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In the morningWhen I began to wake,It happened again— That feelingThat you, Beloved,Had stood over me all nightKeeping watch, That feelingThat as soon as I began to stir You put Your lips on my foreheadAnd lit a Holy LampInside my heart Hafiz. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken yo...

Little by little,You will turn into stars. Even then, my dear,You will only beA crawling infant,Still skinning your knees on God. Little by little,You will turn intoThe whole sweet, amorous UniverseIn heatOn a wild spring night,And become so freeIn a wonderful, secretAnd pour LoveThat flowsFrom a conscious,One-pointedInfinite need for Light. Even then, my dear,The Beloved will have fulfilledJust a...

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice,...

Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel   TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY                                                                                        ...

I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…In life after life, in age after age, forever. My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,In life after life, in age after age, forever. Whenever I hear old chronicles of love, its age-old pain,Its ancient tale of being apart or together. As I stare on...

Love itself does not hurt. It is the illusion of its absence that brings pain. Love is always here, always flowing, seen or unseen. The paradox is that we grieve for what has never left. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Meditation Sans Frontieres is a 501(c)(3) non profit charitable organization; contributions are tax-deductible as permitted by law. EIN is 81-3411835 Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threa...

Once a man came to me and spoke for hours about 'His great visions of God,' he felt he was having. He asked me for confirmation, saying 'Are these wondrous dreams true?' I replied, 'How many goats do you have?' He looked surprised and said, 'I am speaking of sublime visions and you ask about goats?' And I spoke again, saying, 'Yes brother -- how many do you have?' 'Well, I have sixty two.' 'And ho...

Waiting The song I came to singremains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringingand in unstringing my instrument. The time has not come true,the words have not been rightly set;only there is the agonyof wishing in my heart…..I have not seen his face,nor have I listened to his voice;only I have heard his gentle footstepsfrom the road before my house…..But the lamp has not been litand I...

There is a sacred homecoming that unfolds when you return to yourself…..not one marked by grand gestures or external validation, but a quiet and profound awakening. It is the slow shedding of all that is not yours to carry…..the unraveling of false identities, the soft release of inherited burdens, the deep exhale after holding your breath for lifetimes. To come home to yourself is to remember tha...

Music ‘In Touch’ Joesph Beg Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel   TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY                                                            ...

Take a break from what you are doing, find a space, cup of tea in hand, and dedicate the next ten minutes to Love. Please sit and remember in the well of your spiritual heart all love deep and abiding, and let it flow from there to all sentient beings where-ever they may be, that all beings everywhere be free from suffering. “May your heart be forever held in the embrace of light and love, guided...

Can you see it? Emanating from the Source of all creation….Love…..the luminous thread that weaves thought, word, and deed into the grand tapestry of existence. Yet, in this process….if integrity does not guide the hand, if honor and courage do not steady the heart, if humility….deep and abiding…..is absent, then what is made is but a whisper in the void, fleeting and forgotten. True creation, the...

Life is a miracle. It flows through everything….seen and unseen, great and small. It is in the pulse of our own hearts, in the quiet rhythm of the trees, in the endless dance of the ocean. It is in the moments of joy and sorrow, in the rising sun, in the laughter of a child, in the final breath of the old and the first breath of the new. To recognize the sanctity of life is to see its value in all...

When we hold onto unforgiveness… or when forgiveness feels beyond our reach… we create a rift in the fullness of our hearts. In these moments, love remains veiled in the shadows, both within our own being and in our connections with others. There are times when people and situations appear nearly impossible to forgive, and our hearts may seem completely armored against the flow of love and healing...

In the hustle of daily life, our minds are often filled with the clutter of thoughts, judgments, and preconceived notions. But in moments of deep stillness, all of this noise fades away, leaving only the pure essence of truth. This truth is not something to be grasped, analyzed, or controlled….it is something to be felt and experienced in its raw, unfiltered form. It is within this sacred silence,...

What I publish is the result of years of healing, a journey that, almost by osmosis, led me to explore both quantum mechanics and spirituality. These two fields, though seemingly unrelated, became vital tools in my process of self-healing. The techniques and practices I now support stem from this deep and ongoing exploration. Above all, my writings reflect the profound insights I’ve gained through...

In both quantum theory and spiritual philosophy, there exists an intriguing connection between how we communicate and how energy vibrates and resonates within us and around us. The idea that "ultimately in communication it is the resonance and tone that we respond to" takes on a deeper meaning when explored through these lenses. From a quantum theory perspective, everything in the universe, includ...

In relationships, conflict often arises not from current moment awareness, but from unresolved, long-held emotional patterns, from our past. As adults, we constantly move in and out of regressed emotional states….sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. These emotional regressions are often triggered by present moment situations, but the roots of the reaction often stretch back decades. When we're tri...

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense”. Rumi One of my favorite and many others pieces of prose mysticism from Rumi. And to me, what he's saying there that beyond the ideas of right and wrong, which are alway...

Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel   TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY                                                                                        ...

Having strong beliefs and values is essential for guiding our lives. These principles shape our decisions, actions, and interactions with others. However, it's crucial that these beliefs are grounded in loving kindness and compassion. No matter how firm our values are, if they lack compassion and understanding, they fail to reflect the true essence of any matter. At their core, all beliefs must be...

There is a sacred moment in every journey when the search must come to rest. It is only in this stillness, this quiet surrender, at that moment that we can open ourselves to the sacred forces at work around us. In letting go of our constant striving, we make space for the very thing we’ve longed for, to reveal itself. It’s not found through effort or desire, but through embracing the silence withi...

“We cannot rationalize our trauma out of existence. We can only release it, by feeling it fully, by crying it out, by letting the energy return to the flow. Like a baby, we must cry out, not just when the need arises, but whenever we are called to release the shadow that clouds our heart. The key to healing is not in the mind’s attempts to make sense of it all, but in the soul’s call to let go, to...

Even amidst chaos, dissonance, and the shadows that occasionally wrap around me, a deeper truth begins to unfurl. Simultaneously, the alchemy of existence, of all truth reveals itself….LOVE This is my faith. My hope. It has grown from the depths of experience, forged through a journey of pain and darkness I never thought I could survive—pain that surged like a storm at times, a wound so deep it fe...

Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel   TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY                                                                                        ...