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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
The clarity of unknowing
It is much better to praise God in your unknowing,for then God is God, and not your knowing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged certainty, darkness, help, help me, journey, lost, path, unknowing, wandering
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Life is not about your ego, it is about being honed
Rejoice when you meet people who expose your weaknesses!Rejoice when they can show you your faults!Do not cast these people away – instead, stay close to them;life is not about your ego, it is about being honed © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized, writing
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Pride fuels sly mutiny
Do not be smug when you have trained a thought!Pride fuels sly mutiny © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, consciousness, contemplation, humility, meditation, moksha, pride, Temptations
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A brief renunciation of idols
If God gives – alleluia!If God takes away – alleluia!Only God is God – alleluia! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged freedom, idolotry, idols, surrender, trust
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As long as I am yours
Make me as you wishit does not matter who I becomeas long as I am yours © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged help, help me, surrender, trust, union
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Vanquishing evil spirits
Different traditions call it different thingsbut it is the same task: Use your voice © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged demons, evil, help, help me, protection, safety, spirits
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Parable of the woman who believed all was One
There once was a woman who believed that everything was One and so she stopped caring about suffering or injustice or the desecration of the earth. Instead, she sat on her meditation cushion and listened to the screams coming in … Continue reading
Posted in Parable, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anger, hypocrites, injustice, justice, social justice, suffering
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The lesson of love
The lesson of love is to let yourself goso you can come to the selfso you can come to what is larger © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged ego, help, help me, infinity, love, Relationships, surrender, wholeness
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The humility prayer
What you want, Lordmight not be what I want –so teach me, please © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged consciousness, ego, humility, openness, pride, surrender
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Curving toward the center 