Category Archives: recovery

Good Friday Sun Meditation

You woke me up with gentle song caressed my spirit and bade me sit in my prayer chair. Sit with me. It is dawn on Good Friday and that still means something for you. So I did, wanting to be … Continue reading

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Coronavirus questions for the journey

Are you safe, well, fed?Is your spirit nourished and alive?Then: What do you need to be more whole?What are you discovering about yourself?How are you growing? © Meisaan Chan

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Submit your fear

Submit your fear, says the LordDo not hang onto it –what purpose will that serve?How will that save you?Have the courage to let it go, to place it at the altarGreat sacrificeBe free © Meisaan Chan

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Coronavirus grounding

Remember your past.Remember your unknown stories.Ferocity resides within yousometimes lying at the depthssometimes right at the surface;remember that ferocity that rolls through youlike thunder over the land.Doubt not the immensity of your heart to make it through.Remember your ferocitythat primal … Continue reading

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Return to the womb

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 of safety.The breath is free and safe.Return to the womb. © Meisaan Chan

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In quickly changing times, be nimble

In quickly changing times, be nimble:A mountain goat, sure-footed and fleet,an expert at finding tiny divots for the hoof and weight;it can’t stay there long, nor does it want to, nor ought –it is designed to move © Meisaan Chan

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In this new world

For the first time since nearly the beginning of time – this new world, that is – I slept until the alarm. Like my old life, I negotiated with God and hit the snooze. What a simple gesture – hitting … Continue reading

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To feel human

This morning, after my prayer time, I put on a necklace.I was surprised at how good it feltso I selected a bracelet and put that on, too.Then a couple rings.Nothing extravagant, just something normalin an age where nothing isand in … Continue reading

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Coronavirus loneliness and spiritual response

When you despair in loneliness, go deeperfor there is never loneliness in union © Meisaan Chan

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What you channel

You can channel peace and strengthYou can channel fearBoth are within you © Meisaan Chan

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