Hello All:
It's almost May. Time to begin sitting with our next Step and koan. Locally we'll be meeting Friday, on May 11th.
Bill K.
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Koan: Yun Men, teaching the community, said, “Sickness and medicine correspond* to each other: the whole world is medicine, what are you?”
*Various translations: “Correspond to, subdue, heal or in accord with each other…”
If you belong to a 12 Step Group, at one time you will hear someone say, "Upon working the steps, one day you will see where the Steps are working you!" The same can be said when you meditate with Zen koans ... a koan can pop into your life when you least expect it, giving you a new perspective on matters. Here we are practicing with koans to see how they can deepen our understanding of the 12 Steps in new and unexpected ways.
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