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Category Archives: anxiety
A spiritual feedback loop
I need to be utterly dependent on youin order to become utterly dependent on youin order to accept utter dependence on youFeedback loop © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged feedback loop, surrender
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The peace of infinity
Peace, peace be with you, says the Lorddo not fear the path of humilitydo not fear the extinction of selffor the small will give way to the infiniteand the infinite goes on foreverAs it is!As it is! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in anxiety, contemplation, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged extinction of self, humility, peace, surrender
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God-usury
IIt is startlingly easy to forget you in the good timesand remember you in times of need;protect my heart from usurythis poison that seeps within and radiates out II“I remember you only when I need you,” I say, hanging my … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged love, prayer
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Pacing yourself
There is always more to do– you know this –so why despair that there is more to do? © Meisaan Chan
The twisting path: When there is no precedent
O, how the path twists!Have confidence not in what has gone before;have confidence, instead, in me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in anxiety, contemplation, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual strengthening exercises, writing
Tagged adventure, coronavirus, journey, trust, unknown, Unprecedented
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Vision
When I am pushed to the maxhelp me handle myself carefully, tenderly, delicately:Help me discern who also willand who won’t © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, writing
Tagged discernment, friendship, hardship, help, help me, vision
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Return to the womb, says the Lord
Return to the womb, says the LordQuestions do not need to be answered there.You do not even need to know the questions there.The darkness is safety.The warmth is safety.The breath is free and safe.Return to the womb © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, depression, Feminine God, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged Goddess, help, help me, safety, womb
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Pernicious comfort
Sometimes discomfort is precisely what is neededto move to better places;comfort can be perniciousas we settleand settleand settle © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged comfort, discomfort, growth, help, help me
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True healing and false healing
True healing necessitates digging out infectionpain and work False healing claimsthat doing nothing will heal © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged healing, infection, salve
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Discomforting change: The price of openness
Openness is not always comfortableor the outcome of the status quo;if you want to be open, analyze the pricehonestly discern your willingness © Meisaan Chan