Category Archives: contemplation

Life is not about your ego, it is about being honed

Posted on January 24, 2020 by

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

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Pride fuels sly mutiny

Posted on January 23, 2020 by

Do not be smug when you have trained a thought!Pride fuels sly mutiny © Meisaan Chan

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A brief renunciation of idols

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

If God gives – alleluia!If God takes away – alleluia!Only God is God – alleluia! © Meisaan Chan

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The catch

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

In softness lightin silken whispersin weary collapsein the catch © Meisaan Chan

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As long as I am yours

Posted on January 20, 2020 by

Make me as you wishit does not matter who I becomeas long as I am yours © Meisaan Chan

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Vanquishing evil spirits

Posted on January 17, 2020 by

Different traditions call it different thingsbut it is the same task: Use your voice © Meisaan Chan

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Parable of the woman who believed all was One

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

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 →

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