir, the town of Challans has a population of about 20,000. You brought together 1,000, which is exceptional. A question was burning my lips before you began your presentation on happiness. Can we experience happiness if we have not known suffering? From the beginning of your presentation, you answered it by talking about your childhood, your parents, and your psychoanalysis, and I understood that it had not spared you. I spoke and asked you the question. You didn't answer it, perhaps because the answer was obvious and you didn't want to address the subject. I am a doctor, and the only point where I disagree with you is when you say that happiness is genetic. Genes have nothing to do with it. Everything is transmissible; nothing is acquired or programmed. You also spoke about neuroplasticity. The brain is constantly evolving, but it's not chemical; it's due to the learning processes you engage in. I appreciated your simplicity and approachable approach to addressing rather complex topics. Below is a text that you may be familiar with and that will surely speak to you. Best regards.
“Then a woman said, ‘Tell us about joy and sorrow.’ He replied, ‘ Your joy is your sorrow without a mask, and that same well from which your laughter rises has often been filled with your tears. And how could it be otherwise? The deeper sadness burrows into your being, the more joy you can contain.’” Khalil Gibran – The Prophet (1923)
Monday, October 31, 2016 – Jacky – The Soul of the World I loved this book, I wouldn't say devoured it, because there was so much wisdom, so many thoughts, that I read and reread certain passages. It's a work that makes me think that we can live happily with our differences, by sharing our doubts, our desires, our experiences... It's a book that gives food for thought. I particularly liked the story of a very religious man and a prostitute living on the same street. Thank you
Monday, October 24, 2016 – Jean Christophe – Editorial in the World of Religions Dear Frédéric, this morning to take my mind off the sadness of the news, I listened to your words of wisdom on the web. Since "The Power of Joy," your words have taken on a new force. A new freshness, perhaps more mystical, that changes from the abundant, more conventional knowledge developed until then, but here I was surprised by the editorial on "Jesus and Happiness," which basically says that for Christ, beatitude is not of this world! Granted, it is not easy to interpret the scope of all the often contextual messages of the Gospels, but we can no longer ignore one of the most central and very explicit in Luke 17: "They will not say, 'Here it is, or there it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Better translated into English, "The kingdom of God is within you." After this book rightly exalting the joy of living, I therefore had this reflection. Would you still write this editorial like this? Namaste, yours
Sunday, October 9, 2016 – Marianne (mputallaz@netplus.ch) – Poem inspired by one of your expressions Au hasard de l'autre Some say that hell is other people. Others, on the contrary, affirm that we cannot be happy alone. There are luminous encounters that brighten our days as if it were obvious. Others, harsher and more tense, touch us to the heart. We would like to refuse them, to say "never again." Yet they rarely happen by chance. If we are open, available, honest, and kind enough with ourselves first, then with this other who comes to disturb us, wear us down, and grind us down, then the inner adventure can begin. This other, so different, so annoying, does he not simply hold up a mirror to me in which I recognize myself, frustrated, bitter, envious, jealous? If I then accept the questioning, if I let myself be polished like the pebble by the swirling river, I will become this fragile, vulnerable but so precious nugget of gold… at the chance of the other. Sensine, Valais, October 16 Thursday, October 6, 2016 – Cathia – Thank you
Hello Frédéric, as a primary school teacher and mother of 4 children (3 of whom are now teenagers!), it is with great pleasure that I discovered your book entitled "Philosophizing and Meditating with Children". I can't wait to have it in my hands in order to experiment with the students of Creil (60), the philosophical workshops as well as the guided meditations which will prove, I am sure, very useful also with my children. Small aside, I am a ZIL, that is to say a substitute, and it is very likely that I will talk about it to all my colleagues in the schools where I am only passing through. A big thank you for this great initiative and continue to inspire us!
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 – Béatrice – Just thank you Hello Mr. Lenoir, I want to say Frédéric, your kindness and your benevolent spontaneity touched me so much when I had the chance to meet you at the end of the “Emergence” day in Brussels. What matters to me in a writer or anyone who campaigns for a noble cause is the consistency between what they say and what they do, what they write and what they are. And I was all the happier to have spoken to you and to discover a man full of wisdom, humility, naturalness on TV as well as on stage and especially in real life 🙂 Thank you for your writings, so inspiring in their lucidity and kindness. Your knowledge is simply impressive: you travel with such ease through the history of great philosophers and religions that we could listen to you for hours and hours. I wish you as much happiness in your life as you share through your lectures and books. Just THANK YOU.
