Tag Archives: light

Lighting small candle

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Lighting small candle waiting for the moon to see water laps softly © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The unfeared descent

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The sun knows its slow descent but note how it does not just go out: at its lowest point, it unfurls its majesty, its moment of greatest open giving © Meisaan Chan  

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One little light

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One little light cannot fight the dark; that is why God did not give one little light © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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In this thick, eternal night

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

In this thick, eternal night even the stars have been eaten alive and I wait, O Lord, I wait for dawn to come again © Meisaan Chan

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The pilgrimage path

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

As the soles of your shoes crunch on the road steady your heart remember the goal: the pilgrimage path leads to the ever unseeable deeper © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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Two indications

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

If I never challenge then it isn’t me if I never comfort then it isn’t me © Meisaan Chan

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You can line up your prayers, one by one

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You can line up your prayers, one by one or unfurl your prayers like smoke, effusive: Take comfort: I receive them all, even those that have no light © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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The path of emptiness

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading →

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The sky gently burns and glows down

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The sky gently burns and glows down as we gather to greet the dark © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Do not despair

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Do not despair, says the Lord I am not finished yet © Meisaan Chan

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