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Category Archives: Poetry
The challenge, I
It is not time yet, says the Lord, so relax for a moment, gather your strength © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged obedience, patience, preparation, strength
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On breaking up
I. It is compassionate to let go if hanging on leads to lifeless wounds II. The length of history is important but not as important as the quality of future III. Walking away is not running away if you faced … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged compassion, courage, friendship, partner, relationship, romantic, separation
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The decision to act upon what you know
You know your ways into tranquility, says the Lord and you know your ways into chaos I am the way in I am the way out: this, too, you know © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged chaos, pathway, peace, stress, tranquility
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The equally difficult task
For those accustomed to power, the task is to acknowledge smallness before God: For those oppressed and downtrodden, the task is to acknowledge grandiosity of light © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged insight, reflection, self-awareness, vision, wisdom
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Lift your eyes from the pavement
Lift your eyes from the pavement for I so love to bedazzle © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged awake, awareness, contemplation, meditation, sight, vision
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Purposes
O star guiding me home O dark night that I may see the star © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged adventure, darkness, guidance, journey, night, star, vision
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The closed door
Do not fear the closed door for not every open door is good © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged adventure, beginnings, door, endings, journey, mirage, opportunity, trouble
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Ancient wounds
God can be a tender father but for those who’ve never had a tender father God can be a tender mother but for those who’ve never had a tender mother God can be a tender spirit and soothe and soothe … Continue reading
Those you find hardest to love
Those you find hardest to love are your spiritual teachers; seek them out: die with compassion © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged anger, annoyance, compassion, hardship, rage, sacrifice, spiritual teachers, testing
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Spiritual leaders, II
Stop expecting someone to walk your path for you! No one will cart you to the finish line: there is no cart there is no finish line there is only your feet and the intensity of your fire © Meisaan … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged addiction, adventure, autonomy, Buddhism, follower, helplessness, journey, ownership, power, powerlessness, responsibility, spiritual leaders
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Curving toward the center 