Thursday, September 22, 2016 – Maliel – Grateful thanks A word to express my gratitude to you….. Thank you!!! Thank you for each line coming from your Heart and directly touching my Soul. You are so good at expressing all the human beauty that we all have within us…. Among others, your novel The Soul of the World is the book that I would save if I had to choose only one in the world of books!!!! I am happy to offer it knowing that I am doing Good…. I hope that you receive as much Joy and Happiness from writing your books as I have from reading yours.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – Anne – Little Pieces of Life Hello Mr. Lenoir, I would like to thank you for your work, it is very precious to me. Indeed, my work consists of helping people whose lives have become difficult. Many of them have lost “the light” and they speak… I listen to them and I must help them find a little happiness again. Your works are filled with light, joy and happiness. I use them a lot inside; we find hope, humility and a remarkable simplicity in transmitting joy to those for whom happiness seems so far away. I simply wanted to tell you, I think that you rekindle many stars (laughter) “it is high time to rekindle the stars” Apollinaire. A big thank you to you
Saturday, September 17, 2016 – AlessF – Thank you for doing us so much good. Simply happy to have met you, I came across you during Drucker's show one afternoon among many others... and there I heard your definition of happiness, and everything was clear to me... your words echoed in my head since then I never stop wanting to acquire your wisdom and your serenity... thank you for giving so much, thank you for writing to allow us to guide us on the path to happiness and give us access to the wisdom which is for me the most important thing in this world. I am only 22 years old and yet your journey, and your books fascinate me... I will end with another thank you...
Monday, September 12, 2016 – Marie – Sharing Good evening Frédéric, first of all, thank you for your writings. When I read them, it's as if fresh water were flowing over my soul. I find myself so much in your words, even though I am neither a philosopher nor a theologian. However, I found it a shame not to cite the different sages when they speak in each chapter of The Soul of the World. In my opinion, the book would have gained in color and flavor in the sense that the explanations given by each sage draw their roots from traditions that are not to be denied and that are interesting to identify. I wanted to know why you made this choice? That said, I am currently reading a third book of yours and I feel so in agreement with what you say that I am proud of myself, because without having a doctorate, I find words that I place here and there in conversations. I will end up getting a big head! Thank you for these books, I hope they bring contagious serenity to our planet.
Saturday, September 10, 2016 – jamul495@gmail.com – The thoughts of Fr. Lenoir Hello Mr. Lenoir, I am a young man of Congolese origin but currently living in the Republic of South Africa. In my country of origin, the DRC, school did not teach me to know you, not even to read you a little bit. I have just discovered you here in the country of Mandela, in a Catholic magazine in which they paraphrase a quote in which you refer to Gandhi, I quote “Be the change you want to see in the world” that is where I have just discovered you, thanks to your quote, I told myself that I must know Lenoir, I realize that you are not black but white skinned! Thank you very much for what you are and for your thoughts which can be or which are already transforming the world. My concern is that the Congo discovers you in order to put order in my country! Once again, thank you, Frederic.
Thursday, September 1, 2016 – Fred – Sharing Good evening Frederic, 10 years ago, “I couldn’t read or write” and I barely met anyone. However, your book, The Oracle of the Moon , after a long and tedious initiatory journey, allowed me to meet myself. Recently, I had the happiness and pleasure of meeting you, of sharing a little at St Antoine l’Abbaye on the theme of joy. I thank you for sharing what you are. For me, men like you confirm that there is hope in humanity.
Thursday, August 25, 2016 – Sylvie – There are no coincidences! A Short Treatise on Inner Life had been on my bookshelf since 2011… I read it this summer of 2016! Perhaps it took me these years of life for each word to resonate! Since then, I slow down my reading at the end of each of your books, as I have encountered you as a “brother of the heart,” of humanity. I welcome you as a companion (one with whom we also share words) because I draw from your books the energy sufficient to, I too, transmit, guide, etc. I am full of gratitude to the Universe for this “Deep Power of the world” that works through men like you. I thank you for this readers’ page: my heart, my soul vibrated particularly when reading certain testimonies, notably these people over 80 years old… My joy of being in the world is then increased tenfold! Frédéric, my benevolent love accompanies you!
Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Lou (from Montreal, CA) – Comment Discovering your books is a real pleasure, they are full of information, references and great inspiration… they are a real gift for me… thank you! My favorite “The Power of Joy”
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 – Vincent – A wonderful discovery. Following a visit from a friend during the summer holidays, he lent me your book, The Oracle of the Moon. A big thank you for this moment. I will now quickly offer a copy to a friend who I am sure will appreciate this “initiatory” novel. Thank you again. Have a nice day.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 – Mathieu – My Favorite Books Ah, the books of Frédéric Lenoir… Recently, I cleared out my library to keep only a few books! My criterion was: what are the 20 books that I could reread endlessly? Result: 1/3 of the books are those of Frédéric Lenoir. Can't wait for the next one!
