Curving toward the center

The beautiful

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

I am for you, God says to me.
I am for you, I say to God.

© Meisaan Chan

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My cry to the feminine God

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Place me at your breast and invite me to suck
that I may have you in me –
How I need you in me!

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My job, God’s job

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

My job is to empty.
God’s job is to fill.

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Compass gone, all is chaos

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

So deeply through the thicket,
Bramble catching on my clothes
compass gone, all is chaos:
Oh God, be my hope

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The fallow years, II

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Tell a farmer that the fallow years
are a waste of time,
and how the farmer will laugh

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The fallow years, I

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Even dirt gets exhausted when used,
even dirt needs replenishment, which the earth brings:
Nitrogen, through lightning
death
fallow years
time

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Stay focused

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If it is my loss, all is lost
if it is God’s loss, all is gained;

If it is my triumph, all is lost
if it is God’s triumph, all is gained;

To go from mine to God’s or God’s to mine,
this is but a turning:
Stay focused

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No matter how great it sounds in theory

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If it does not hold up in the furnace of experience
it does not hold up!

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Mind/body/spirit

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

When one is out of balance
the two can work to compensate;
when two are out of balance
the one is overwhelmed;
when three are out of balance,
distress
when three are in balance,
solidity

The most important of these: The spirit
the shakable foundation,
which can be reinforced
or weakened from neglect

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Hardship means

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

God doesn’t necessarily take hardship away,
but turns it into a means, not the end

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