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The waiting, II

No one and nothing can give you that still space of repose;to find it, you must get up and look for it,and when you look for it you must bleed to find it:There is no map, no book of answersno … Continue reading

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The ever-present decision

If you seek to surpass the self, you must die. This is the only path. Many try to discover another path only to find themselves on this very path with this very decision, again, before them © Meisaan Chan

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Sometimes wisdom says things you don’t want to hear

Sometimes wisdom says things you don’t want to hear: This can be one sign it truly is wisdom, for the human mind loves to agree with itself © Meisaan Chan

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The journey is not made in one leap

The journey is not made in one leap and neither in one bright flash, your heart’s enlightenment so why such impatience, then, with yourself, with the path? © Meisaan Chan

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Enlightenment

And then, finally, when it is attained you see you have attained nothing at all © Meisaan Chan

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Understandable refusal

Those who reject death are those who reject transformation are those who reject enlightenment © Meisaan Chan

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Stargazing

You can stargaze but deeper is the cosmos within © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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In the darkness we come

In the darkness we come just for the chance to sit at your feet and be absorbed in the darkness and be absorbed in the light © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it

No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it – So get up off the floor! Pursue yourself! © Meisaan Chan

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To (perhaps) state the obvious

The journey is not made in one leap and neither in one bright flash, your heart’s enlightenment so why such impatience, then, with yourself, with the path? © Meisaan Chan

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