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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
The starting line is only the starting line
Start at the physicalprogress inward and outward –so many stop at the starting line © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged embodied, haiku, Somatic, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality
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When your best listening happens
You can best listen to your beingwhen you put your being down © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, spirituality, writing
Tagged anxiety, Conflict resolution, contemplation, depression, equanimity, humility, Inner peace, intimacy, journey, love, meditation, Spiritual poetry, surrender
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On self-discipline
Self-discipline is not just to strengthen the noit is also to strengthen the yes © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, healing, help, help me, Inner peace, journey, meditation, self-discipline, Self-mastery, surrender
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On walking alone
When I finally did not want to walk aloneI could see all those who didn’t but didand even more, those who didn’t but knew it not © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged addiction, anxiety, community, depression, Food addiction, help, help me, loneliness, love, PTSD, trust
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God and identity politics
Freedom comes when I realize thatmy identity is not my identity andGod’s identity is not God’s identity © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, freedom, haiku, healing, Identity politics, love, meditation, social justice
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When stillness returns
Troubled waters slowly calmwinds finally ceasestillness returns to itself © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, spirituality, writing
Tagged centering prayer, contemplation, haiku, healing, help, help me, meditation, Relaxing, Spiritual poetry, surrender
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Transcendence, anger, fear, and the open door
I am the only open doorleading to true transcendence – Do not be fooled;not even anger can take you there Fear never leads to transcendenceso if you want transcendenceyou must also put down fear © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged anger management, calm, contemplation, fear, God speaks poetry, haiku, healing, meditation, PTSD, surrender, transcendence, trust
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The re-writing
Be blanklet me re-write you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, haiku, help, help me, meditation, mindfulness, PTSD, Spiritual search
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Middle of the night acquiescing
Wake up, whispers the Lordbegrudgingly, I doGet out of bed, whispers the Lordto this, I resistuntil after the fifth time, I groan and acquiesce,pull back the shadesand see the full moon stunningly waiting – © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, haiku, love, meditation, mindfulness, Spiritual poetry, surrender
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The call to nothing
My lovely one, restLet not your heart be troubledDirt does nothing;its power comes in its being,its acceptance that it does nothingits humilityits surrender © Meisaan Chan
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