The most beautiful thing a Rescuer can hear

Help me, I need you, I say to the Lord
Delighted, the Lord says to me

© Meisaan Chan

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How suffering helps me fling open

The more I cried out to the Lord
the more the Lord rescued me
my doors finally open

© Meisaan Chan

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The Camino and coronavirus quarantine: Not unsimilar

I left my windows open last night
and was struck that cool Camino air had crawled into my living room as I slept:
Yes, you are on a journey, you whisper
without leaving your house
you will hike up hills and mountains
you will be exhausted and receive amazing beauty
you will grow stronger, each step strengthening the next
you will go farther than you thought you could
and be defeated in ways you thought you couldn’t –
All is journey! You do not know how the path will curve
and above all, remember: This is a trust walk

© Meisaan Chan 

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“You Bring Me Back To Center” Embodied Meditation

My friends, if you are looking to return to calm: Lynette Davis and I share two meditations to use during anxious times. Lynette shares a wonderful, classic body meditation to bring you back to awareness. I share an embodied meditation called “You Bring Me Back to Center”.

What is an embodied meditation? So often, meditation that we engage in resides in the mind. That is a good place to start, but the body also reacts to stress and externals. An embodied meditation moves that calm from the mind into the body. It is a calming technique, as well as a healing technique to bring you back to yourself.

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A soothing, comforting spoken word meditation: “Beloved”

Here is a beautiful, emotional spoken word meditation from the voice of God/Higher Power to the listener: for those who are despairing, when you’ve lost everything and hope is gone. May this meditation deepen your prayer, spiritual journey, and provide healing. Wherever you go, find nourishment for your soul that is lasting and deep. Do not accept anything less than transcendence, for that is what the soul craves. That is what is being offered. Life is before you: Take it. Take it, please. Take it in, deeply.

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A calming message from Meisaan: on coronavirus, and grounding resources

My friends,

Very likely, we are all touched by coronavirus at this point. I will post here content that is intentionally grounding, soothing, and reminds us of the One Who Is. Stay tuned for an upcoming embodied meditation to help return us to calm inour bodies and muscles, not just our minds.

Also, I am posting exclusive content on my FB page that fosters inner groundedness, self-care, self-compassion, and inner clarity. If you want to join me, I am writing under my English name, Crystal Chan: 

https://www.facebook.com/crystalchanwrites/posts/10163313131360531

I send you all grounded strength to the ways you tend to people and yourself, and joy. God (“That Which Is Greater”) is God! Even in darkness! Especially in darkness! Love reveals Itself in glory. May we be doubling down on the inner strengthening practices we already have, for that will get us through, for ourselves and others.

And also to say: Be safe. Body, of course. And doubly: Mind and spirit. There is a spiritual danger to let go of our inner anchors in times of crisis, with the temptation that some other anchor might be greater, whether it be the headlines, leaders, etc. I pray for all of us to tend deeply to our inner anchors. What has gotten us this far will continue to provide.

Something is afoot. There are hidden blessings, and That Which Is Greater is much, much larger than our plans or imaginations. May we watch in trust and confidence.

Very fondly,
Meisaan

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Thought foundation

The smallest thought is important, says the Lord
because larger thoughts are built upon that one
and take on its character

© Meisaan Chan

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New sacrifices

God no longer asks for burnt offerings
but for time
and trust
and “yes”

© Meisaan Chan

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New beginnings

Bear down, says the Lord
for birth requires strength

© Meisaan Chan

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Nothing surpasses me: A video meditation

I am the Lord, says the Lord
nothing surpasses me
not even your fear
not even your dead ends

© Meisaan Chan

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