Curving toward the center

Vision

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

When I am pushed to the max
help me handle myself carefully, tenderly, delicately:
Help me discern who also will
and who won’t

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The presence of ego

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Ego returns to its seat in the clarity
Ego takes the stage in the disturbance

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Return to the womb, says the Lord

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Return to the womb, says the Lord
Questions do not need to be answered there.
You do not even need to know the questions there.
The darkness is safety.
The warmth is safety.
The breath is free and safe.
Return to the womb

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Pernicious comfort

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes discomfort is precisely what is needed
to move to better places;
comfort can be pernicious
as we settle
and settle
and settle

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True healing and false healing

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

True healing necessitates digging out infection
pain and work

False healing claims
that doing nothing will heal

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Discomforting change: The price of openness

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Openness is not always comfortable
or the outcome of the status quo;
if you want to be open, analyze the price
honestly discern your willingness

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Offerings

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

In the silence, incense burns;
in the fragrance, mind lifts

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Tree spirituality: fighting with sisters

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Even in full sunlight, a tree’s leaves are still in shade,
each leaf casting shadow over its sister leaf’s light;
even when attached to the same branch, they get in each other’s way –
They could start fighting
or they could see that they both draw nutrients, both give nutrients
in a deep state of interbeing,
and that fighting with each other is fighting with oneself

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Mutuality

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Take me deeper, I request of the Lord.
I can use anything to bring you deeper, the Lord responds,
you will need to agree

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The takers

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Your mere existence takes resources, says the earth,
and then you continue to take
and take and take and take and take –
and then you pray for yet more things! –
when really, you ought to be praying for your conversion

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