Tag Archives: balance

Litmus test I

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Lack of compassion is a sign of a wound © Meisaan Chan

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The balance

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

is understanding that the amount of energy you put into this world is the amount of energy you need to receive © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged balance, endurance, health, necessity, resilience, self-care, sustainability, wisdom | Leave a comment

Compassion’s necessary two-way street

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Healthy compassion must go both ways, outward and inward: if only outward, you annhiliate the self if only inward, you harden © Meisaan Chan

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You are not Kuan Yin of a thousand hands

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Before you pick up the next thing please put down something you’re holding: keep the balance © Meisaan Chan

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The spirit and the body

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

It is a spiritual practice to stop where the boundaries are; pushing beyond the boundary never moves the boundary it just means you pushed © Meisaan Chan

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The infinite moment

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

You rush to work, then you rush to rest only to watch for the moment next to work: Get out of the cycle, get out! You have forgotten the infinite moment © Meisaan Chan