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Tag Archives: contemplation
Why is distraction so coveted?
Why is distraction so coveted? Are we so afraid of ourselves? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, distraction, focus, healing, meditation
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On knowledge and action
Knowledge is the foundation, action the edifice; without the foundation, the building crumbles without the edifice, there is nothing to see © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged action, activism, balance, contemplation, growth, humility, knowledge, meditation, study
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Tend to me
Sometimes just sitting can be a challenge you know my ways, O Lord; tend to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, distraction, help, help me, meditation, silence, stillness
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The prayer of the pipe
My power is in my emptiness My humility is in my emptiness May I empty onto empty, O Lord © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, emptiness, meditation, pipe, poverty, union, vessel
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A bathtub prayer
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 © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged bath, bathtub, body, contemplation, embodied, embodiment, meditation
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Entertaining thoughts
You have no control over what thoughts knock on your door but it is only you who opens © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, meditation, self-control, wisdom
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In the face of a screaming to-do list
In the face of a screaming to-do list I’m sit, breathe, and pray for there is no way I am going to enter the storm without an anchor © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anchor, contemplation, dizziness, meditate, prayer, prey, surrender
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The foundation of compassion
The foundation of compassion lies in the ever-deepening awareness of God’s eternity © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged awareness, compassion, contemplation, eternity, infinity, meditation
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Seventy times seven times
Because he knew that forgiveness can flit away and needs to be anchored and re-anchored and re-anchored © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anchored, compassion, contemplation, forgiveness, grounding, healing, meditation
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Curving toward the center 