Category Archives: Poetry

Spirituality of the spiral

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

When life sends you around againlook for the deeper;do not go around in a circlego in a spiral © Meisaan Chan

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Even goodness needs to be adapted to

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Even goodness needs to be adapted to,when you are used to squalorwhen the patterns of refuse have set in so deepthat you are simply used to throwing yourself away;Even goodness needs to be adapted totake your timestay gentle © Meisaan … Continue reading →

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Maple tree lesson

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You can look at realitybut there is a reality within the reality –do you see? Do you see the deeper reality within the maple tree?Within everything? © Meisaan Chan

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How to safely peer into the chaos

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Use my vision alone to peer into the chaos, says the Lord;use my sight alone to seefor love neither looks awaynor dissolves into despairbut knows there is always something greater;as it gazes, it knows the end © Meisaan Chan

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Order in the chaos: Your clarity is love

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Your clarity is love, says the LordLove will protect you from despairLove will protect you from overwhelmLove will protect you from blindnessLove will protect you from crumblingLove will protect you from confusionLove will protect you from hateLove will protect you … Continue reading →

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The things that determine everything

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Where do you place your surrender?Where do you place your fear?To what do you give your power?That will determine everything © Meisaan Chan

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When in hardship, remember your tools

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Remember your tools, says the Lordhard-earned, well-keptBring them out again Dusty tools in back of shedstill work; shine them upand use © Meisaan Chan

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The not-really-wilderness

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

I’m in the wilderness, I say to the LordNot really, the Lord says to meHow is this not so, I ask. There is no path, no one else, no markers, no mapYou are walking upon my heart, the Lord says … Continue reading →

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Maplessness

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

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Wisdom of the trees

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Patiencehave patienceas trees know the liminal between the winter and the spring:Still naked, buds not yet revealed –a long way from thereyet a long way to go © Meisaan Chan

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