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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Friday, November 29, 2019

Step 12 and December Koan

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Here is what we will be sitting with in December, just two weeks away. Bill K. Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Layman P’ang Gobsmacked Me!

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Isn’t it amazing the times we notice seemingly unrelated events unfold, only to discover their chain of events are not only related, but l...
Saturday, November 9, 2019

What is the key to Step 11?

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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 knowledg...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

What is the key to Step 11?

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Greetings, Quite a week we've had here in Sonoma County coping with the Kincade Fire. I hope you are safe. We meet early in November on ...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Step 10 -- Promptly Clean Up My Mess

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   Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.   Koan: Both roots and branches must ...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

October Koan with Step 10

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  Dear Friends, October is near.  Time for Step 10 and the following koan. Bill K. Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and ...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Steps 8 and 9, Swept Away and Still Singing

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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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