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Tag Archives: enlightenment
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
Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged enlightenment, journey, sacrifice, spirituality
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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
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, death, enlightenment, journey, life, nakedness, Renunciation, resurrection
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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
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, enlightenment, impatience, journey, patience
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Enlightenment
And then, finally, when it is attained you see you have attained nothing at all © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, emptiness, enlightenment, eternity, gift, humility, infinity, nothingness, receptivity, subsuming
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Understandable refusal
Those who reject death are those who reject transformation are those who reject enlightenment © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, enlightenment, hardship, resurrection, transformation, trial
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Stargazing
You can stargaze but deeper is the cosmos within © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged cosmos, enlightenment, eternity, infinity, stars, transformation, universe, writing
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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)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, clarity, darkness, enlightenment, help, light, tranquility, writing
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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
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, enlightenment, growth, journey, life, resilience, self-discovery, writing
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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
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged adventure, enlightenment, growth, impatience, journey, path, patience
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Curving toward the center 