Category Archives: meditation

The next step

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Look to me for confirmationand open your soul and the senses within;be ready for the million ways I speak 8/9/2020

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Because you first need free hands

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

To take up my peace,put down your plans © Meisaan Chan

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God and the institution

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

She closes countless doorsbut I open stained-glass windows © Meisaan Chan

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To the artist

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Before you paint the likeness of God, pray, yes, pray;that God may show you the pattern of the fingerprint © Meisaan Chan

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Not content for the sides

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Reorient me so I aim for the heart of the funnel:I could go along the sides and still swirl my long way there,or I could plunge in and down, direct © Meisaan Chan

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The translators

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Blessed are they who translate loveand speak so others may hear © Meisaan Chan

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Wind storm

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Maple tree, full crown of dry leavestossed wildly throughout the nightand even when sun comes, the wild tossing doesn’t stop– so weary, so weary! © Meisaan Chan

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Deep lesson of the trees

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Just in case we forget, they remind us every autumn:The path of surrender is the path of beautythat is when you glow through We remember this truth and then we forgetand so, graciously, in twelve months they remind us again … Continue reading →

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A safety prayer

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Keep me safe today, O Lordbe the holy barrierall-surrounding © Meisaan Chan

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To fight evil with evil

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

is to lose © Meisaan Chan

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