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 17, 2013

Step 12: Seeds of Good

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The Twelve Steps, 12 months, it works to sit with a different Step each month; but something seems even better for it all here in De...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Commiting to Step Eleven, Zen Version

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Yesterday I spoke to our PZi community at large, the 11th Step continued as my topic,  but this time I used the "Zen" version.  Th...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Step 11: The Source of Inspiration

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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...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Step 10: Lost and Found

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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 do...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Steps 8 and 9: "Have You Eaten?" asked Joshu

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...continuing from the last posting on Steps 8 and 9 ... Koan: A monk made a request of Joshu:  "I have just entered the monastery...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Steps 8 and 9: "Have you eaten?"

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In a few days, our group will be sitting with Steps 8 and 9,  and this koan. Step 8:  Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and beca...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Everything is Best, Part II

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Early in August, I was asked to sit "up front" this Monday and give the evening talk.  As I began preparing for this, I had ...
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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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