No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it –
So get up off the floor!
Pursue yourself!

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The powerful, wise ones

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The time you feel invincible
is the time to proceed most cautiously

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Cannonballing again and again

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Who can plumb the limits of God?
For hers is the eternal womb –
do not think you can reach her end

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Pilgrimage

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I am the destination
I am the dirt path
I am your shoes

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Claiming ownership

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Never just take someone’s word
no matter how venerable they are,
for you alone are responsible for your journey:
question it
test it
try it out

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If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it:
I do not want a golden room with a little bed and a little hand towel
– I did not come all this way for that –
I want God

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Your endless self-hatred can find an end

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Your endless self-hatred can find an end
when you put down your images
and take up my image for you,
O beloved one

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To help you

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I am limitless
with both arms and light,
everything reaching out to help you

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You might despair at the interminable path

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

You might despair at the interminable path
but the stones have been laid by your spiritual ancestors
knowing your feet would come

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Paradox

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Direct communication is the most vulnerable
and oftentimes the strongest

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