TEA AND ZEN - THREADS
Threads is a contemplative audio offering from Meditation Sans Frontières, a sanctuary devoted to presence, remembrance, and the quiet radiance of being. These transmissions arise from lived experience — from grief that has softened into wisdom, from love that refuses to diminish, and from the sacred interior technologies of stillness and relational presence.
Nigel Lott....nigel@teaandzen.org
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Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
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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 DONATE
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Dear Beloved,I write that intro because that is who I believe I am writing to, dearly beloved, YOU - having just come out of life-saving procedures in the hospital that probably saved my life and I am so very deeply aware of that!I am sitting at my desk stunned by the depth of experience of being touched by the great void and being embraced by an altogether brighter light simultaneously - I have not been without a deeply spiritual - mystical sense of self - every moment of waking and sleeping - so deeply immersed in this great mystery since the original step into the ER - am I.Now that I am home I am aware that a major shift has happened, I have been deeply changed. music, sound, and colors are all so very more deeply arrayed and a part of me. I see the connections of life in this my life, of how it all works in a changed light, and that is a complete understatement. it would be true to say that my heart has been blown wide open, and so I will say for posterity and effect - my heart has been blown open!I will write about my experiences at Swedish Hospital in the coming weeks, it’s nice to be home.Music ‘Linblum’ by Jospeh Beg. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
This is a copy of a post I sent out a year ago, about our ache and yearning to re-unite with the Divine, that underpins all addiction and dependency. Though, as it turns out the Divine never separated from us, to think otherwise is a profound illusion. That every moment of anger is a moment of fear and ultimately always a moment of grief, when we mistakenly believe that we are separate from the source of our true nature….LOVE….which is impossible.And, so I send this out again today as a reminder to myself et al that what I have been looking for all my life is already deep within me, always has been and always will be. I AM what I have been looking for.That was there before breath I took and has been there when all breath I have taken in this life thus far, and will be there when breath I take no more.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Music ‘Give My Love Back’ Francis WellsAnger masks the fear that hides the longing. Anger is a pointed moment of grief, as is fear - it tends to mirror a deeper aspect of our underlying sorrow, of grief.If we do not wish to be angry then we find a way to work through our anger and fear states and allow the tears to flow from underneath which then in turn allows us to be at peace again - one with all that is….in time.Easier said than done, indeed it is - our grief can be long stuck in our cellular, nervous system bodies and requires a therapeutic safe container in order for the ego to let go, in order to surrender our tears - it takes time to trust the process.The ego does not give up its position(s) easily - in reality what we talk about as healing is alien to our ego - the heart’s truth and the love on offer there is the ego’s greatest enemy because in order to let go of our suffering it requires a death of an aspect of that ego - to let go into the peace that our heart knows and desires (our true nature) - this is the grief process. For those of you who manifest anger in your life, often hurting yourself and others in the process - contact me and I can help you come up with a structure to feel safe within and let your anger go, techniques and practices and the critical support often needed - of how that might look for you - in order to finally allow your grief and heal.We find that we often hurt the ones we most love because they mirror the deepest aspects of our suffering simultaneously - we push away often in anger and fear because the pain is so great within us - their love touches. Nigel Lott nigel@teaandzen.orgPEACE BE IN YOUR HEART. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
All heaven and earth reside within you - the entire cosmos resting in the well of your heart of which you are - in your present form - a part - no less however than the whole cosmos - in truth one and the same - all heaven and earth.Remember Love. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
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Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
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Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
The trouble is with any thought, word, or deed that is fuelled by anger, fear which in turn hides our grief, is that it will always be seen as progressively destructive, and ultimately fatal, its just a question of timing as to when the end comes nigh.However, if you want something to last forever, into infinity and back, then align your thoughts, words and deeds with Love and its attendant allies of kindness and compassion…..wherein all truth flourishes unabated, beyond all time and space.Fall in Love Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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Sunday May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
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