Saturday, July 16, 2016 – Sigale – Thank you… Your books as infusions to those who don’t read… Like an ointment to soothe the fire of the sustained barrage of questions. I’ve only read two of them… But I rushed to offer them to my younger ones, young adults… Thank you Thank you Thank you
Saturday, July 9, 2016 – Béatrice – Discovery Hello Frederic, I just finished my first novel by you, L'oracle della Luna. And I wanted to send you the prayer of prayers… Thank you. Have a nice day… 🙂
Friday, July 8, 2016 – Yerushalayim (12tr@orange.fr) – End times… Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand; I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock, and the shepherds shall not feed themselves; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, and they shall not devour them. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the habitations of the land. (Ezekiel chap. 34, verses 10, 13) And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and it had two horns (*) like a lamb; and it spoke like a dragon. (Revelation 13 v. 11) And all who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him. (Revelation = Revelation, ch. 13, v. 8) I saw that horn making war with the saints and prevailing against them. (*) powers
Saturday, June 25, 2016 – Marchepascal (Pascalhallou@yahoo.fr) – A poem that goes well with your words Alone Night falls, this time for the last! On the cross facing the sky, alone in prayer… Father, why have you abandoned me? It seems far away, eternity… I am here, for whom, why, tell me? Besides, they don't know what they are doing!!! 100 times I have fallen, let's admit it… But there nailed to the cross "what terror" And this silence, sacred black silence Breathtaking I miss "oh father" Where are you, can't you hear me tonight? Yet so faithful to your business I collapse, blood drips, pearl of life Let the whole earth know your forgetfulness And I am leaving for the other world aaah!!! The wind carries away my last breath…
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – Francesca – Return from the seminar at Saint Antoine de l'Abbaye A big thank you for this magical weekend which brought me so much and refreshed me. Another way to bring out joy that we haven't mentioned: singing praises to the Divine. Singing connects us directly to Him and places us in immeasurable joy and peace. Now it's not about staying at the top of the mountain, but about going back down into the world and putting your messages into practice... and boosting your projects. Let's shine together to bring a new breath of hope and joy wherever we are! See you soon
Monday, June 20, 2016 – Barthelemy Mayers – The Soul of the World Hello Frédéric, I read The Soul of the World this weekend and I found it excellent. I enjoyed this book so much that this morning I picked up my notebook again to take notes. It really did me good because I am working on raising my awareness myself. Your words touched and delighted me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 – Camille – The Soul of the World Hello Frédéric, I have just finished your book The Soul of the World , which my mother had already strongly recommended to me a while ago, and I must tell you that seeing the comments of some other readers, I realize that the emotion is the same for me. Throughout my reading I wanted to take notes, to be sure not to forget, to integrate certain lessons of wisdom (like your characters) which speak to me and touch me deeply. I am currently in the midst of searching for myself, for who I am, for what I really want, I do not want to miss out and for that I am starting to learn meditation and rely on different books like yours, I listen to myself, I find myself. THANK YOU for sharing this, thank you for this wisdom, thank you for your books and thank you for continuing like this. I am sending you a wave of love and good feelings. Thank you.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 – Luc – Thank you Hello Mr. Lenoir, I wanted to testify to the philosophical and creative power of your books: indeed, they lead us in all simplicity to question the foundations of our choices and actions; but in a positive way unlike many philosophical theories… Rethink the goals of one's life and relearn to be simply happy with the day that passes and which brings with it many simple and fundamental joys. For that I say thank you, you are a great man!… Luc (professor)
Sunday, May 22, 2016 – Viviane – Thank You for God (Interviews with Marie Drucker) Dear Frédéric. Last February, I began studying Christian theology in my adopted country, Mauritius, and last month I happened to come across this book of interviews at our French Institute. I just finished it right now, and I want to thank you warmly because I feel that it will help me throughout this new journey that I have chosen to begin at the age of 38. I liked your objective and respectful approach, but especially the more personal epilogue, which now gives me the impression that I know you better in a field that is unfortunately limited to the private sphere in France. Even if you don't need publicity, I am talking about this precious book to everyone around me who is passionate about the subject. I have already received positive feedback from a fellow student of a different faith. Thank you from the bottom of my heart... I look forward to reading you for The Power of Joy.
Saturday, May 21, 2016 – Alexandra – A big thank you A big thank you for the joy of reading your books… I first discovered François le printemps de l’évangile … a very good time. Then I delighted in L'Oracle della Luna . I let myself be carried away to another era, to meet the different wise men… I am Catholic, I live with a Muslim. In L'Âme du monde that I started last night, I immerse myself with such joy… I put off finishing the book, hence my decision to write to you. I would like to learn entire pages by heart. They speak to me so much about this spiritual communion that we can live with different religions… THANK YOU!!!
