Category Archives: recovery

A movement prayer during times of instability

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Friends, Here is a movement prayer that has kept me grounded during tumultuous times. Feel free to slow it down however much you need, taking your time to really feel that mind/body/spirit fusion in each line and movement. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in meditation, recovery, Video | Tagged anchor, anxiety, contemplation, grounding, help, help me, joy, meditation, movement, prayer | Leave a comment

The holiness of holes

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Healthy soil has holes –that’s how the air and rain and seeds sink in;solid soil holds little life © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged earth, healthy, help, help me, holiness, perfectionism, unhealthy, weary | Leave a comment

On efficiency

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Efficiency, when pushed, strangles love © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged control, efficiency, emptiness, freedom, love, power, surrender | Leave a comment

Parable of the woman with glass shards

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

There once was a woman whose beloved vase fell and shattered. She gathered up the broken glass shards and clung to them, and her hands got cut and bled. Many people advised her to put down the shards, and every … Continue reading →

Posted in Parable, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged brokenness, deafness, destructiveness, healing, Parable, wholeness, wisdom | 2 Comments

I travel the world looking for my love

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I travel the world looking for my love;in airports, on the streets of VeniceI constantly refresh my browser, aching for just a glimpse of your face, aching for the ways you bend delight into the curvature of my heartand how … Continue reading →

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Uncategorized | Tagged blindness, desire, journey, love, search, sight, Spiritual search, wander | Leave a comment

Strange safety

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Helplessness can be safe being vulnerable can be safe – it depends on who’s hands you’re in © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged help, help me, hopelessness, safety, trust, vulnerability | Leave a comment

Parable of the child learning to walk

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The kingdom of God is like a child learning to walk: At first, she grasps at whatever is in reach, and if it is not solid, she falls. Slowly, she learns what is solid and grasps only those things – … Continue reading →

Posted in meditation, Parable, recovery, writing | Tagged anchor, child, discipline, kingdom of God, learning, Parable, solid | Leave a comment

The slowness of awareness

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged addiction, alive, awareness, consciousness, help, help me, meditation, numb, numbness | Leave a comment

God’s safety

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged death, emptiness, koan, life, paradox, safety, surrender | Leave a comment

Trust me more, says the Lord

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged confidence, emptiness, humility, infinity, surrender, trust | Leave a comment