Tag Archives: contemplation

My eyes had been so closed

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The trees startled me with yellow –I didn’t realize it was that time again,my eyes had been so closed © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, contemplation, Earth poetry, haiku, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged autumn, awareness, change, contemplation, fall, meditation, transitions | Leave a comment

Train your thoughts

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

One thought can lie at your feetthe next thought, devour you Train your thoughtsor they will train you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Buddhism, Christianity, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, spirituality, writing | Tagged contemplation, meditation, self-control, training | Leave a comment

We see the movement of what is faster;when we speed ahead, we do not seeall that moves around us;when we are still, we suddenly seethe slightest bending leafthe slightest bending heartthe breath of the soul © Meisaan Chan

Posted in anxiety, contemplation, Earth poetry, Feminine God, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Rumi, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anxiety, contemplation, coronavirus, meditation, stillness | Leave a comment

Parable of the pebble, the waterfall, and the moon

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

There once was a pebble, a waterfall, and a moon. One day, the pebble said, “I will only believe that God exists if God looks like me!” “So be it,” God said and turned into a pebble. Then the pebble … Continue reading →

Posted in contemplation, Feminine God, God speaks poetry, meditation, Parable, Scripture riff, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged contemplation, eternity, infinite love, infinity, love, nature, spiritual nature | Leave a comment

Exposure

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The longer the exposurethe deeper in it goesboth life-giving and death-givingstay alert © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged contemplation, distraction, exposure, longing, meditation | Leave a comment

Window meditation

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Morning sunjewel in the skybird in flight © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Earth poetry, Feminine God, Food addiction, haiku, Listening prayer-meditation, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, Goddess, haiku, meditation, sunrise | Leave a comment

Good Friday Sun Meditation

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You woke me up with gentle song caressed my spirit and bade me sit in my prayer chair. Sit with me. It is dawn on Good Friday and that still means something for you. So I did, wanting to be … Continue reading →