Author Archives: Meisaan Chan

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Spiritual savvy

is knowing the deep holes of your weaknesses and not walking into them © Meisaan Chan

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The case for vigilance

Resentment creeps back in even after you’ve swept it out even after seventy times seven times © Meisaan Chan  

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The pilgrimage path

As the soles of your shoes crunch on the road steady your heart remember the goal: the pilgrimage path leads to the ever unseeable deeper © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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Futures that never come

Nighttime obsessing daytime preoccupation life force drains away © Meisaan Chan

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Delays

It can be daunting to step off of schedule’s path; things can jam together or drop completely but look for the moment that would not have occurred unless – a conversation, a breath, a relenting © Meisaan Chan

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Two indications

If I never challenge then it isn’t me if I never comfort then it isn’t me © Meisaan Chan

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The unknowing space

Bring me past my anxiety to the unknowing space and in the unknowing, unjudging and in the unjudging, openness, letting all things flow through until I am flown through and in this all-unknowing, flowing through, peace © Meisaan Chan  

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Touching the hem

Reaching out and being healed still requires the outstretched arm and the faith that stretching can lead to healing © Meisaan Chan

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I hold out my hands in frustration.

I hold out my hands in frustration. “Can I never say I have progressed?” I ask. You smile gently. “Those who have progressed have given that away, too.” © Meisaan Chan

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Love is not a doormat

Love is not a doormat: it is a castle, with walls and doors parameters and secret spaces, which reveal themselves only at the right time and only to the right person © Meisaan Chan

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