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Category Archives: Poetry
When life is thick with difficulty
When life is thick with difficulty do not forget my house, says the Lord: I throw open my doors for the poor When life is so thick with difficulty you don’t even have to make it to my house: lo, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged comfort, difficulty, hardship, house, loss, rescue, toil, writing
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No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it
No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it – So get up off the floor! Pursue yourself! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, enlightenment, growth, journey, life, resilience, self-discovery, writing
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The powerful, wise ones
The time you feel invincible is the time to proceed most cautiously © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged humility, power, strength, wisdom, writing
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Cannonballing again and again
Who can plumb the limits of God? For hers is the eternal womb – do not think you can reach her end © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged cannonball, eternity, female, infinite, intimacy, union, womb, writing
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Pilgrimage
I am the destination I am the dirt path I am your shoes © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, destination, journey, path, shoes, way, writing
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Claiming ownership
Never just take someone’s word no matter how venerable they are, for you alone are responsible for your journey: question it test it try it out © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, guide, independence, ownership, question, sage, teacher, testing, writing
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If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it
If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it: I do not want a golden room with a little bed and a little hand towel – I did not come all this way for that – I want … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, approach, destination, heaven, intimacy, journey, union, writing
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Your endless self-hatred can find an end
Your endless self-hatred can find an end when you put down your images and take up my image for you, O beloved one © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, divine, healing, image, love, recovery, self-hatred, writing
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To help you
I am limitless with both arms and light, everything reaching out to help you © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
You might despair at the interminable path
You might despair at the interminable path but the stones have been laid by your spiritual ancestors knowing your feet would come © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged ancestors, burden, community, despair, hardship, journey, loneliness, path, writing
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Curving toward the center 