Tag Archives: meditation

God and identity politics

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Freedom comes when I realize thatmy identity is not my identity andGod’s identity is not God’s identity © Meisaan Chan

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When stillness returns

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Troubled waters slowly calmwinds finally ceasestillness returns to itself © Meisaan Chan

Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, spirituality, writing | Tagged centering prayer, contemplation, haiku, healing, help, help me, meditation, Relaxing, Spiritual poetry, surrender | Leave a comment

Transcendence, anger, fear, and the open door

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

I am the only open doorleading to true transcendence – Do not be fooled;not even anger can take you there Fear never leads to transcendenceso if you want transcendenceyou must also put down fear © Meisaan Chan

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The re-writing

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Be blanklet me re-write you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Buddhism, healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing | Tagged addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, haiku, help, help me, meditation, mindfulness, PTSD, Spiritual search | Leave a comment

Middle of the night acquiescing

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Wake up, whispers the Lordbegrudgingly, I doGet out of bed, whispers the Lordto this, I resistuntil after the fifth time, I groan and acquiesce,pull back the shadesand see the full moon stunningly waiting – © Meisaan Chan

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Early morning

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Lovingly, the birds singand a woodpecker taps somewhere, unseenthe lightening sky and rising sun comfort them, too © Meisaan Chan

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To the lost

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

I. God I have tried to direct you in lovebut you took the errant pathwhich looked better until followed II. Me Miles and miles I backtrackedtrying to find that sourcethat first moment I chose not to love © Meisaan Chan