The 12 Steps and Zen Koans

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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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

December, Step 12, and Jumping off a 100 foot pole...

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Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and practice these pri...
Friday, December 1, 2023

December 12&Zen - - TWO Announcements this month...

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  Dear 12 & Zen Followers, #1] Here is the Step and Koan we’ll be working with.   Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the resul...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Step 10, the Reminder Step...

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  Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God  as we understood Him , praying only for knowledge...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Step 11, Treasures open to us

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  November 2023, 12 & Zen   Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God  as we understood Hi...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

Step 10, Swimming in Reality

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  Koan:  A student asked Yunmen, "What does it mean to sit and contemplate reality?" Yunmen answered, "The coin lost in the r...
Sunday, October 1, 2023

12 & Zen October Koan and Step 10

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Step 10:  Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Koan:  A student asked Yunmen, "What does i...
Friday, September 15, 2023

The Hard and Easy of Steps 8 and 9

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  Step 8:  Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.   Step 9:  Made direct amends to such pe...
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We try to carry the 12 Step message to those who are suffering, "and to practice these principles in all our affairs." In Buddhism, our practice includes the vow to save all beings. Here the practices are melded into one -- bringing freedom into our life.
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