{"podcast":{"title":"Tea And Zen - PODCAST","slug":"tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696","podcast_index_feed_id":4263696,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/teaandzen-threads/feed.xml","website_url":"https://teaandzen-threads.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21249598/5C7FED05-7E1B-47B4-8AF6-A8DFA3B89BF5.png","author":"Nigel Lott","episode_count":800,"summary":"“There are moments when words arise not from thought, but from presence — when the silence speaks, and the heart listens.” Welcome to a contemplative audio offering from Tea & Zen and Meditation Sans Frontières — a sanctuary of presence, remembrance, and the healing beauty of stillness. Each episode is a letter spoken aloud — drawn from the well of lived experience, grief, love, and the sacred technologies of being. These are transmissions from the inner sanctuary: not sermons or teachings, but invitations. Invitations to pause. To breathe. To feel. To remember. You’ll find here: Reflections from the edge of transformation Sacred quotes and poetic fragments Moments of presence, stillness, and soul Companion pieces to essays and writings from the Library And occasional soundscapes or musical offerings This podcast is a space to rest in — a companion to those walking through transitions, tending grief, or simply longing for something quieter, deeper, and more real. Feel free to sit with an episode. Let it move through you like a whisper on the wind. May these offerings meet you at your own threshold. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:18:23.612511+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696"},"episode":{"title":"Love Notes XXXV","slug":"love-notes-xxxv","published_at":"2026-06-13T16:45:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696/love-notes-xxxv","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696","url":"https://teaandzen-threads.podbean.com/e/love-notes-xxxv-1781369143/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iy75riiuadakcgfg/ES_Glow_-_Hanna_Lindgren8m62k.mp3","summary":"The great tragedy of humanity is not our differences. It is our forgetting. We forget what lies beneath the surface of race, religion, nationality, politics, and personal history. We forget the deeper ground from which we all arise. At that level, there are no divisions. No “us” and “them.” No strangers. There is only the One Life appearing in countless forms, meeting itself again and again through every face, every encounter, every moment. And behind it all, Love quietly remembers itself. Nigel Lott teaandzen.org In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY DONATE","meta_description":"The great tragedy of humanity is not our differences. It is our forgetting. We forget what lies beneath the surface of race, religion, nationality, politi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":265,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696/episodes/love-notes-xxxv/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tea-and-zen-podcast-4263696/love-notes-xxxv.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}