Saturday, April 30, 2016 – Nelii – One more convinced Hello, I didn't know you yet yesterday and today I'm watching Frédéric Lopez's show "La parenthèse inconnue" and there, the shock... I feel in phase with your sentences... I leave the show with the intention of buying some books and getting to know you better, first through this site, then your writings, to then broaden my horizons. So thank you.
Sunday, April 24, 2016 – Nadia – A true revelation Hello Frédéric, for months the cover of your book The Soul of the World has caught my eye in bookstores, without me knowing why and without me trying to find out more about it. Until the day I finally picked it up in my local library. I read it in 3 days because it was such a revelation and I went out to buy it. So every day, I have it by my side and I read a passage to soak it up even more. And then, I read Crystal Heart , also in a few days… The Power of Joy is also one of my next reading projects. I want to thank you because you are an author who truly inspires me, I have never been so “hooked” on a personality, but your books and your conferences touch my heart. THANK YOU!
Sunday, April 10, 2016 – NR – James Tabor and your book “How Jesus Became God” Hello Frédéric, I am a fan of “Roots of Heaven” and have a very positive preconception about your work and approach. However, I was very disappointed by your book How Jesus Became God , which I just read on Kindle. I had just finished “The True Story of Jesus” by the fabulous American archaeologist and historian, which I discovered by chance while looking for an interesting book on Jesus for my nephew’s baptism. Your book is a hodgepodge of the New Testament without much historical critical insight. It is a good dissertation that seems comprehensive but unfortunately remains very superficial and takes little account of very interesting historical research such as that of James Tabor. I imagine, however, that you are familiar with his writings? Why don’t you invite him to Roots of Heaven? I found his approach to be most solid and most fascinating…
Saturday, April 9, 2016 – Joanne (Montreal) – Thank you for Being! Hello Frédéric, 3 weeks ago, I didn't know your name or your existence. At the entrance of a bookstore, I immediately saw a book entitled: "The Power of Joy. And if Wisdom was the Joy of Living." I bought it spontaneously, saying to myself: "This title resembles me! I can't wait to read what has been written on this subject!" When I read it, what surprised me most was feeling to what extent the author resembled me internally. I had the impression that it was me expressing myself, but in a masculine way; in a man's body. It was so intense that I spoke about it to my daughter and she said to me: "Mom, you have the same look!" I felt that it was true and it touched me deeply. Currently, I am in Paris and a little voice has been insisting all week to share with you this testimony that I could have kept to myself. So deeply Frédéric, THANK YOU FOR BEING! Looking forward to meeting you one day. Very sincerely and humbly.
Thursday, April 7, 2016 – Gino – Words on a Common Thought Hello, thank you so much for your ability to understand today's world, to express a universal truth, and to remain humble. You are living proof to me that there is hope and that kindness deserves to be shared. Whether for oneself, for others, or for the World, we need joy and hope. I will contact you again once I have become a writer myself. A real conversation seems essential to me to achieve an elevation similar to yours. I have rushed through stages to arrive at the same conclusions as you, and to heal, I must go through individuation. This is one of the main issues in my life. I would like to have a high-level guide so that I can stop torturing myself and be able to evolve. Thank you for putting words to the thoughts of the soul of the World.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 – Domi – Conference in Monaco on June 4, 2016 Thank you Frédéric for this magnificent conference on joy, even without words, it is enough to look at you to feel this state of joy. Your face radiates with such intensity that one cannot help but feel the joy and love of the world and others. I read The Soul of the World and I was literally transported with happiness, I found it so beautiful and expressive that I offered a copy to a friend in pain. I am more of a glass half-full type and it helps and I savor every moment. No matter the weather, we just have to be in harmony with what surrounds us and as you say we are lucky to live in a beautiful country, so let us take advantage of all the senses that nature has given us, let us be inhabited by joy, love and sharing. Thank you again for your writings, everything that you are, fortunately there are people like you to transmit joy, authenticity to all those who are in doubt.
Monday, April 4, 2016 – Lassya – Philosophy of Joy I just finished your latest work, The Philosophy of Joy. My interest in Spinoza is no longer a secret. That's why I literally devoured this book. A book to put in the hands of our teenagers, parents, friends, neighbors, voters, and other missionaries... Seriously, this book makes your mouth water. It assumes nothing, claims nothing, advocates nothing except a burning desire to live... life... in communion with the world. A breath of fresh air in the incessant tumult that is our industrial society... We understand why eternity is not defined in a future projection of liberation but in the present moment, a peaceful path in reality... Good continuation...
