Tea And Zen - PODCAST

Hum What is this dark hum among the roses? The bees have gone simple, sipping,that's all. What did you expect? Sophistication? They're small creatures and they arefilling their bodies with sweetness, how could they notmoan in happiness? The littleworker bee lives, I have read, about three weeks. Is that long? Long enough, I suppose, to understandthat life is a blessing. I have found them — haven't...

When we understand that the source of all Love lays within us, and always has been, within all life both seen and unseen, and is on every breath we take and when breath we take no more…..then we find ourselves able to Love without condition or limitation. To Love without expecting anything in return, (for we are already filled with Love) we Love without judgment, and without imposing conditions or...

There is no greater ethical and moral principle than our duty toward the preservation of life, the sanctity of all forms of life, without practicing these principles in all our affairs ….. how then will we survive as a species? Nigel Lott 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...

LOKAH SAMASTHA SUKINO BHAVANTU lokah: location, realm, all universes existing now samastah: all beings sharing that same location sukhino: centered in happiness and joy, free from suffering bhav: the divine mood or state of unified existence antu: may it be so, it must be so (antu used as an ending here transforms this mantra into a powerful pledge) Please join me in this PLEDGE… May all beings ev...

From “The subject tonight is Love” by Hafiz 501 (C) 3 Non Profit Registered Charity TAX EIN 81-3411835 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...

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                                                                                        ...

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                                                                                        ...

The truth is not to be found within the intellect, within the mind, it is only found within the silent heart, where all Love resides and all kindness and compassion are made manifest. It is within you to come to know, you are not bereft of this truth non of us are, it is all within you……may you find it NOW, may the magic begin. ‘Shaman’ Joseph Beg. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaan...

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                                                                                        ...

The whole of planet Earth is a sacred site. All people are the chosen people, and the purpose of our lives is a spiritual one. May we care for each other, and for the Earth, for everything relates to everything else. Feeling this oneness, may we radiate the light of love and kindness that all may live in unity and peace." ~ Radha Sahar. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substac...

I have been to every continent on this planet, many major cities, and sat with so many people in this life of mine, and all I ever heard despite the barriers people had built up around themselves, was the profound desire to know peace, to be loved and to love…….just that. To recognize the unity of what it is to be human beyond all forms of separation and its suffering. To follow that ache and year...

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                                                                                        ...

In every conflict everyone plays a part, unwittingly at times but nonetheless there it is. The conflict ultimately is always the same at its core, driven by a profound fear that there is not enough LOVE for me. We can say it’s about this or that, sure but that’s surface stuff. The one great fear that drives all conflict is that there is a believe operating within the minds of those in conflict tha...

The environmental crisis is inseparable from the spiritual crisis that exists within the soul of most modern men and women and, is in fact an objectivization of this primarily inward crisis. Seyyad Hossein Nasr Time is running out on our ability to manage successfully our impact on this our home, Mother Earth, its environment, bio-diversity, resource and life-support systems on which life as we kn...

“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”  These are words written in history, in antiquity by the Master Jesus to describe the action of humility needed that creates an open heart that leads to a love that even words like ecstasy....does not even come close to describing the truth of that love .....that is the kingdom of heaven tha...

May all love become you this night and forevermore…Nigel Lott 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                          ...

501 (C) 3 Non Profit Registered Charity TAX EIN 81-3411835 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                              ...

If what you are thinking or doing…..whatever it maybe…..if it is not accompanied on its journey from beginning to end with LOVE…..if it is not made manifest with kindness and compassion then it cannot be the truth of.....any matter. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org 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...

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.” Tolkien J.R.R. ~ These words speak to a prophecy of hope and renewal in a time of darkness and despair. The idea of a hidden hero or king emerging from obscurity to fulfill their destiny and bring about a new era of light. Is it time for you to s...

Death is a favor to us,But our scales have lost their balance. The impermanence of the bodyShould give us great clarity,Deepening the wonder in our senses and eyes Of this mysterious existence we shareAnd are surely just traveling through. If I were in the Tavern tonight,Hafiz would call for drinks And as the Master poured, I would be remindedThat all I know of life and myself is that We are just...

Live compassion, kindness and peace, both as an inner state of being, and as a global aspiration for a harmonious world, and wherever you go….remember to go with all of your heart……..do it all in the name of Love. Nigel Lott | teaandzen.org 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 a...

This P.E.A.C.E of music is aptly named Dream Trapper. It is said that when listened to, it will evoke only dreams within you that are dear to your heart…. and are created out of Love and only Love…all else will simply pass on through without notice undisturbed. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a wh...

I was asked to record the sleep time meditation from - ‘Love is Blind; - that I sent out the other night…here it is then. It occurs to me to say in this moment that whatever darkness, whatever suffering is within you..it is no less lovable than anything in the light. Whatever is going on with you in any moment you are a being of such love, please know that!…. of all your days and of your nights. I...

Music ‘Purify’ Elm Lake Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world, the earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh 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...

Listen to this music and follow this practice below just before sleep. It is said Love is blind yet, is it not the only thing that sees clearly of how it all is? open your heart to its light and may it burn away all the darkness, shadow by shadow let it all go into the light. Offer whatever is dark within you to this light just before you sleep every night as a meditation practice, lay it all down...