Category Archives: recovery

Outside the tiny box

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Welcome discomfort for she is the bearer of beginnings © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged beginnings, death, discomfort, meditation, newness, tolerance, transformation, weariness | Leave a comment

The helper

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I tried to carry your burden and I fell, crushed I gave your burden to God and all is held © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged burden, companion, friendship, help, helper, suffering | Leave a comment

Empty luggage

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

What you carry will not feed you the things inside will not protect you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged abandonment, burden, carrying, emptiness, help, help me, protection | Leave a comment

Worth the release

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Lean into the emptiness farther and farther, until you know that it is safe or at least, that it is worth the release © Meisaan Chan

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The unconscious death-paths

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Rescue me, O Lord when I travel along my death-paths; I don’t know how I got here again, but I need you to get me out © Meisaan Chan

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Sacrifices

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The fear of loss and the fear of helplessness must be shed to continue the journey © Meisaan Chan

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The unfeared descent

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The sun knows its slow descent but note how it does not just go out: At its lowest point, it unfurls its majesty, its moment of greatest open giving © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged courage, death, descent, dying, generosity, giving, humility, unknown | Leave a comment

The path of emptiness

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged Buddhism, gain, grasping, joy, loss, poverty, suffering, surrender | Leave a comment

All in the family

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anxiety, courage, deliberation, frailty, meditation, strength, wisdom, worry | Leave a comment

Right now

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged communication, listening, silence, speaking, words | Leave a comment