Saturday, April 2, 2016 – Christine Hello, I just finished your book The Power of Joy . It feels so good to read you… Pleasure, happiness, and joy… Words that we have almost forgotten in our society. You are a ray of sunshine in these very troubled times. Tuesday, March 29, 2016 – Sandie A book of The Power of Joy is now in Calcutta in the hands of Gaston Dayanand. I'm not sure he needs it… but sometimes it feels so good to read things that speak to us. I hope he has time to read it, he is so busy taking care of others. See you soon. Have a good day
Saturday, March 26, 2016 – Joao – Thank you!!! Hello Mr. Lenoir, I wanted to thank you for your beautiful book The Soul of the World , which I picked up at random in a bookstore, which I started reading there, I bought it and I read it in one evening. Very beautiful texts of wisdom which unfortunately are not always applied!!! But the fact of reading them, we sometimes find ourselves. And that gives us hope!!! It is the first book that I read but it will not be the last. And again Bravo
Thursday, March 24, 2016 – Isabelle – Thank you Dear Frédéric, Mysteriously, I haven't read you yet, but I've been listening to you for several days (thank you, the internet) your thoughts, your philosophy connect with my way of seeing the world, of deciphering life. As soon as possible I'll go and get one of your works, I still have your style to discover 🙂 Reading and writing have been my passions since I learned to read. I was listening to you when the attacks took place in my country, in Brussels, there are no coincidences, your words heal...
Thursday, March 17, 2016 – Anita – Towards Peace with THE SOUL OF THE WORLD Dear Frédéric, I occasionally reread a random chapter from The Soul of the World when things aren't going too well. It often echoes the situation I'm going through and allows me to calm down. I can then think more clearly and act more accurately. Thank you so much for this fabulous text that helps and inspires me regularly. Thursday, March 10, 2016 – Ronny –
Number of gods After reading the Short Treatise on the History of Religions (in my mother tongue, which is Dutch) I could only observe that after the demonstration of evolution (all objects have a soul, polytheism, only one god) we finally arrive at... "zero gods".
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 – Valérie – Thanks Hello Mr. Lenoir. I read your book The Power of Joy , which was lent to me by my yoga teacher. I was particularly touched by your thoughts, your analyses, your experiences, which I completely agree with. This reading did me a world of good! and a flame of joy was invited into me throughout the pages, as well as inner transformations. Thank you for that, may joy grow, grow in us all. I look forward to reading you again and perhaps listening to you in Bastia.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 – Raissa – Advice Hello Frédéric. I like to be happy like everyone else. However, when I'm too happy, the days that follow become sad. And then, the joy returns. I made this observation and since then, I'm afraid of being too happy. Because what follows will be sadness. A sadness that is profound and makes me cry. What should I do?
Thursday, February 25, 2016 – Fabienne There was Aristotle, Plato, Kant, Rousseau, and so many others, my foster fathers, and now there is you, a wonderful contemporary who has intelligently adapted to our times with additional means of communication. Keep it up, because society will always need thinkers who share knowledge through reflection with kindness, emotion, and simplicity, as you do. Thank you for being such a good witness and transmitter of our time. Think of the Montpellier region for your next conferences!
Thursday, February 18, 2016 – Cath – Thank you I just wanted to thank you for your books full of kindness and wisdom. It is always a pleasure to read you. I have just finished The Soul of the World and this book has so many answers to some of my questions… THANK YOU so much!!
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 – From elf – Thank you! Thank you Frédéric Lenoir. I am currently reading The Power of Joy , given to me by a friend who is currently exploring the facets of this life-giving feeling! What brings me joy? Reading you, next to the fireplace, a herbal tea and a square of chocolate by my side. Quite simply. Thank you, life. Thank you, Mr. Lenoir. And bravo for the fluidity of your writing; you know, like no other, how to lead us, seemingly out of nowhere, towards the wisdom of the greatest thinkers…
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 – La Chouette Good evening, I have read some of your books, I was at your St Jean conference in Grenoble. The power of joy, which I bought as soon as it came out, allowed me to set out on the path to rediscovering inner joy following a breakup with my youngest daughter and her husband. I am now deprived of 4 grandchildren. Thank you for your simplicity, your joy that comes out through your whole being, the expression on your face and your sparkling eyes. The little treatise on inner life has complemented the previous one. I am listening to your conferences again in order to better advance on this path of working on myself; I am getting help. Your active and passive joy is in the conversations with friends on 8/01. Thank you and continue to write and/or speak.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 – Chantal – There is joy Hello Frédéric, I made an extraordinary discovery on Saturday, February 13… You! An inspiration for my life. I haven’t read one of your books yet, but I want to discover them ALL. It’s no coincidence, the conference took place at a necessary moment for my journey. This conference day that I attended with my wonderful love inspired us and I thank you a thousand times for everything.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 – Line – Conference of February 12 in Montreal Hello, I have been in Joy since Saturday and I am also moved to be there again today with both feet firmly planted in joy. I did not know you and I was lucky to be invited by a good friend to go to your conference and listen to your wise words. For me it was a revelation. The 5 minutes of meditation at the beginning of the conference also revealed a side of myself that I was unaware of, namely the beauty of being in the present moment… you are now my companion and you are also in my thoughts. I also decided to spread the good news by introducing you to friends dear to my heart… I look forward to seeing you at your next visit to Montreal, which I hope will be again in 2016… a fan for life!
