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Category Archives: recovery
Your path is leading me so far from home
Your path is leading me so far from homeso far from well-trod pathsand we, in the wilderness of the heart, in light and in darkness,keep continuing on, deeperand as wilderness gives way to wilderness gives way to wildernessmy heart grows … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, recovery, spirituality
Tagged contemplation, healing, Poetry, salvation, spiritual journey, Spiritual poetry, trust
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Your love tank
Keep expanding your love tankfor I will always fill to overflowing;You are never done expanding, as the source is Infinity –and in this ever-expansionyou become like me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, God speaks poetry, haiku, meditation, Spiritual poetry
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The uprooting
The early weeds of conquering, domination, and slaughter – pull them up!Let not their roots growit much harder to pull them up later © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, writing
Tagged contemplation, God speaks poetry, haiku, mindfulness, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search
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Approximating the Lord
Look for me until you find me, says the Lord,be satisfied with nothing else –most dangerous are those sources that seem to come closefor you commit your heart to limitsfor you commit your soul to limitscutting off your wings © … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged God speaks poetry, healing, mindfulness, PTSD, Rumi, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search
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The rescue: After the end of the world
INothing should movebut the world moves against the rules –are we not even to abide by the end of the world? My heart has seized with griefshould not, also, earth’s farthest atom?What now, dear feet – where are you to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged desperation, Fantasy, help, help me, hope, Mystical, rescue, salvation
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To the lost
I. GodI have tried to direct you in lovebut you took the errant pathwhich looked better until followed II. MeMiles and miles I backtrackedtrying to find that source that first moment I chose not to love © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, recovery, spirituality, writing
Tagged addiction, God speaks poetry, PTSD, spiritual journey, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search
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When all has crumbled
When all has crumbled to powder, turn to me, says the Lordand I will show you:From powder, clayfrom clay, sculpture –last breath gonebut fear not, for that was your breathand now I give you mine © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged God speaks poetry, grief, haiku, healing, loss, mindfulness, Spiritual search
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The waiting, II
No one and nothing can give you that still space of repose;to find it, you must get up and look for it,and when you look for it you must bleed to find it:There is no map, no book of answersno … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged enlightenment, journey, sacrifice, spirituality
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Altars you despise
It is possible to worship before altars you despise:victimhoodshamefear –a caution: They never lead to liberation © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged alignment, Altars, liberation, surrender, worship
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Be supple
Be supple and learnbe rigid and resist © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
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Curving toward the center 