Category Archives: Poetry

When the right tools are out of reach

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

It is a mark of wisdom to know when you don’t have the right tools and a mark of deeper wisdom to stop and reassess – and if the world is rushing you, then doing so is not just wisdom, … Continue reading →

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The paradox of spiritual power

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

To submit is to claim the depth of power; to claim all power is to perch, precarious and frail © Meisaan Chan

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A note to the pocked heart

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion fills whatever holes resentment makes © Meisaan Chan

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The eternal shelter

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Storm after storm rolls over the earth; again and again you shelter © Meisaan Chan

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Manipulation

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Divisions make more money than compassion © Meisaan Chan

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On externals

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

If you always demand to get your way your internal strength will never grow © Meisaan Chan

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The beginning of the silent retreat

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

With resounding sound you welcome me home, a choir of angels breathe and release sweet rejoicing © Meisaan Chan

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True and false Doing Nothing

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

True doing nothing is precision: Sharp knife False doing nothing is amorphous: Blunt rock © Meisaan Chan

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I cannot carry your burden

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I cannot carry your burden but I can carry your heart © Meisaan Chan

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The end of aimlessness

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

When I, alone, drift through the cosmos, tether me to your heart; may I trust in the strength of its hold on me and watch as the tether pulls taught © Meisaan Chan  

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