Monday, February 15, 2016 – Jacqueline – Saturday, February 13, 2016 – There's JOY Dear Frédéric. During the day to officially celebrate the release in Quebec of your most recent book The Power of Joy , I experienced a reconnection with my soul, this happiness of loving and being loved. I vibrated to this happiness of being. Thank you for this powerful experience Frédéric, it will remain etched in my heart wherever I go. You said during your conference: I am not a guru or a master of wisdom. I would say that you are a great master of life, just like in your book Socrates Jesus Buddha , not in comparison to the physical greatness of Jérémy Demay… laughter, but in terms of joy of living, generosity, kindness, humanity, gentleness, simplicity, spirituality, self-discipline, compassion, intelligence, etc. I remember your words: to exist is a fact and to live is an ART. This morning, my eyes fell on these words: Choice #1 HAPPINESS Mattress. I was in this state of happiness. With all my heart Jacqueline xx
Sunday, February 14, 2016 – Janique – Thank you so much! Hello Frédéric, it's the day after the wonderful Y'a de joie day with you, Christine and the other bearers of happiness and I am so filled with gratitude and appreciation. I could have listened to you for hours. Everything about you speaks to us, your words, your eyes, your charisma and your kindness. I noted a quote that you shared with us, that of St. Augustine who says that joy, happiness is to continue to desire what we already have! I am a person who has been in gratitude for a long time now! Three words are drawn on my body... Believe (belief that I already have), Carpe Diem (Seize the day, what I tend to do) and Serenity (what I tend to achieve). It is with guides like you that our soul receives like a big caress, words, gestures, looks that make us want to continue on our journey. Thank you for these extraordinary plots of happiness that you have sown on my path.
Sunday, February 14, 2016 – Bela – Comment I attended your conference, it was very nourishing, we need to learn and hear these phrases like how to maintain a state of joy and peace to be able to grow and better endure existence. I have the power of joy in my possession.
Sunday, February 14, 2016 – Caroline – The Power of Joy Hello Frédéric, I allow myself to call you by your first name since last Friday you spent the day with me sitting in my living room in front of a fireplace. Of course, you were there virtually through the words of your book “The Power of Joy”. What a beautiful time I spent reading you, discovering you and learning the meaning of joy that I am trying to bring back into my life. Because since the death of my partner, let’s say that pain has taken more space than joy. So for that, thank you and thank you for your presence in Montreal on this Siberian cold day. I left my house to go listen to you and meet you at the “Day There’s Joy” conference. You are just like your writings, charming and inspiring. Thank you again!
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 – Diane – The Power of Joy I was listening to your radio interview on ICI Radio-Canada yesterday in my car, and I felt a great peace come over me. Since the beginning of January, I have been trying to write down my big WHY in my 2016 diary. I associated it with a form of social success, recognition, and I felt the emptiness, suddenly the word joy rose. Joy in my heart, the sense of discovery, wonder, beauty, and the grandeur of Life. To exude joy around me. Knowing that you have written a book on the power of joy has suddenly increased mine tenfold. Reading your book will be an invaluable support. Thank you!
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 – Marie Jocelyne – On Happiness: A Philosophical Journey I learned about you through an interview broadcast by Radio-Canada, on the show Second Regard. Then I gave myself “On Happiness” as a Christmas present. I loved being accompanied by you and also by Spinoza, Montaigne, Epictetus, … and by Eastern wisdom. I was born in 1962, just like you. However, it seems that I am taking longer to become who I am. Your book gives me a hand in this vital process. Thank you, thank you, from the other side of the sea.
Sunday, January 31, 2016 – Ishraq – A little word of connection Hello Frédéric, having been on the road for a long time, I am happy to listen to you because you appear in a simple humanity, full of common sense. I connect with your reflections on the world and humanity because I share your conclusions, your evocations. This little word to express my participation in this egregore of human beings on the road, who work as best we can where we are, where we are. There it is, a small sign of an existence that seeks to Be…. we are not alone, nor the only ones. Sincerely, Martine
Sunday, January 31, 2016 – Foulosophe – My thanks and my happy thoughts Sunday, it is 10 o'clock and I leave my world of dreams. With my eyes open, it is now difficult for me to say where I was. This world is so beautiful that some mornings I would not want to leave it. This world is me who imagined it and who built it but not alone, not by chance! My daily environment, the people I love and sometimes those I hate, what I have been taught, what I have forgotten, what I do, what I cannot do... all this nourishes and grows in the great field of my Soul and my Heart. So Sages, Spirits, Madmen, Artists and mainly Musicians, Singers, Writers tell me it is up to you Cultiv'Acteur, to grow, water, pick, share and naturally enjoy the fruits of joy. Yes it is up to me first and foremost to give Power to my Joy! To you Frédéric LENOIR who teach me to cultivate this joy, thank you. Eric
Friday, January 29, 2016 – Hélène – Happy New Year Frédéric Last night I woke up and thought that you were a true peacemaker in the world. Indeed, thanks to your conferences available on the internet and all your books, you allow so many people to make peace with themselves. We know that everything begins with the relationship we have with ourselves. So again THANK YOU to you for all this sharing, for this GENEROSITY, also for your HUMILITY, it does so much good for HUMANITY. I just wanted to tell you what I thought and sincerely wish you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016, there is still time!
