TEA AND ZEN - THREADS

LAMENT FOR HUMANITY

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 yearning for love to its final conclusion of oneness with all that is, that lay at the heart of every living soul it seems that I ever met, and to follow it in peace, to feel safe and secure, that only love, absolute reality can provide. May we all be at peace…it is after all…..our birthright. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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INVICTUS

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CONFLICT

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 that there is not enough LOVE for me.I don’t mean sentimental love, as sweet as that is. I am talking about the very creative force of the universe, without which we cannot exist at any level. We believe that LOVE is limited (in the conflicted moment) not understanding by its very nature, LOVE is infinity in motion, there is always enough LOVE for us all. Only Minds Can Conflict, in the Oneness of the Heart there is only Love. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY

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 NasrTime 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 know it depends. The response and action that is now required of us must be firmly rooted in our deepest moral and spiritual principles. Maurice Strong Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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EVENING CONTEMPLATION

“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 that Jesus describes.And that heaven is in your heart, not only out there in some far distant quadrant of any universe. It is within all hearts and is the space also in between our hearts and on every breath you take and when breath you take no more.It opens the door to the truth, the truth that patiently waits for the knock on the door of your heart, taken with all humility....that gives entry to the kingdom of heaven. Nigel Lott"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” Matthew 7:7 Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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SWEET DREAMS

May all love become you this night and forevermore…Nigel Lott Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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ALL THAT HEARTS DESIRE

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MUSINGS ON TRUTH

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
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SHADOW & LIGHT

“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 step out of your shadow and embrace the light?…..I hope that you will find it so. May all love become you ~ Nigel Lott Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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A SENSE OF WONDER

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 eyesOf this mysterious existence we shareAnd are surely just traveling through.If I were in the Tavern tonight,Hafiz would call for drinksAnd as the Master poured, I would be remindedThat all I know of life and myself is thatWe are just a midair flight of golden wineBetween His Pitcher and His Cup.If I were in the Tavern tonight,I would buy freely for everyone in this worldBecause our marriage with the Cruel BeautyOf time and space cannot endure very long.Death is a favor to us,But our minds have lost their balance.The miraculous existence and impermanence ofFormAlways makes the illumined onesLaugh and sing…….Hafiz Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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