The eating prayer

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Stopping at sated,
the bite before full:
Letting you, O Lord, fill to true completion

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Those who have progressed, II

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Those who have progressed
know just how much they need
and trust how much God will give

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Those who have progressed, I

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Those who have progressed
choose not the path of independence
but interdependence

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The spirituality of openness

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Because the closed heart
can only progress so far

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A gym of sorts

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Strength does not come instantly
but after repeated tears of muscle fibers
and then the sets of repetitions
over many weeks and months:
This is also true for the spirit
for life is calling you to lift, not just once
but to make a habit of lifting:
Life is calling you to lift

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Slowly, you challenge me to rise above

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Slowly, you challenge me to rise above
slowly, my soul sloughs off the weight
and indeed, I rise

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Futures that never come

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Nighttime obsessing
daytime preoccupation
life force drains away

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The unknowing space

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Bring me past my anxiety to the unknowing space
and in the unknowing, unjudging
and in the unjudging, openness,
letting all things flow through
until I am flown through
and in this all-unknowing, flowing through,
peace

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A bathtub prayer

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

As I ease into the water, soak into me,
relieve my tension-holding;
let it ebb out so I can hear your voice
so I can hear mine
so I can breathe in silence,
holding onto nothing

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Entertaining thoughts

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You have no control over what thoughts knock on your door
but it is only you who opens

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