Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

Get picky

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

There’s a lot of not-food out there and so much hunger © Meisaan Chan

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The candle

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

It was the strangest thing. The candle was only half gone yet the wick burned down to the bottom, the flame burrowing a narrow hole down, down until it hit its premature end. Some people might call the candle defective … Continue reading →

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God wants

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not want your money or your reverence or you prayers: I want your worries and your power and your control – Pour yourself out! Dance through the eye of a needle! © Meisaan Chan  

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A place to start

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Start with your current thought. It does not have to stay but it will try to return so be vigilant: accept only friends © Meisaan Chan

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Missing the full life

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

There is a distinct difference between risk and danger and how often we stop at risk © Meisaan Chan  

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Meditation’s function

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

It is not silence for the sake of silence or space for the sake of space but silence so you may hear the divine alleluia and space so you can hold more of it, eternal womb © Meisaan Chan

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A note on meditation

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sitting in a chair does not result in meditation; work and toil result in meditation © Meisaan Chan

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Live with open hands, says the Lord

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Live with open hands, says the Lord: If they give it, fine if they take it away, fine if you fight and win, fine if you fight and lose, fine; May the fire in your heart burn brightly but don’t … Continue reading →

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Progressively hard tasks

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The first task is to listen the second task is to follow the third task is to let it go © Meisaan Chan    

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In plain sight

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I am the unseeable yet you cannot not see me © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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