Category Archives: spirituality

The prerequisite before transformation

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Open your ways unto me, says the Lord;remove all barricadesand tanksand bombs;I will turn your war paths into peace pathsand your heart from steel into fleshand your spirit from vapor back into spirit;open your ways unto me, says the Lord … Continue reading →

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The simplicity and challenge of the open door

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You have asked me to enter you, says the Lord, and so I have –why the confusion? Why the amazement?For you have made of yourself an open doorand lo, I am walking through © Meisaan Chan

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Comforting spiritual blindness

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You are not supposed to see in the Deepif you can, you are not deep enough © Meisaan Chan

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For those who worship strength

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If you want to be transformedlet your heart break openlet it shatter © Meisaan Chan

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The one thought

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Just one thought can save;pursue that thought © Meisaan Chan

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Because you first need free hands

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

To take up my peace,put down your plans © Meisaan Chan

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To the artist

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Before you paint the likeness of God, pray, yes, pray;that God may show you the pattern of the fingerprint © Meisaan Chan

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Not content for the sides

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Reorient me so I aim for the heart of the funnel:I could go along the sides and still swirl my long way there,or I could plunge in and down, direct © Meisaan Chan

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The translators

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Blessed are they who translate loveand speak so others may hear © Meisaan Chan

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Wind storm

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Maple tree, full crown of dry leavestossed wildly throughout the nightand even when sun comes, the wild tossing doesn’t stop– so weary, so weary! © Meisaan Chan

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