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Stay alert: Safety and danger are impermanent

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Stay alert: Safety can change to dangerand danger can change to safety;the blue sky turns blackthe black sky turns blue;the place of danger is now a place of refugewhich can change back to a place of danger again. Ducks know … Continue reading →

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Be not afraid of brokenness

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Be not afraid of brokennessas a duckling emerges from the shell knows:Brokenness means lifeBrokenness means growthBrokenness means hopeBrokenness means beginnings 6/16/2020

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What the birds know

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The rain slows, then stopsbirds start singingworld wet, needs music Clouds thick, then thinthen finally break. No matter:Birds do not need sun to sing © Meisaan Chan

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Intimate longing

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The leaves rustle against each other like gentle rainas the trees know what we do not:earth and sky long for each other, intimately © Meisaan Chan

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Exposure

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The longer the exposurethe deeper in it goesboth life-giving and death-givingstay alert © Meisaan Chan

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Spirituality of the spiral

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

When life sends you around againlook for the deeper;do not go around in a circlego in a spiral © Meisaan Chan

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Even goodness needs to be adapted to

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Even goodness needs to be adapted to,when you are used to squalorwhen the patterns of refuse have set in so deepthat you are simply used to throwing yourself away;Even goodness needs to be adapted totake your timestay gentle © Meisaan … Continue reading →

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Maple tree lesson

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You can look at realitybut there is a reality within the reality –do you see? Do you see the deeper reality within the maple tree?Within everything? © Meisaan Chan

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How to safely peer into the chaos

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Use my vision alone to peer into the chaos, says the Lord;use my sight alone to seefor love neither looks awaynor dissolves into despairbut knows there is always something greater;as it gazes, it knows the end © Meisaan Chan

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Parable of the accountant

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The kingdom of God is like an accountant who counts every single precious penny she has, then runs out to give her money away. © Meisaan Chan

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