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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
Use your tools but do not worship them
Use your tools but do not worship themworship God alone Use religion but do not worship itworship God alone © Meisaan Chan
The importance of one drop
Compassion is easy when there are no obstacles to compassionThe more obstacles, the harder compassion is, and yet the more necessary –the desert knows this.Fertility is easy in a rain forest!But for the desert to be fertile,it knows the importance … Continue reading
The darker it gets
The darker it getsthe louder we must laughto ward off the night Laugh like you’ve already wonbecause if they haven’t defeated your spirityou have © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Feminine God, Food addiction, meditation, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged coronavirus, despair, help, help me, hope, journey, racial justice, racism, struggle
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Expand your horizons
Expand your horizons, says the Lord,push beyond the stars and you will findthe beyond-horizons and the beyond-stars;you will find the expanse © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Earth poetry, Feminine God, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Rumi-esque, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged eternity, expanse, horizons, infinite love, infinity, surrender
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Holey lessons
You are learning to avoid your holes– not all of them, not yet, but some –and even avoiding these “some” has increased your walk:You are walking faster, farther, with less fatigue © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged Holes, journey, learning, lessons, patterns, progress, student, wisdom
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Holey smugness
When you encounter a hole you always fall intoWalk around it!For walking into a hole will always resultin your being stuck in a holethere is no other result Do not be smug that you are avoiding your holesfor new holes … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged alertness, Holes, humble, humility, patterns
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Portals to God
Portals to God are everywhere:Some, in a yellow tulip, others in a ritualBut careful: While ritual can open the doorit also can close it © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged Buddhism, distraction, focus, portals, religion, ritual, union
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It would be so much easier to run away
It would be so much easier to run awaybut love that is committed to easyis not love © Meisaan Chan
The request
Strengthen and weaken me, O Lordyou are my only source © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged source, strengthen, surrender, union, unity, weaken, weakness
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Parable of the woman who worked for good
There once was a woman who worked for good and to stamp out evil, but one day she realized that nothing was pure, and she sat down and cried. She never did anything again. © Meisaan Chan
Posted in contemplation, meditation, Parable, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged activism, humility, resilience, spiritual activism, wisdom
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