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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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

When the bridge is broken? 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 knowledge ...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

November 2022, 12 & Zen

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  November Greetings, Oops...it seems that a couple of World Series games distracted me. Here is what we'll be sitting with: Step 11: So...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Step 10, for the benefit of all

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    Step 10:    Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.   KOAN:   Blue Cliff Case 27: Yunmen’s Man...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Step 10 Revealing Ourselves

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A new month, a new koan...This is what we're sitting with in October. Bill Step 10:    Continued to take personal inventory and when we ...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

Steps 8 and 9 - - From our sickness comes medicine

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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 peop...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Steps 8 and 9, August/September

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  Here we are, summer is almost half over;   Steps 8 and 9 have their way of revealing who we are. Step 8:    Made a list of all persons we ...
Saturday, July 16, 2022

Steps 6 and 7: A spiritual Get out of jail FREE card

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  Step 6:  Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.    Step 7:  Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.  ...
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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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