Category Archives: meditation

Pandemics and imperfection

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

How much more do I desire perfection in a pandemic!The pendulum swings to extremesand I, unseeing, am not aware that this need for perfectionsimply pushes it harder © Meisaan Chan

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When the externals change

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

When the externals changego deeper into the eternal unchanging © Meisaan Chan

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In the unknown

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You need obedience more than you need a plan, says the Lord;one can accept the unknownthe other not © Meisaan Chan

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I take care of you

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

It snowed last night, wind howls nowand still the duck sits on her nestenfleshing the promise © Meisaan Chan

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Wisdom of the duck

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Mama duck has stopped her life to sit on nestthrough windstorms, snowstorms, boredom –her quiet presence knowsthat a different presence will comethat a different need will emergeshe will need to change again © Meisaan Chan

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Wisdom of baby birds

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Baby birds blindmouths gaping opentrusting the source © Meisaan Chan

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This love is not afraid of death

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

It is right that this pen I’m writing with is running low.Death and lack.The emptying and the return.It is right to strip away the façade and see what’s left.What is left?The answer depends on what you’ve chosen to believe,what you’ve … Continue reading →

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Pandemics and imperfection

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

How much more do I desire perfection in a pandemic!The pendulum swings to extremesand I, unseeing, am not aware that this need for perfectionsimply pushes it harder © Meisaan Chan

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The quiet in the chaos

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Into the darkness we goas one heart, as a heart of nations, as a heart of worldstumbling and fearing and hopingfighting and growing and rejoicingchaos on top of chaos, it seems:But there is a quiet thing hereand it is growing, … Continue reading →

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Comforting blindness

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You are not supposed to see in the Deepif you can, you are not deep enough © Meisaan Chan

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