Tag Archives: meditation

Glowing with sun

After three days of rain the grasses glow with sun and astonished, we look up © Meisaan Chan

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The anchor

In your deepest prayer, there am I! In your weakest prayer, there am I! In no prayer, there am I! Do not anchor to the prayer, but to me © Meisaan Chan

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The not-listening

Not listening to yourself can be the most destructive thing you can do © Meisaan Chan

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The slow return to strength

Putting down the fury and the self-righteousness and the vengeance and the victimhood, putting the cool compress of compassion to my forehead, that I do not grow yet weaker © Meisaan Chan

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Rage is a drug

Rage is a drug feels eternal kills me © Meisaan Chan

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When you forget

When you forget remember that you can remember © Meisaan Chan

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Observing and the path

You’re starting to observe yourself and better yet, observe yourself observe this is the path of wisdom this is the path of strength © Meisaan Chan

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For the passion-prone person

Learning how to use the brakes is spiritual work that allows you to be a much better driver © Meisaan Chan

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On definitions

Definitions are your walls, says the Lord but they certainly are not mine © Meisaan Chan

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Ghosts in a choir

Back porch deck light, falling rain: I gaze across the lake, at the birch trees standing like ghosts in a choir watching me © Meisaan Chan

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