Tag Archives: search

Work and prayer

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Work and prayer can be the same thing but not always Meisaan Chan

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I travel the world looking for my love

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I travel the world looking for my love;in airports, on the streets of VeniceI constantly refresh my browser, aching for just a glimpse of your face, aching for the ways you bend delight into the curvature of my heartand how … Continue reading →

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The end of religion

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Blessed is the one who can hold religion lightly in the hands: its depths are but the gateway into mystery, and at its end the mystery continues and continues infinitely © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged eternity, infinity, mystery, mysticism, religion, search, searching, spirituality | Leave a comment

I never disappear, says the Lord

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I never disappear, says the Lord so if you don’t find me on the surface find me in the depths © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged depths, eternity, food, infinity, looking, loss, nourishment, search, surface | Leave a comment

What are you looking for?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

What are you looking for? Look at you as you look: be aware of what you truly seek © Meisaan Chan

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The undiscerning moment

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Without food or touch the spirit falls to sleep, hibernating until more favorable conditions appear – if these don’t come, the spirit can sleep forever but the slightest scent arouses voracious hunger; this is the most precarious time, for it … Continue reading →

Posted in Food addiction, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged addiction, food, hunger, instinct, search, strength, weakness, wisdom | Leave a comment

In search of fullness

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I look for you along the empty streets – they’re actually chaotic streets, but somehow empty – and I’m looking to be filled © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Food addiction, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged ache, emptiness, fullness, help me, hunger, looking, search | Leave a comment

Forgetting all, to follow

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

As the train barrels through the emptiness I peer at all the passengers, looking for the face of my Beloved, bent over a phone or behind a newspaper No: but the far door closes to the scent of jasmine and … Continue reading →

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A letter to Rumi

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Across the oceans and great rifts of time we wander the streets for the Beloved calling His name until our throats are parched calling until He allows Himself to be found – then we twirl with intoxicated joy and delight … Continue reading →

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Gather your nets

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gather your nets to catch the Lord – but I assure you, they can never be big enough © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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