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After failure

When you fail, do not go numb or dissolve!Sit up straight! Learn deepest lessons! Class begins! © Meisaan Chan

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Lesson gratitude

Everything now is preparing you for everything later; foolish it would be to reject the lesson © Meisaan Chan

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Jumping naked

If the lesson is from me, says the Lord, jump into it naked hold nothing back © Meisaan Chan

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I do not get what I want

I do not get what I want: subtle teachers hidden lessons © Meisaan Chan

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The perpetual lift

Sometimes you protect me from the stupid things I do and other times you expose me, hoping that I learn; both ways are pure compassion, for even when I fall there I am, on the ground and wiser there you … Continue reading

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Because the journey and self-knowledge are inextricably linked

You will not know who you are until you try, says the Lord until you succeed until you fail until you grasp until you fall short; for the journey is not about the flawless journey but about how intimate you … Continue reading

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Ubiquitous teaching

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

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In order for me to love you – or – Passing it on

God does not demand that we understand all of God’s divinity before opening the doors of love; so, too, I do not demand that you understand all of me © Meisaan Chan

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