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Tag Archives: emptiness
For those who worship strength
If you want to be transformedlet your heart break openlet it shatter © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, haiku, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged emptiness, gain, loss, strength, surrender, transformation, weakness
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Mandala and loss
Mandala, wiped awayfulfilling the promise of lossand the life after it © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, haiku, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged death, emptiness, life, loss, mandala, transcendence
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Gatekeeper: Me
Please transform my life, I say to God.Please let me in, God says to me.I need your help, I say to God.Please let me in, God says to me.I can’t do this without you, I say to God.Please let me … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Feminine God, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, haiku, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged emptiness, gatekeeper, help, help me, surrender, transformation, trust
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The fallow years, II
Tell a farmer that the fallow yearsare a waste of time,and how the farmer will laugh © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Earth poetry, Food addiction, haiku, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged death, emptiness, fallow years, quietness, stillness
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Stay focused
If it is my loss, all is lostif it is God’s loss, all is gained; If it is my triumph, all is lostif it is God’s triumph, all is gained; To go from mine to God’s or God’s to mine,this … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged courage, ego, emptiness, focus, gain, humility, loss
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Even sages still need to lose
Choices and sacrifices will not be automatic; even sages still need to choose and decide to lose in their choosing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, PTSD, Rumi, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged choice, emptiness, loss, nothing, sacrifice, surrender, trust
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To find silence within the muscles
To find silence within the muscles requires first that you acknowledge the noise within the muscles and that you listen to them, to it and then, being acknowledged, little by little they still: To find silence within the muscles © … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged bodywork, busyness, contemplation, emptiness, meditation, peace, silence
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Parable of the three trailer homes
There once were three trailer homes. One trailer home was crammed full with stuff – to the ceiling – but had open windows. The second trailer home had an extremely nice interior but the windows were closed. The third trailer … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, meditation, Parable, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged contemplation, emptiness, healing, moksha, openness, surrender
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