Contemplation: On Compassion

The Forgotten Ground

What if the deepest human tragedy is not that we have lost love, but that we have forgotten it? A reflection on conflict, separation, belonging, and the possibility that nothing essential has ever been lost. 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 [http://www.teaandzen.org]                                                                                                                                                                   DONATE [https://donate.stripe.com/3csaI7deUfgJb5ueUU]

Contemplation: On Compassion

An invitation to the heart. Compassion means more than caring. It means remaining open in the presence of both love and sorrow. Join me for a gentle contemplation exploring the quiet wisdom of the heart and the compassion that embraces all things.   Come, sit awhile in the embrace of the heart, and listen. The silence has much to say. Compassion literally means “to suffer with.” Not to be overwhelmed by suffering, but to remain open in the presence of it. The deepest compassion often contains a trace of grief because it recognizes the fragility of every living thing. 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 [http://www.teaandzen.org]                                                                                                                                                                   DONATE [https://donate.stripe.com/3csaI7deUfgJb5ueUU]

Forty Years of Remembering Love

Forty years later, I understand: I was never really searching for sobriety. I was searching for love, and learning to remember it. 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 [http://www.teaandzen.org]                                                                                                                                                                   DONATE [https://donate.stripe.com/3csaI7deUfgJb5ueUU]

Listening With The Heart

When we listen with the heart, we offer more than attention. We offer acceptance. And from acceptance comes one of the deepest human needs of all: the feeling that we belong. 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 [http://www.teaandzen.org]                                                                                                                                                                   DONATE [https://donate.stripe.com/3csaI7deUfgJb5ueUU]

Love Notes XXXIV

'The conscious mind often arrives years after the soul has already started packing for the journey. Only in looking back do we discover that what seemed like many separate choices were all part of a single unfolding. 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 [http://www.teaandzen.org]                                                                                                                                                                   DONATE [https://donate.stripe.com/3csaI7deUfgJb5ueUU]