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Larger risks

Larger risks require a larger God © Meisaan Chan

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At the edge

What is required to praise at the edge?BalanceWhat is required for balance?Remaining at centerWhat is required for remaining at center?PracticeWhat is required for practice?Hunger © Meisaan Chan

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Instructions for the spirit

Stay nakedStay aliveI call you to life © Meisaan Chan

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Praising at the edge, II

The drop off is behind youand to both sidesPraise, now, praiseand when the drop off is also before youPraise, now, praiseand when you cannot take a stepPraise, now, praiseand when you cannot breathePraise, now, praiseand in your dissolutionPraise, now, praise … Continue reading

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Role models

Little ball of gnats lifting past the second story window So tiny! So much risk! © Meisaan Chan

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The brazen confirmation

“I want to enter your heart of hearts,” I say. “That is a very arduous path,” God says. “I want to enter your heart of hearts,” I say. © Meisaan Chan

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No matter the challenge, the pattern has been set

Each cliff, higher and higher still I say: Jump © Meisaan Chan

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With you

I am not ready for this journey but I am ready to go with you © Meisaan Chan

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The heart of the spiritual life

There once had been a time that I refused to accept gifts – now I see that acceptance is the heart of the spiritual life © Meisaan Chan

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Into your arms

To be caught first I need to leap © Meisaan Chan

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