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REAL LOVE

“If It Is Not Too Dark Go for a walk, if it is not too dark. Get some fresh air, try to smile. Say something kind To a safe-looking stranger, if one happens by. Always exercise your heart’s knowing. You might as well attempt something real Along this path: Take your spouse or lover into your arms The way you did when you first met. Let tenderness pour from your eyes The way the Sun gazes warmly on the earth. Play a game with some children. Extend yourself to a friend. Sing a few ribald songs to your pets and plants—Why not let them get drunk and wild! Let’s toast Every rung we’ve climbed on Evolution’s ladder. Whisper, “I love you! I love you!” To the whole mad world. Let’s stop reading about God—We will never understand Him. Jump to your feet, wave your fists, Threaten and warn the whole Universe That your heart can no longer live Without real love!”- Hafez Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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HOPE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

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HOPE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

Sit in silence, let this mantra permeate every cell in your body as it enters the spiritual heart space below the sternum, and infuses itself throughout your entire system……..let it go deep. Nigel Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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TRANSCENDENCE

You don’t have to act crazy anymore—We all know you were good at that,Now retire, my dear,From all that hard work you doOf bringing pain to your sweet eyes and heart.Look in a clear mountain mirrorSee the beautiful ancient warriorAnd the divine elements You always carry insideThat infused this universe with sacred lifeSo long ago -HafizMay all sentient beings awaken to their own sense of equanimity born out of their hearts longing for peace and re-discover the one true nature that is inherent within them, within us all…..beyond all suffering and travail. Teaching the infinite possibilities that are born of knowing that all love surrounds us, lives within us and that all life is so very precious, there is not a moment to lose. Knowing that in the beginning, as in the end, it is....all that is or ever was or ever will be.-Nigel Lott Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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ALL IS SACRED

Now is the time to knowThat all that you do is sacred.Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God.Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheels To be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.YOU are a divine envoy Whom the Beloved Has written a holy message upon.My dear, please tell me, Why do you still Throw sticks at your heart And God?What is it in that sweet voice inside That incites you to fear?Now is the time for the world to know That every thought and action is sacred.This is the time For you to compute the impossibility That there is anything But Grace.Now is the season to know That everything you do Is sacred. -HafizConsider that EVERYTHING in existence is sacred and act accordingly…with all your heart. Nigel Lott Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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THE BUDDHA’S LAST INSTRUCTION

“Make of yourself a light,”said the Buddha,before he died.I think of this every morningas the east beginsto tear off its many cloudsof darkness, to send up the firstsignal — a white fanstreaked with pink and violet,even green.An old man, he lay downbetween two sala trees,and he might have said anything,knowing it was his final hour.The light burns upward,it thickens and settles over the fields.Around him, the villagers gatheredand stretched forward to listen.Even before the sun itselfhangs, disattached, in the blue air,I am touched everywhereby its ocean of yellow waves.No doubt he thought of everythingthat had happened in his difficult life.And then I feel the sun itselfas it blazes over the hills,like a million flowers on fire —clearly I’m not needed,yet I feel myself turninginto something of inexplicable value.Slowly, beneath the branches,he raised his head.He looked into the faces of that frightened crowd. Mary OliverNigel Lott Tea And Zen Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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I THINK I JUST WANT TO BE SAD TODAY

I think I just want to be sad today, the way manyare in this world. True, God rides in my pocket,as He does in yours.Yes, I could lift Him out and look upon variousrealms of light and know great happiness. MaybeI will do that tomorrow.The ocean has moods. Have you not seen how itscolor can change, and the waves force and heightscan differ? - Hafiz Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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LAY IT ALL DOWN AT THE MASTERS FEET

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DESTINY

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LOVE’S LUMINOUS BRIDGE

Love is the bridge between you and everything, and the truth, the ever loving truth can often be seen just beyond the shadows - Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī.and you are it! can you fathom that, can you understand that you are, as you are right here in this moment, that you are creation itself, all Love manifesting to the contrary of anything else! - Nigel Lott meditationsansfrontieres.com Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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