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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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1:20

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/11

Little by little,You will turn into stars.Even then, my dear,You will only beA crawling infant,Still skinning your knees on God.Little by little,You will turn intoThe whole sweet, amorous UniverseIn heatOn a wild spring night,And become so freeIn a wonderful, secretAnd pour LoveThat flowsFrom a conscious,One-pointedInfinite need for Light.Even then, my dear,The Beloved will have fulfilledJust a fraction,Just a fraction!Of a promiseHe wrote upon your heart.When your soul beginsTo Ever bloom and

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3:51

A WISH FOR YOU.

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/11

Oh beautiful, loving child of the stars (thats you!), may you be at peace, may you be free from suffering, may you be happy, now and forevermore.Take a few minutes, and let the music flow into your spiritual heart space just below the sternum, sit and rest, let the love in, let it dissolve any shadows, and rest easy in the Light. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Meditation Sans Frontieres at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe

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6:42

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/11

There are few lines of poetry as imbued with mysticism and ancient promise as those spoken in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings:"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."These words are more than prophecy; they are a spell, woven from the very threads of fate and entwined into the fabric of the universe. They speak of a cosmic cycle….destruction followed by rebirth, light born from the

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1:07

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/10

Again, the work starts as soon as you open your eyes in the morning. Hopefully you got some good rest last night.Why go into the city or the fields without first kissing the Friend who always stands at your door? It takes only a second.Habits are human nature. Why not create some that will mint gold? Your arms are violin bows always moving. I have become very conscious upon whom we all play.Thus my eyes have filled with warm soft oceans of divine music where jeweled dolphins dance, then leap into

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1:51

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/08

Forget every idea of right and wrong any classroom ever taught youBecause an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fearAre always the testimony you have been completely fooled!Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spiritWith deceit and lies.Come, join the honest company of the King’s beggars -Those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns and those astonishing fair courtesansWho need Divine Love every night.Come, join the courageous who have no choice but to bet

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2:15

THE MASTER ALCHEMIST

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/08

“You are the master alchemist. You light the fire of love in earth and sky, in heart and soul, of every being. Through your love, existence and nonexistence merge. All opposites unite. All that is profane becomes sacred again.” Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī Get full access to Tea and Zen - Meditation Sans Frontieres at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe

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1:13

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/06

To have loved is everything. I loved, onceA hummingbird who came every afternoon-the freedom loving male-Who flew by himself to sample the sweets of the gardenTo sit on a high, leafless branch with his red throat gleaming.And then, he came no more. And I’m still waiting for him, ten years later,To come back, and he will, or he will not.There is a certain commitmentThat each of us is given, that has to do with another worldIf there is one. I remember you, hummingbird. I think of you every dayEven as

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2:44

POWER

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/06

"When power is grasped in any name but Love, when it serves any end but peace, then, in the deepest sense, no power has truly been wielded. It is but an illusion, a fleeting shadow, devoid of substance or meaning." Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full access to Tea and Zen - Meditation Sans Frontieres at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe

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1:16

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/05

WaitingThe song I came to singremains unsung to this day.I have spent my days in stringingand in unstringing my instrument.The time has not come true,the words have not been rightly set;only there is the agonyof wishing in my heart…..I have not seen his face,nor have I listened to his voice;only I have heard his gentle footstepsfrom the road before my house…..But the lamp has not been litand I cannot ask him into my house;I live in the hope of meeting with him;but this meeting is not yet. Get full

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8:53

TRUE WISDOM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/05

"This is yet another in the series of quotes that have emerged over the years, some stretching back decades. This time, however, they are accompanied by a written reflection, a window into the workings of my mind. Yet, I must say, these words did not spring initially from thought, not by a long shot; they flowed from a deeper realm….one that resides within the heart and soul, a place beyond the grasp of the conscious mind.""In coming to the true wisdom of the heart we offer no resistance to

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0:46

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/04

Sing songs that none have sung,Think thoughts that ne’er in brain have rung,Walk in paths that none have trod,Weep tears as none have shed for God,Give peace to all to whom none other gave,Claim him your own who’s everywhere disclaimed.Love all with love that none have felt, and braveThe battle of life with strength unchained. Get full access to Tea and Zen - Meditation Sans Frontieres at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe

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1:17

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/03

No one can keep us from carrying GodWherever we go.No one can rob His NameFrom our heart as we try to relinquish our fearsAnd at last stand — Victorious.We do not have to leave him in the mosqueOr church alone at night;We do not have to be jealous of tales of saintsOr glorious masts, those intoxicated soulsWho can make outrageous love with the Friend.We do not have to be envious of our spirits’ abilityWhich can sometimes touch God in a dream.Our yearning eyes, our warm-needing bodies,Can all be

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1:17

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/02

Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air –An armful of white blossoms,A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leanedinto the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,Biting the air with its black beak?Did you hear it, fluting and whistlingA shrill dark music – like the rain pelting the trees – like a waterfallKnifing down the black ledges?And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds –A white cross

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5:55

A NEW YEARS MEDITATION

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2025/01/01

Sit in stillness, in the quiet embrace of the present moment. Close your eyes, and with each breath, let yourself fall deeper into the silence, where the noise of the world fades into nothingness. In this sacred space, there is no past, no future— only the eternal Now.Feel the breath of the Divine flowing through you, as ancient as the stars, as timeless as the sacred forces that weave the fabric of the universe. Breathe in, not just air, but the essence of life itself— the very breath of God, the

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4:56

Happy New Year

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/31

May peace fill your heart and love become your guide, now and always, throughout this new year and beyond.As we step into this new year, may you be surrounded by serenity and warmth. May your heart remain open to the beauty of love in every form. May kindness, joy, and understanding flow freely within you, and may you be a beacon of peace and love to everyone you meet.Wishing you a year of growth, grace, and the deep, enduring presence of love and peace in your life.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full

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1:04

THE MORNING POEM

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/31

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4:23

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE?

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/30

Riley: So what do you think happens when we die?Erin: Speaking for myself?Riley: Speaking for yourself.Erin: Myself…“My self.” That’s the problem, that’s the whole problem with the whole thing. That word. Self. That’s not the word. That’s not right, that isn’t. That isn’t…How did I forget that?When did I forget that?The body stops a cell at a time, but the brain keeps firing those neurons. Little lightning bolts, like fireworks inside, and I thought I’d despair or feel afraid, but I don’t feel any

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1:03

THE ART OF LOVING GOD

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/29

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3:09

THE WISDOM OF THE HEART

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/28

"In embracing the true wisdom of the heart, we offer no resistance to circumstance, surrendering fully with the utmost humility. In this surrender, we come before love, before God, where all questions are answered with the utmost grace, and without reservation. Nigel Lott teaandzen.orgThese words point to a profound spiritual truth: true wisdom is not born of the intellect, but of the heart. When we surrender to life’s circumstances without resistance, we allow the flow of divine grace to enter our

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2:22

FOREVER SACRED

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2024/12/28

"Whatever is held sacred in our heart once is forever held there, once sacred forever sacred master that you are of your own soul." Nigel LottThese words echo the timeless truth that the heart, the seat of our deepest intentions and spiritual truths, is a vessel for the sacred. Whatever we choose to honor, to revere, to love deeply, becomes a permanent part of our being. The sacredness we hold within us is not fleeting—it is eternal.To understand this mystical notion, we must first recognize the

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