Thursday, January 28, 2016 – Elga – Buch: Was ist ein Geglücktes Leben (Short treatise on inner life) Gutes Buch zum nachdenken lernen und sich annehmen… Translation: Good book to learn to reflect and take care of yourself.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 – Marion A BIG THANK YOU. Before, I didn't read... And you gave me a taste for reading. The first book I read was Happiness ... I was at a time in my life when I wasn't feeling well (I read on the train, while walking, at home...), it really helped me. Right now, I'm reading A Little Treatise on Inner Life . And again, a BIG THANK YOU. KEEP WRITING!
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 – Céline from Strasbourg – Thank you Thank you, thank you for leading me to liberation a year ago. It was in fact, in a context of stormy health and morale, while I was reading the chapter on freedom in your book The Soul of the World , that the unimaginable finally happened: I stopped smoking. Out of fear, certainly, but above all out of the awareness of being nothing more than a slave to these continual desires to smoke. Thank you, therefore, for allowing me to regain my freedom, for allowing me to reconcile with myself (I blamed myself so much for having smoked during my pregnancy and afterwards) and for having initiated me on the path of change, of appreciating the present moment (now unpolluted by these nicotine urges) by evoking the practice of meditation. Today and from now on, I continue my journey towards accepting my pain and capturing the simple joys that are so numerous in life. Thank you so much for being you, for sharing your experience.
Monday, January 25, 2016 – Catherine – The Power of Joy Hello Frédéric, I loved your latest book, The Power of Joy . For several months now, I have been feeling a deep sadness and a lot of despondency (like many French people) after the attacks and every time I hear the sad litany of shipwrecked migrants. Then, to console myself, I read your latest work and drew a lot of strength from it. My inner joy, which is fortunately never far away, returned after reading your words. Thank you for always shedding such light on the torments of our souls and for always seeing the glass as half full. I have been following you for a long time through your writings and wanted to congratulate you on your journey. Continue to console us and help us grow. Thank you!
Thursday, January 21, 2016 – Rolande (rolandeb@hotmail.com) – Appreciations I have read all your books. And I can't wait to get my hands on The Power of Joy . It is always with a voracious appetite that I devour you!!! I am 86 years old and time is mine to digest everything. I still find you young to have assimilated all these realities that you share... CONGRATULATIONS
Thursday, January 21, 2016 – Maddy Besson – Chance “God who goes incognito” Einstein A friend recommends a book on happiness, I type on the Payot website online and I realize that this book is too expensive for me!!! On the page, I discover the book On happiness, a philosophical journey , and the author Fréderic Lenoir reminds me of my grandmother's last name… Lenoir… I try my luck and I order this book in paperback version which corresponds to what I am looking for… to educate myself without breaking the bank!!! And there, a huge surprise awaits me, an author, who until then was unknown to me, brings me answers to my questions, real support and above all the Joy of rediscovering my Joy of Living!!!!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you… for making your wealth, your knowledge and your Joy of Living accessible to everyone. Wishing you a beautiful day.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 – Isabelle Lyon – Crystal Heart I am currently discovering Crystal Heart , which I discovered by chance on a bookstore shelf. I really liked the idea of the story. I read the quotes as a comfort before going back to work… and since then I have read half the book and I am continuing. It is simply beautiful, both light and terribly profound. Recommended for all adults and not just children. Thank you Frédéric.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 – Régine – The Soul of the World Hello, The Soul of the World is the first book by Frédéric Lenoir that I read and it is true, that it is the first of a long list. I admit that these readings were the beginnings of a profound change in me, both from a professional and personal point of view. They are very useful to me in cases of negative emotions. I thank you very much for this approach to life which these readings are very accessible for uninitiated readers like me. I wish you a very good continuation and a very beautiful year, filled with energy, passion, ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 – Florence – Thanks Dear Frédéric Lenoir, thank you for writing “Short Treatise on Inner Life.” I keep it in my bag and leaf through it regularly to bring myself back to the essentials and correct my behavior. I also leaf through it when I despair about the difficulties I encounter in communicating with others and the lack of openness most of us display. I have a hot-tempered temperament stemming from a lack of self-confidence caused by this “narcissistic wound” that our parents sometimes inflict on us and which you explain so well. Everything I believe in is in your book, sufficiently popularized to remain accessible to everyone, and I enjoy offering it to spread its wisdom, or at least try to, because, as Einstein said, “it is easier to break an atom than a prejudice.” Your book should be given to every newborn! Thanks to you, I am now immersing myself in the writings of Marcus Aurelius. Thank you again for introducing me to it. Happy New Year.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 – Christine I wanted to wish you a very happy 2016. May it bring you happiness, shared joys, projects, … I thank you for your books and your conferences. I always enjoy discovering your books.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 – Bribri73 – The Power of Joy A big thank you for your book which confirms to me that certain judgments or observations that I made about today's society and about myself (questioning, influence of religion, etc.) were correct. I felt these things but I didn't know how to express them well. Thanks to you, your multiple experiences, I feel good and I feel a deep joy that I will try to share with all those I love... Thank you again.
