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Tag Archives: contemplation
Intertwined
When life takes a twist on the external path look for an invitation on the internal path: the invitation is usually there © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, awareness, contemplation, hardship, invitation, journey, meditation, twist
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Remember me
Because the most powerful thing is mindfulness and the weakest thing is forgetfulness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, contemplation, forgetfulness, intentionality, meditation, mindfulness, presence, remembering
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“Grisly weather”
he said to her, climbing down the train stairs, shocking me – why would he insult the rain so? A soft mist soaking into the earth: yes Cautious light, internal luminescence: yes Shy, female touch: yes – his footsteps sounded … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, writing
Tagged awareness, contemplation, delicacy, earth, meditation, rain, receptivity, vision
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Handling the gift
When you’re an hour early, you can kill time but why such violence toward my gift? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged busyness, contemplation, meditation, peace, rush, time, timelessness
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If you want to know yourself
If you want to know yourself, seek the crowd! and define who you are and who you are not If you want to know yourself, seek the desert! and find who you are when you are beyond repair © Meisaan … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged community, contemplation, meditation, self-knowledge, solitude
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Internal stillness
Not even the sound of water: shafts of light frozen in the sky © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, joy, meditation, silence, stillness, tranquility, union, writing
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The forgetting
Rushing through the day trying to get everything done so that nothing falls through the cracks and I’m so focused on this that you do fall © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged blindness, contemplation, meditation, mindfulness, pressure, sight, stress, vision
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Another hotel sunrise
Six birds flying low on the crimson horizon, their silhouetted bodies a line against the canvas; two cyclists ride by on the country road, their bent-over bodies, one beside the other, another moving line; thin clouds start to glow, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, contemplation, journey, meditation, silence, sunrise, travel
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Without, within
Silence not a drop of noise © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, contemplation, meditation, silence, stillness
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Trust in slowness
Trust in slowness trust in trusting rhythm trust in the breath © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged breath, contemplation, healing, intention, meditation, self-control, slowness, writing
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Curving toward the center 