Tag Archives: emptiness
On efficiency
Efficiency, when pushed, strangles love © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged control, efficiency, emptiness, freedom, love, power, surrender
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God’s safety
God’s safety always includes death © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, emptiness, koan, life, paradox, safety, surrender
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Trust me more, says the Lord
Deepen into infinity – do you really think that you’ve arrived? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged confidence, emptiness, humility, infinity, surrender, trust
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Parable of the woman and the pebble
The kingdom of God is like a woman who moved into a new house. She left the largest room empty except for a single pebble, and when she was ready, she swept the pebble away. © Meisaan Chan
When the world stops spinning
When the world stops spinningand you and I meet at lastI, in deficit, without shoes and starvingYou, abundant:Finally, in stillness,I accept what you’ve been trying to give © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, Rumi-esque, Scripture riff, writing
Tagged acceptance, chaos, contemplation, emptiness, help, help me, meditation, poverty, stillness, surrender
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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 addiction, anxiety, compassion, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abandon, ego, emptiness, Self, spirit, surrender, totality, wonder
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