Tag Archives: ego

Allowing God to sift you

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

means allowing God to remove anything and everything that obstructs, especially the self © Meisaan Chan

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On the road to me

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

It takes courage to pursue yourself and even more courage to let the self go: Both are needed on the road to me © Meisaan Chan

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Power and ego are curiously intermeshed

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

Power and ego are curiously intermeshed: When power grows, the ego does, too, but even when power diminishes, the ego can still grow To have power but not ego never happens by mistake © Meisaan Chan

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Strength and fragility

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

All people carry strength and fragility, which many hold in disproportion: To abjure your strength is to dwell in false smallness. To abjure your weakness is to dwell in delusions of self-God. Both are false. Blessed are they who claim … Continue reading →

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I wither without you

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

I wither without you my firmest ground falls from beneath me should you turn but one thought away all strength is dust, flung to the wind I wither without you © Meisaan Chan

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How the Spirit settles, II

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

Emptying yourself outis the greatest invitation for Spiritfor nothing takes more space than the self © Meisaan Chan

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Far away

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

gripping hard jaw clenched wanting what I want © Meisaan Chan

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