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Category Archives: mysticism
Step by step through the wilderness
Step by step through the wildernessone sun, one moon, one sun againone breath, one small clearingone small thought of hope © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, Trauma, writing
Tagged contemplation, help, help me, journey, meditation, mental health, PTSD, struggles, surrender, Trauma
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You got me through the night
You got me through the nightYou got me to sleep.The nights are not taken for grantedand nor are the days.Step by step through the wildernessone sun, one moon, one sun againone breath, one small cleansingone small thought of hope © … Continue reading
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged anxiety, contemplation, depression, Emotional health, help, help me, meditation, mental health, rescue me
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The human consolation, II
The tree is full of emptinessher arms outstretched and holding it,and of course, the emptiness overflows her arms –That is how it is, I comfort herThat is how it is © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, emptiness, healing, love, meditation, samsara, trust, winter, Winter poetry, wuwei
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The human consolation, I
The maple tree is nakedalmosther last leaves, now browncling tenaciously, a handful on each branch –both a handful of brownand a handful of tenaciousness.I understand, I whisper to themletting go is hard © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, grief, grieving, journey, love, meditation, peace, stability, surrender, trust, winter
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From Meisaan – Film Festival: “A Declaration of Belonging”
I recently participated in a collective film project where our goal was to investigate what social justice looks like in the body. I had been invited to be the spoken word artist. I named my poem, “A Declaration of Belonging,” … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, Trauma, Video, writing
Tagged adventure, contemplation, Declaration of Belonging, Film festival, healing, help, help me, journey, meditation
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Surrender in the storm, II
Riding the wavesis surrenderand wise © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged help, help me, Inner peace, mental health, peace, surrender, wisdom
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Surrender in the storm, I
Surrender in the stormis surrender’s deepest strength © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, coronavirus, covid, help, help me, meditation, mental health, surrender
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To the broken
The path is not about wholenessbut closenessdraw closer © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged brokenness, contemplation, healing, help, help me, intimacy, meditation, Spiritual intimacy, Spiritual union, surrender, union, wholeness
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The roadmap
I want the roadmap, I tell the Lord.I am the roadmap, the Lord says to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged adventure, contemplation, God speaks poetry, help, help me, journey, love, meditation, surrender, trust
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Dark December morning
Dark December morningI groggily make the coffeeheavy gray sky slow to move, toothe both of us present to each other © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged coffee, contemplation, Earth poetry, meditation, silence, Spiritual union, union, Winter poetry
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Curving toward the center 