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Tag Archives: earth spirituality
The empty alleluia
The geese are goneDucks, tooThe sky empties of soundexcept the alleluia, which rings out © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Parable, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged earth spirituality, Geese, migration, Poetry, silence, spirituality, winter
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Co-regulation
When I struggle to surrenderthe fallen autumn leaves teach methere is nothing to fear in returning to eternity © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged autumn, earth spirituality, surrender
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Healing rain
Healing raincaresses all my relationsand meunified © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged All my relations, calming, contemplation, earth spirituality, haiku, meditation, rain, union
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The four elements as spiritual mentors
The four elements, clearly, are older than prayer.Learn from them, your mentors Aligning your prayer to the elements is knowing your placeand the beginning of your relationship to them © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged Animism, earth spirituality, Four elements, healing, meditation, mentor, Mentorship, prayer
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Tree spirituality: fighting with sisters
Even in full sunlight, a tree’s leaves are still in shade,each leaf casting shadow over its sister leaf’s light;even when attached to the same branch, they get in each other’s way –They could start fightingor they could see that they … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged Conflict resolution, earth spirituality, forgiveness, humility
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The takers
Your mere existence takes resources, says the earth,and then you continue to takeand take and take and take and take –and then you pray for yet more things! –when really, you ought to be praying for your conversion © Meisaan … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged Climate change, earth spirituality, wisdom
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A cardinal’s call stabs at the air
A cardinal’s call stabs at the airblue shining skywind blows right through © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Buddhism, meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged beauty, earth spirituality, impermanence, interbeing, nonbeing
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Before the winter solstice
The dark has arrived again, my early winter guest;unprepared, I run to make a bed for her.Lovingly, she unpacks her bags,not in any hurry © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged darkness, earth spirituality, hope, solstice, winter
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Wind storm
Maple tree, full crown of dry leavestossed wildly throughout the nightand even when sun comes, the wild tossing doesn’t stop– so weary, so weary! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, recovery, spirituality, writing
Tagged autumn, covid, earth spirituality, haiku, resilience, tiredness, weariness
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Companions
All the earth needs a companion:the horizon to the skythe trees to the windthe hawk to the cliffthe bee to the flowerme to you:sacredness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged Companions, earth spirituality, friendship, intimacy, lovers, union
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Curving toward the center 