Category Archives: Poetry

Get picky

There’s a lot of not-food out there and so much hunger © Meisaan Chan

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The candle

It was the strangest thing. The candle was only half gone yet the wick burned down to the bottom, the flame burrowing a narrow hole down, down until it hit its premature end. Some people might call the candle defective … Continue reading

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A place to start

Start with your current thought. It does not have to stay but it will try to return so be vigilant: accept only friends © Meisaan Chan

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Missing the full life

There is a distinct difference between risk and danger and how often we stop at risk © Meisaan Chan  

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Meditation’s function

It is not silence for the sake of silence or space for the sake of space but silence so you may hear the divine alleluia and space so you can hold more of it, eternal womb © Meisaan Chan

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A note on meditation

Sitting in a chair does not result in meditation; work and toil result in meditation © Meisaan Chan

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Live with open hands, says the Lord

Live with open hands, says the Lord: If they give it, fine if they take it away, fine if you fight and win, fine if you fight and lose, fine; May the fire in your heart burn brightly but don’t … Continue reading

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Progressively hard tasks

The first task is to listen the second task is to follow the third task is to let it go © Meisaan Chan    

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In plain sight

I am the unseeable yet you cannot not see me © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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If you’re not fainting, you might be saying “no”

Following me is not for the faint of heart expect to faint expect my arms © Meisaan Chan  

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