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The Bell of Responsibility

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

Beneath the Quiet: The Grief That Lives Below

This episode explores a deep, unanchored grief that surfaces without clear cause—sorrow rooted in lineage, silence, and collective memory.Through quiet reflection, it invites listeners to allow the feeling to be seen and to move without needing explanation or repair.Offering reassurance and companionship, the episode affirms that this grief signals a returning heart: you are not broken and you are not alone.
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Blessing

May the light of a thousand candles guide your path.
May their warm, gentle glow illuminate your way, bringing comfort and clarity through the darkest of times.
Let their radiant presence remind you that you are surrounded by love, hope, and support, and may they lead you safely and peacefully to the place you call home.
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MEDITATION - The ache beneath the water

This gentle meditation invites you to sit with the quiet ache that lives beneath the surface — the ancient longing that has followed you through love, loss, freedom, and silence. Not a pain to be fixed, but a sacred presence to be felt, this ache holds the memory of something whole. Together, we turn toward it — not to solve it, but to listen, to honor, and to let it guide us home.
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HOLD FAST TO LOVE

No matter what… hold fast to truth. Live from the heart and soul, speak with integrity, walk with courage, and see always through the eyes of Love.
Let your roots sink deep into the soil of truth. Let your branches stretch again toward the sun. And remember: no matter how long the night, the light is always waiting.
Your presence and efforts in this regard are so urgently needed….now more than ever.
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Bless Us - ONE and all

Treat YOURSELF as if YOU were your only beloved child.
Remember also the infinite possibilities that are born of knowing that all love surrounds you, lives within you and that all life is also so very precious, there is not a moment to lose.
To love now all that you can, surrender to its power to the heart of it, and know that in the beginning, as in the end it is all that is or ever was or ever will be.
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Star Dust

When you wish upon a star tonight… do so as a soul remembering its origin. These quiet moments beneath the night sky are not acts of reaching outward, but of turning inward, to the luminous source from which your being arose. The stars are not distant; they are mirrors, reminding you of the brilliance you carry within.
Let your wish be less about asking and more about remembering — less a plea, more a gentle homecoming. As your gaze softens into the night, feel the vastness that has always held you. The same light that burns in those faraway constellations lives quietly in your heart. 
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Looking for your face

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Lay down your burden

Lay down your burdenLay it all downPass the glass between youDrink it upPlace the Light before youCome through the doorThe dragon doesn’t live here anymore
Sing with the choirs that surround youDance to the music in your soulLook into the eyes that really see youPlace all that you have into that bowl
O lay down your burdenLay it all downPass the glass between youDrink it upPlace the Light before youCome through the doorThe dragon doesn’t live here anymore.
Colleen Crangle
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The Master Alchemist…. Awakening the Sacred Flame.

You are the master alchemist, the unseen force that turns the ordinary into the divine. With the fire of love, you bridge earth and sky, heart and soul, weaving light into the fabric of all things.Through your love, the boundaries of existence and nonexistence dissolve. What was once separate becomes whole. The lost are found. The forgotten is remembered. The profane is made sacred once more.This is the great work of the soul…..to love so deeply that all illusion falls away, revealing the eternal light within. In love, there is no division, no distance, no darkness that cannot be transformed.So light the fire. Let it burn in your words, your touch, your presence. Be the alchemist who turns life itself into gold, until only love remains.With great thanks and reverence to Jalladin-Rumi who’s original quote was the inspiration for this short piece.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe
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