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Category Archives: Spiritual poetry
Practicing focus is the practice of sacrifice
To sacrifice the moment’s gratification for something bigger is a practice that strengthens the soul a type of burning, brandishing fire © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anchor, Buddhism, contemplation, emptiness, meditation, nothing, purification, sacrifice, solidity
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Dimensions
Happiness is one-dimensional Joy is two-dimensional Suffering is three-dimensional Praise is all, all, all © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged dimensions, happiness, journey, joy, suffering
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What are you looking for?
What are you looking for? Look at you as you look: be aware of what you truly seek © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged completion, emptiness, fullness, looking, search, searching
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The way out
claim your emptiness claim your helplessness claim me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged emptiness, helplessness, presence, strength, surrender, trust, weakness
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In the face of hardship or risk or uncertainty
Spend 99% of your energy determining if you are on the right path. When you are, everything else is irrelevant. Just keep going. © Meisaan Chan
The undiscerning moment
Without food or touch the spirit falls to sleep, hibernating until more favorable conditions appear – if these don’t come, the spirit can sleep forever but the slightest scent arouses voracious hunger; this is the most precarious time, for it … Continue reading
When walking wisely – or – Strengthening legs
As one leg of the journey ends you are stronger to walk the next © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, discipline, endurance, journey, perseverance, wisdom
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Holy twisting
Do not demand that God’s path be a straight line for you very well could miss God’s path © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, Camino, flexibility, journey, path, surrender, unknown
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Self-identification
If your heart is a closed door all around you, you will behold closed doors; If your heart is a wide, open field all around you, you will behold the space © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged door, eternity, fear, generosity, heart, identification, infinity, mirror, space
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Curving toward the center 