Monday, January 11, 2016 – Catherine – Calendar Dear Frédéric Lenoir, please consider the Nimes region for your conferences or weekend retreats. Thank you very much, and I wish you a warm welcome!
Saturday, January 9, 2016 – Sandrine – The Power of Joy Dear Frédéric, I just finished your book The Power of Joy and as I closed it, I thought that if you had been near me, I would have joyfully gone to hug you to thank you… I’m starting 2016 well! It’s always a pleasure to read you, but is it because I felt less aligned with myself these days, no longer knowing very well where I was going, I felt a real connection with a deep joy while reading this book and it helped me to refocus on who I am deep down, my life’s drive and my projects to help improve the world. I also really appreciated your sharing of personal experiences to illustrate your words because I find that this helps to make your writings even more human. Thank you very much and a very happy 2016!
Friday, January 8, 2016 – Dakini – Thanks I listened to you last night in Valence, I had already heard you thanks to your book The Power of Joy . You reinforced my beliefs, my thoughts, everything resonated right for me. Except for one point, the one concerning intuition. In the latest “Science and the Future” neuroscientists hold a less radical discourse. We must not always trust our intuition… reason sometimes allows us to analyze it and act with discernment. I will still try to strengthen my intuition concerning my phone calls, to experiment… smile. You are a person full of positive energy, which infects us and that is good. See you soon Mr. Lenoir because I will reread your “The Power of Joy” more carefully.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 – Cathia – Happy New Year Thank you for writing your books that open our hearts so that happiness can come in. Thank you for reminding us that this noble feeling that connects us, men, women, and children, is powerful; it keeps us alive in the present. Let us be sure that by nourishing it, the beings on this earth will silence wars… Thank you for helping us control our ego because we are all equal. Thank you for writing because living in harmony without judging others is an art. A very happy new year, Mr. Lenoir
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 – Alice – The Power of Joy I just read The Power of Joy and it was a big clean-up. I thought I had done all the work you recommend on myself, but no, at 83 years old I am still “bringing myself into the world,” as Marie de Hennezel says. My life at 14 was to go back to the factory; my parents were too poor for me to continue my studies. I got sick at 30 (6 months of sanatorium leaving 3 children at home) completely changed my life. At 50, I was leading seminars in a large company on communication, and at the same time, I was leading integration courses. I wrote my memories for my grandchildren and some friends; I was sure I had reached the end of my rope. Well, no, your book made me discover how, despite all the work I did to build myself, I remained marked by wanting to CONTROL EVERYTHING. I have made good progress, thank you so much!
Friday, January 1, 2016 – Karineds – Testimony of day 1 of the year 2016 Hello, I am in this station this morning, alone, on this day 1 of the year 2016, wondering after all the adventures of my life in 2015, job loss, separation, financial problems, if I was really going to continue living… I went while waiting for my train to the newsstand of this station and saw your book. I said to myself another one who tells us nonsense, he does not know the reality of life. But curious, all the same, I bought your book Happiness, a philosophical journey . I started to read it, what a surprise, what a joy, I devoured it!!! In short, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for writing this book!!! Keep it up!
Friday, January 1, 2016 – Rémy – The Soul of the World Beautiful work! However, I found the “O Children of Men” counterproductive and I regret the absence of the dissonant note, Lacanian psychoanalysis motivating by its incredulity and its sufficiency an eighth teaching: How to concretely implement a post-Promethean thought? Sufficiency is understood in the sense of constituting in itself the determining factor for obtaining the effect that one observes or the result that one expects based solely on reason and contemporary scientific knowledge; everyone has in mind the thought of the children of the Commune with regard to religions and bourgeois culture, so there is no point in developing the confrontation. Beautiful present moment. Cdt