Tag Archives: compassion

Second chances

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Second chancesThird chancesStop keeping countStart looking deeper © Meisaan Chan

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The nature of jealousy’s holes

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Have compassion on those who are jealous of you –your love that goes in will fall out of their holesbut better your compassion than your spitewhich will stick to you both © Meisaan Chan

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How compassion protects you – or the nature of the human heart

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

When you are filled to the brim with compassionyou cannot ingest their poisonfor there is no room left The moment you decide to ingest some of their poisonsome compassion will come outfor there is no room left © Meisaan Chan

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The Voice in the chaos

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

I simplify all things, says the Lord:Love © Meisaan Chan

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Keeping nimble

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Stretch, stretch –I will give you countless occasionsto stretch your compassion © Meisaan Chan

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To fight evil with evil

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

is to lose © Meisaan Chan

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A caution about others’ jealousy

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Tend to them with compassion– for what holes they have! What holes! –and keep watch that you do not yourself fall in © Meisaan Chan

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Guarantee

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The question is not, will you diefor that is a guarantee,question is, will you die with compassionfor that is certainly not © Meisaan Chan

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Setting the control (in scientific terms)

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

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The importance of one drop

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion is easy when there are no obstacles to compassionThe more obstacles, the harder compassion is, and yet the more necessary –the desert knows this.Fertility is easy in a rain forest!But for the desert to be fertile,it knows the importance … Continue reading →

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