Stay alert

Stay alert for humility, says the Lord
stay honed
or you will stray

© Meisaan Chan

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The deeper success

Crying out to the Lord when in failure
is the deeper success

© Meisaan Chan

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The ideal before-moment (or, Strange rejoicing)

When you are weary, rejoice;
ideal before-moment asking me to fill

When you are terrified, rejoice;
ideal before-moment asking me to anchor

When you are despairing, rejoice;
ideal before-moment asking me to rescue

Strange rejoicing
Strange rejoicing
Strange rejoicing

For world, no sense
With me, full sense

© Meisaan Chan

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Healing rain

Healing rain
caresses all my relations
and me
unified

© Meisaan Chan

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One of the greatest spiritual skills

is the ability to turn around

© Meisaan Chan

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“I Will Speak for You” – Spoken word meditation

Friends,

I am REALLY excited to share with you my first downloadable spoken word project. I’ve paired up with a spoken word artist, IM1, and this is my first listing on Bandcamp.

Title: I Will Speak for You
Core Message: When you need courage to speak up, stand out from the crowd, when you need the words. When you need to tap into a larger source. Moving through fear. Staying open and unafraid. Want to hear God speak to you, giving you courage, solace, and comfort in the storm?

Here you go. I’d love to hear what you think.

Pass it on if you wish. Thanks, friends –
Meisaan

***

Some of the lyrics:

To live bravely
someone save me
I was standing on the edge and shaking
realize my voice was breaking
because I was doing just fine but behind that line
holding it all together
feeling like my mind is tethered
to all the problems got to solve them
that’s my ego got to solve them
am I a goner
and I’m the one who’s in control
connected to my soul
trying to decipher all the meaning
I got my people in my corner and I’m a goner
and I’m the one that’s in control
trying to open up my soul
trying to decipher all the meaning
am I a lifer in the season
if I’m reincarnated into something new in the matrix
that’s how I got to be, open to all the pain
no separation even the world and in the nation
the world is in a state of disintegration
it’s time to crack my heart open
I spilled it all out on the pavement
into my core
I’ve seen death right in front of my eyes….

***

I will speak for you, says the Lord
I will speak for you
I will give you the words
I will speak for you:
and I will give you the breath
and I will give you life
and courage
and my power
I will speak for you
your job is to stay open and unafraid
open and unafraid
open and unafraid
open
fear closes the heart
fear closes the heart, my child
fear closes the heart
stay open and unafraid
open and unafraid
fear closes the heart and I want to run through it
I want to run through you, says the Lord
and through you
and through you
and through you
and through you
so empty yourself
and empty yourself
and empty yourself
I will fill you up
I will run through you
I will run through you
and I will speak for you
I will speak for you
I will speak for you, says the Lord…

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Instructions for the spirit

Stay naked
Stay alive
I call you to life

© Meisaan Chan

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Maple tree, a homecoming

The maple tree greets me at my window.
Welcome home, she says. You’ve grown.
You have, too, I reply. Look
at you – all these new shoots on every branch, big and small!
She beams with pride
and the light of her beaming falls on upon my face
the both of us radiant in growth

© Meisaan Chan

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When helpless

Allow the mess
allow the disruption
you can’t change it, anyway!
go deeper

© Meisaan Chan

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Soul privacy

The silent layers of earth
hold up the loud, visible layers
never to be seen
alleluia

© Meisaan Chan

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