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, June 2, 2023

Step 6 and 7, Wash your bowls...

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  June/July summertime 12 & Zen ...and ready for: Step 6:    Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.    ...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Getting things rolling with Steps 4 and 5

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  Step 4:    Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.    Step 5:  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human bei...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Steps 4 and 5: April/May

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  Here is what we'll be sitting with next... Step 4:    Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.    Step 5:  Admitted...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

The beginnings to prosperity - - Steps 2 and 3

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  Step 2:    Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Step 3:  Made a decision to turn our will and o...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Steps 2 and 3 Koan for FEB/MARCH

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  Step 2:    Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.   Step 3:  Made a decision to turn our will and...
Saturday, January 14, 2023

A Bug Takes Step One

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Step 1:    We admitted we were powerless over alcohol* -- that our lives had become unmanageable.     Koan:  A bug on a branch Swept away do...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

January Koan and Step One

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Step 1:    We admitted we were powerless over alcohol* -- that our lives had become unmanageable.     Koan:  A bug on a branch Swept away do...
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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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