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Even sages still need to lose
Choices and sacrifices will not be automatic; even sages still need to choose and decide to lose in their choosing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged choice, emptiness, loss, nothing, sacrifice, surrender, trust
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True and false Doing Nothing
True doing nothing is precision: Sharp knife False doing nothing is amorphous: Blunt rock © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged amorphous, distraction, nothing, precision, stillness
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Practicing focus is the practice of sacrifice
To sacrifice the moment’s gratification for something bigger is a practice that strengthens the soul a type of burning, brandishing fire © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anchor, Buddhism, contemplation, emptiness, meditation, nothing, purification, sacrifice, solidity
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Ink crawling on the page
Like phantom, you appear from the nothing, something how very consistent you are © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged mystery, nothing, poem, presence, something, writing, writing process
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Myriad forms
I can come in abundance I can come in drought; cling not to the way I look, says the Lord or you will miss my myriad forms © Meisaan Chan
Out of the nothing, something
Sometimes life doesn’t give you all the pieces to build your house; you lack the wood, or the nails, or even the strength to build it; Keep returning to me, says the Lord, for I am not afraid of missing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged alpha, fulfillment, help, help me, lack, nothing, omega, providence, something
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Belong to nothing
Not even to God: then you can move freely into the Source © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, eternity, independence, infinity, nothing, question, source, unknown, writing
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My warriors
wield compassion in their empty hands © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged Buddhism, compassion, emptiness, nothing, samurai, warrior
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Out of nothing, the gift appears
Out of nothing, the gift appears: that is the way of the God of creation © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged compassion, generosity, gift, help, nothing, rescue, void
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The eternal dive
Dive into me, says the Lord; Keep going: the light fades to dark Keep going: the dark fades to depths Keep going: the movement fades to silence Keep going: the familiar fades to foreignness Keep going Keep going Keep going … Continue reading
Curving toward the center 