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Tag Archives: ego
The humility prayer
What you want, Lordmight not be what I want –so teach me, please © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged consciousness, ego, humility, openness, pride, surrender
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Eliminations – or – Three Questions
If I eliminate noise, I will be able to meditate, I say but I am wrong: My mind prattles in silence If I eliminate body pain, I will be able to meditate, I say but I am wrong: I mind … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, distraction, ego, focus, humility, meditation
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One way to reduce the false self
The false self loves to gaze in mirrors and multiply; one way to reduce the false self is to reduce the mirrors © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged ego, false self, help me, love, true self
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Allowing God to sift you
means allowing God to remove anything and everything that obstructs, especially the self © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, dissolution, ego, humility, Self, sift, surrender
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Power and ego are curiously intermeshed
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
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged authority, ego, humility, leadership, power
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Strength and fragility
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
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, ego, fragility, humanity, spiritual exercises, spiritual strength, strength, weakness
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I wither without you
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
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged dependence, ego, freedom, independence, Self, strength, weakness
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How the Spirit settles, II
Emptying yourself outis the greatest invitation for Spiritfor nothing takes more space than the self © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abandon, ego, emptiness, Self, spirit, surrender, totality, wonder
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Far away
gripping hard jaw clenched wanting what I want © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged blindness, desire, ego, imprisonment, wanting
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Curving toward the center 