Tea and Zen at Meditation Sans Frontieres

One day the sun admitted I am just a shadow

I wish I could show you the infinite incandescence that has cast my brilliant image.

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.

I'm happy even before I have a reason.

I'm full of light even before the sky.

I can greet the sun or the moon.

Dear companions, we have been in love with God for so very, very long.

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There are countless species and life forms on this planet that surpass us in emotional intelligence and heart wisdom. We have much to learn from them, and by observing and listening, may we find ourselves deeply humbled by their presence. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org

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We must come to understand and accept that the love found in the heart and soul of one person is the same love present in every other person, as well as in all forms of life made manifest. There is no other reality.

We are all interconnected, we are one and the same. No matter how hard we might try to distance ourselves from this love, each other. it remains a constant truth. In reality, there isn't a breath that truly separates us.

Embrace this understanding and act in accordance with it. Nigel Lott

It takes great deal of courage to speak your truth, but how else can you set yourself free other than to be congruent with you heart, and the love found there.

May all love surround you, May the light of peace shine brightly upon you, guiding your steps and nurturing your heart. May you find tranquility in each moment and grace in every challenge. Nigel Lott

This being human is a guest house.

Each morning a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness.

Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all.

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house,

empty of its furniture,

still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice.

Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.

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THE SPIRIT OF THE SAINTS

There is a Water that flows down from HeavenTo cleanse the world of sin by grace Divine.At last, its whole stock spent, its virtue gone.Dark with pollution not its own, it speedsBack to the Fountain of all purities;Whence, freshly bathed, earthward it sweeps again,Trailing a robe of glory bright and pure.

This Water is the Spirit of the Saints,Which ever sheds, until itself is beggared,God’s balm on the sick soul; and then returnsTo Him who made the purest light of Heaven. Rumi

The pearl-colored mist symbolizing a gentle, all-encompassing love, that envelops everything, softening and uniting the world in a tranquil and harmonious way. Evoking a sense of purity and serenity, suggesting that love is a universal force that surrounds us and connects us all, and has the power to heal all wounds…..your true nature.

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It doesn’t have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t tryto make them elaborate, this isn’ta contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in whichanother voice may speak. Mary Oliver

Chunky and noisy,but with stars in their black feathers,they spring from the telephone wireand instantly

they are acrobatsin the freezing wind.And now, in the theater of air,they swing over buildings,

dipping and rising;they float like one stippled starthat opens,becomes for a moment fragmented,

then closes again;and you watchand you trybut you simply can't imagine

how they do itwith no articulated instruction, no pause,only the silent confirmationthat they are this notable thing,this wheel of many parts, that can rise and spinover and over...