Tag Archives: emptiness

The wound

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Learning to trust again filling eternal hole with eternal sustenance human desire, divine task © Meisaan Chan

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A love-hate relationship

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Without distractions, the day passes slowly and I rush to fill it; with distractions, the day is a frenzy and I long for peace © Meisaan Chan  

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Search engine

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I check all devices and gadgets and log on to all memberships waiting for something to happen, something beyond myself, some great calling, something that will answer this restlessness but the only thing that happens is that, though I keep … Continue reading →

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It is not silence for the sake of silence [sermon reflection]

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Fr. J. Michael Sparough, SJ, of Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House recorded a Lenten homily reflection for today and wove one of my recent poems into it. He speaks of preparing for a great feast – Easter – and the ways … Continue reading →

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God wants

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not want your money or your reverence or you prayers: I want your worries and your power and your control – Pour yourself out! Dance through the eye of a needle! © Meisaan Chan  

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A note on meditation

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sitting in a chair does not result in meditation; work and toil result in meditation © Meisaan Chan

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The Carver

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Carve out a little space, O God and then, when nestled, carve the walls yet further still until the shavings curl away in thick cloud-piles, until the walls are thin, then holed, then open, until you carve the nothingness: … Continue reading →

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Hunger, revisited

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I eat, am not full and eat more, to emptiness – wrong stomach, wrong food     © Meisaan Chan

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Search engine

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I check all devices and gadgets and log on to all memberships waiting for something to happen, something beyond myself, some great calling, something that will answer this restlessness but the only thing that happens is that, though I … Continue reading →

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There is nothing left.

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  There is nothing left. I’ve thrown out the furniture the jewelry, the photos, the bed even my spare set of socks for all of this takes up space which you, the God of infinity, plan to fill and so … Continue reading →

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