Author Archives: Meisaan Chan

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On the path

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There is only so far you can get if you never ask for help; that is how it is © Meisaan Chan

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As the glacier melts into the earth

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

What has defined it drains away until it becomes unrecognizable and yet, life depends upon entering into foreignness © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged courage, death, glacier, life, transformation, unknown | Leave a comment

The Found

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In any quiet moment, you will find me in any loud moment, I am there © Meisaan Chan

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Enter into me, says the Presence

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Enter into me, says the Presence take off your armor then your clothes then your skin then the impossible! – your protesting all barriers removed: calm, stormy one, calm for I am the mirror sea enter into me © Meisaan … Continue reading →

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Sound of God

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Those great and perfect blasts reverberating forever © Meisaan Chan

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Upon nothing else rest

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Upon nothing else rest except upon the hands of the Almighty; let her hands cradle you fold you up and be a cavern for your soul; you, safe within, are protected, sheltered as she holds you in her hands; Upon … Continue reading →

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Love-making

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Eager winds throw eager waves upon the pier in a fan of crashing water rough and wild and joyous © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged freedom, joy, love, sea, spirit, union, waves, winds | Leave a comment

Motivation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

They emerge: worms in the rain gasping for air breaking through barriers only when suffocating nevertheless: still breaking through © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged anxiety, courage, hardship, pain, resilience, strength, struggle, worms | 2 Comments

Deep in the labyrinth

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Doors follow me. I don’t know why, but that’s how you reveal yourself, in the perpetual choice: to go or to stay posed again and again and again, each door leading to others in a tangle of doors and the … Continue reading →

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You spend a lot of energy trying to leave, God says

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“You spend a lot of energy trying to leave,” God says. “As much as I want to, I can’t say,” I say. “It’s not right. But neither is leaving.” “Such a conflicted heart!” God says gently. “What’s the way out?” … Continue reading →

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