Tag Archives: hardship

One sign of the sacred path

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

is when loving someone goes from a response to a choice © Meisaan Chan

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Intimacy

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Comfort and wisdom are friends hardship and wisdom are lovers © Meisaan Chan

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Treasure

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Hardship’s gifts are buried: you will find them if you dig © Meisaan Chan

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The journeyer

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The Great Door opened and I am but passing through this world of hardship and joy; I journey until I reach the Next Door and the Next Door, and the Next © Meisaan Chan

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On the path

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There is only so far you can get if you never ask for help; that is how it is © Meisaan Chan

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Motivation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

They emerge: worms in the rain gasping for air breaking through barriers only when suffocating nevertheless: still breaking through © Meisaan Chan

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Ubiquitous teaching

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If you only learn from wise humans you are missing most of the lessons © Meisaan Chan

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Those you find hardest to love

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Those you find hardest to love are your spiritual teachers; seek them out: die with compassion © Meisaan Chan

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The reminder

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I take better care of you than any of your plans, God says. So relax. I lead: you follow. © Meisaan Chan

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One indication of growth

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One indication of growth is when the nature of your problems change © Meisaan Chan

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