Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

Parable of the woman with glass shards

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

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The gift of raw materials

My job is to give you the raw materialsbut it is up to you to decide what to do with them © Meisaan Chan

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Strange safety

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

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The slowness of awareness

How much quicker it would be to run through my life numb! How much time it takes to be alive! © Meisaan Chan

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God’s safety

God’s safety always includes death © Meisaan Chan

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Trust me more, says the Lord

Deepen into infinity – do you really think that you’ve arrived? © Meisaan Chan

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No one said that self-care is efficient!

No one said that self-care is efficient! The wise readjust to the flow © Meisaan Chan

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Walk the earth naked

Walk the earth nakedplunge your face into the meat of lifeno time for delicaciesno timeno time © Meisaan Chan

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How the Spirit settles, II

Emptying yourself outis the greatest invitation for Spiritfor nothing takes more space than the self © Meisaan Chan

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Something always owns you

Something always owns yougood news: You get to choose your master © Meisaan Chan

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