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TEA AND ZEN - THREADS

There are moments when words arise not from thought, but from presence when the silence speaks, and the heart listens. Welcome to Letters from the Threshold, a contemplative audio offering from Meditation Sans Frontieres a sanctuary of presence, remembrance, and the healing beauty of stillness, drawn from the well of lived experience, grief, love, and the sacred technologies of being. Nigel Lott....nigel@teaandzen.org

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5:32

Boundaries

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/02/01

There comes a moment when love must learn to stand. Not harder. Not colder. But clearer. For love does not mean being a dumping ground. Presence does not mean self-erasure. And compassion does not mean silence in the face of harmNigel Lott teaandzen.org 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

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4:51

The Inner Work That Changes The World

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/31

The most powerful work we can do right now is inward. When we bring our own fear and shadow into the light and choose love instead, we don’t just heal ourselves—we alter the field we all share, making it possible for others to open, remember, and return home to truth. 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

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4:36

The Great Mystery

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/30

In time, one way or another, everything is drawn back to Love — not by force or decree, but by a deeper intelligence at work within life itself. What drifts out of alignment cannot remain there forever.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org 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

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3:20

The Nature of Falling In Love

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/27

What we call falling in love is not losing ourselves in another,but remembering the Love that has always lived within us. In that sacred opening, we don’t fall — we awaken. 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

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2:39

Each Breath Arrives Only Once

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/25

Life is sacred beyond measure. To those who harm others — may remembrance of this truth soften the heart, and compassion rise where cruelty once lived. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org 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

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1:44

A Contemplation and Prayer on Hope

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/25

Hope is the strength to meet the present, held in love beyond time and fear. 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

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5:21

A Meditation For World Peace

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/24

In a world that feels fractured and loud, this meditation offers a place to rest. Not by turning away from suffering, but by meeting it with an open heart. Through gentle attention, widening compassion, and a simple prayer of peace, we remember that healing does not begin elsewhere — it begins within us, and moves outward through love. 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,

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3:11

Love Notes XXX

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/23

"Love is not a doing—it is a consent to be undone" Nigel Lott teaandzen.org SUPPORT THE SANCTUARY Meditation Sans Frontieres 501 (C) 3 Non Profit Registered Charity TAX EIN 81-3411835 Your support sustains this sanctuary. Tending the interior spaces, its garden, and the quiet they hold, the teachings, meditations, and healing transmissions — all offered freely to anyone who needs them. Together we keep a living field of love, service, and presence alive in the world. In the quiet between

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0:34

A Blessing

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/21

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 LIBRARYDONATE

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2:59

Love Notes XXIX

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/21

No is a complete sentence. It requires no explanation, no justification, and no defense. When spoken clearly and simply, it stands on its own, honoring both your boundary and your integrity. Repeating no — or softening it with excess words — often arises from the urge to be understood, liked, or forgiven. Yet clarity needs no reinforcement. A single, honest no is enough. When allowed to stand, it teaches both us and others to respect the quiet authority of truth. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org SUPPORT THE

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6:56

When Grief Has Done its Work

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/21

There comes a moment in grief when the pain has nowhere left to go—not because it has been resolved, but because it has reached the far edge of what the heart can bear. In that quiet threshold, grief loosens its hold on time and turns inward, softening into presence. What remains is not absence, but a love that has outgrown form—no longer reaching, no longer aching, simply resting in what is. This is not consolation, but recognition: that at the end of grief’s long journey, love is found waiting,

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4:39

A Meditation For Troubled Times

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/19

In troubled times, this gentle meditation offers a place to rest without fixing or forcing. It invites you to meet fear, grief, or numbness with quiet permission, to remember a steady light within that does not argue with the dark—only remains. A brief return to breath, presence, and the simple truth that even now, love has not withdrawn.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are

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5:35

Love Notes XXVIII

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/16

You are love, no matter what — love manifest in this life, and for eternity.Nigel Lott teaandzen.org DONATE Tea & Zen exists to offer quiet refuge in a world that rarely pauses. Your donation supports a living sanctuary devoted to presence, healing, and remembrance—freely shared with those who are seeking rest, clarity, or companionship at life’s thresholds. In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are

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5:32

The Eternal Presence

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/14

Presence is another name for love.Not the love that reaches or claims, but the love that stays. The love that does not move toward anything because it has already arrived. When you are fully here— without agenda, without defense, without grasping— nothing is missing. Nothing needs improvement. In that quiet fullness, love is no longer a feeling. It is the atmosphere. Presence is love after it has forgotten how to leave. In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not

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3:08

Renee Nicole Good

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/11

Do not let this death pass through you as news.Let it pass through you as a bell. Let it ring until you can no longer tolerate a world built on fear. Let it ring until love becomes policy. Let it ring until every uniform remembers the human face. Nigel Lott www.teaandzen.org Meditation Sans Frontieres 501 (C) 3 Non Profit Registered Charity TAX EIN 81-3411835 Tea & Zen exists to offer quiet refuge in a world that rarely pauses. Your donation supports a living sanctuary devoted to presence,

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2:59

Love Notes XXVI

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/10

"Whether spoken by a voice or a silence, truth is recognized by its light." Nigel Lott teaandzen.org DONATE Meditation Sans Frontieres 501 (C) 3 Non Profit Registered Charity TAX EIN 81-3411835 Tea & Zen exists to offer quiet refuge in a world that rarely pauses. Your donation supports a living sanctuary devoted to presence, healing, and remembrance—freely shared with those who are seeking rest, clarity, or companionship at life’s thresholds. In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you

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2:29

Love Notes XXV

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/08

"Love is on every breath we take, was there before breath we took and will be there when breath we take no more."Nigel Lott................DONATE teaandzen.org 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

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2:54

Mirrors

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/08

This reflection explores love not as something we give or receive, but as something we remember together. It speaks to the way we mirror one another—both in our recognition of truth and in the places within us that believe they have fallen outside of love. In the quiet presence we share, even anger, fear, and grief are invited into the light, not to be fixed, but to be seen. What unfolds is not acquisition or effort, but a gentle remembering of what has always been

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3:49

Silence

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/06

A quiet exploration of silence as fullness, where nothing needs to be added and love is already complete.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

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5:40

Embodiment after Survival

TEA AND ZEN - THREADS ·

2026/01/05

Dissociation is a natural protective response to overwhelming experience. When something feels too much to bear, awareness may pull back—creating a sense of distance from the body, emotions, or the present moment. This is not a failure, but a survival strategy. Healing involves restoring safety and connection so presence can return gradually and on its own terms. In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are

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