We are responsible to and for each other in our movement away from the wounds that bind, out of the profound illusion of our seeming separateness and sense of abandonment that drives all manner of travail. Make every moment in every day an opportunity to come out of the darkness
We have no control over outcomes, over the outcome of anything. No matter how hard we try, life unfolds according to its own mysterious intelligence. We may hold an intention, a vision, or a heartfelt desire for how something might turn out — but the actual unfolding is never in our
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ES Murmurations Hanna Lindgren0:00/176.4721× "Grief is not a mistake; it is the echo of Love’s presence where form has changed" Nigel Lott teaandzen.org
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A Path of Spiritual Surrender
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Compassion is not a sentiment; it is the architecture of awakened being.”
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There is a sacred stillness that gives itself to everything, on the other side of silence.
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We are living in a sacred moment, a time when the call to awaken to our deepest essence and reconnect with the divine within is more powerful than ever.
At the heart of Tea and Zen are simple but profound tenets — touchstones of presence that guide every offering, every encounter, every act of care. Presence before action — to meet life as it is, with stillness and attention. Dignity and tenderness — to honor each person, no matter their story, with
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Long may your awareness of Love and its power abide within you
May all peace become you
The Thousand Small Dyings Before the Dawn
In Love’s field, there is no distance
“Love is the organizing principle of all dimensions — the unseen geometry upon which all things rest.”
The divine breath is the bridge between worlds
Love is the quiet remembering of who we have always been.
A Mystical Reflection Inspired by Rumi
Anything not rooted in the soil of love flowers not. I have carried that truth for decades. I have come to see that the universe itself is the flowering of love — not metaphorically, but literally
This recording reflects on how Jesus' core teaching was radical love, compassion, and inclusion rather than division, hierarchy, or dogma. It ties Christ's message to a universal spiritual current found across religions — forgiveness, service, and the remembering of the divine within — and invites listeners to live that
Even amidst chaos, dissonance, and the shadows that occasionally wrap around me, a deeper truth begins to unfurl. Simultaneously, the alchemy of existence, of all truth reveals itself….LOVE
Do you know who you are, truly, beyond the walls and barriers you have built across this lifetime? Beneath the scars, the defenses, and the masks, there is something vast and immeasurable waiting.