If you’re hungry, come to me
if you’re not hungry, come to me
and I will show you how you are
There is nothing wrong with being hungry, says the Lord –
that is how I call
Don’t try to annihilate your hunger;
investigate, what is the root?
Likely: hunger for transcendence
which I alone can fill
© Meisaan Chan
“The path begins to reveal itself”
I thought I was wandering in a tallgrass prairie
when really I was on the pathless path
© Meisaan Chan
This is who I am today.
Which might be different than who I am tomorrow.
The self can get trapped in ruts
or set loose upon the plains, can run wild, free
© Meisaan Chan
Before I chronicle the things you did
I pause to recollect who you are:
The One, the Magnificent, the All-Wonderful
and sit in praise, my soul shouting at full voice
until the walls come tumbling down
© Meisaan Chan
You truly do not know my will, says the Lord,
you who sees the speck –
so the goal is not to know my will
but to do my will
which can be done in blindness
© Meisaan Chan
(Date correction: January 8. Thanks!)
Are you spiritually open? Do you want to be with others who are also open to exploring the spirit?
Come join Meisaan Chan and a group of people who care deeply about the spiritual path – its questions, paradoxes, and how what we believe deeply guides us through our hardship, our joys, and the decisions in our lives. Come join folks who want to engage in deep conversation, probe deeper, and connect with others along the way.
Bring your faith, doubts, disbeliefs, paradoxes, and the ways you want to surrender more deeply to your spiritual path. Your spiritual identity. The essence of your essence.
What to expect:
7 PM – Gather and introductions, ground rule*
7:15 PM– Conversation: What do you believe? How do you want to live more deeply and meaningfully in this life? (And other questions)
8:20-8:30 PM – Optional prayer (you are welcome to pray in whatever way works best for you)
We welcome the diversity of belief and life experience. For if That Which Is is infinite, then there are infinite expressions that can become manifest.
*Ground Rule: There is to be no blaming, shaming, proselytizing, or debating what someone believes or does not believe. Anyone who violates this ground rule will be asked to leave.
Details:
Where: Cenacle Retreat and Conference Center, 513 W. Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago 60614
When: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Time: 7pm-8:30pm
Cost: Free
Free on-site parking
Of course the impossible is possible! says the Lord
for it was you who gave it that label, not I
© Meisaan Chan
Are you spiritually open? Do you want to be with others who are also open to exploring the spirit?
Come join Meisaan Chan and a group of people who care deeply about the spiritual path – its questions, paradoxes, and how what we believe deeply guides us through our hardship, our joys, and the decisions in our lives. Come join folks who want to engage in deep conversation, probe deeper, and connect with others along the way.
Bring your faith, doubts, disbeliefs, paradoxes, and the ways you want to surrender more deeply to your spiritual path. Your spiritual identity. The essence of your essence.
What to expect:
7 PM – Gather and introductions, ground rule*
7:15 PM– Conversation: What do you believe? How do you want to live more deeply and meaningfully in this life? (And other questions)
8:20-8:30 PM – Optional prayer (you are welcome to pray in whatever way works best for you)
We welcome the diversity of belief and life experience. For if That Which Is is infinite, then there are infinite expressions that can become manifest.
*Ground Rule: There is to be no blaming, shaming, or proselytizing for what someone believes or does not believe. Anyone who violates this ground rule will be asked to leave.
Details:
Where: Cenacle Retreat and Conference Center, 513 W. Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago 60614
When: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Time: 7pm-8:30pm
Cost: Free
Free on-site parking
Gone is the forest, deep and wild
here, your feet dig into sand:
Remember, I am the molecules of light running through leaves
I am the molecules of air between each grain;
no matter where you are
I surround
I surround
I surround
© Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 