Tag Archives: Self

The difference between journeying and wandering

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

When you let ego leadyou think you are journeyingwhen you actually are wandering © Meisaan Chan

Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing | Tagged adventure, discernment, ego, healing, help, help me, Journeying, love, prayer journey, Self, spiritual growth, trust | Leave a comment

Allowing God to sift you

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

means allowing God to remove anything and everything that obstructs, especially the self © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged death, dissolution, ego, humility, Self, sift, surrender | Leave a comment

I wither without you

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I wither without you my firmest ground falls from beneath me should you turn but one thought away all strength is dust, flung to the wind I wither without you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged dependence, ego, freedom, independence, Self, strength, weakness | Leave a comment

How the Spirit settles, II

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Emptying yourself outis the greatest invitation for Spiritfor nothing takes more space than the self © Meisaan Chan

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Balance

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The space of self is hallowed, not to be denied; the space of “us” is hallowed, not to be denied © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged community, frustration, identity, love, meditation, Relationships, Self, us | Leave a comment

Non-self

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I am not my race. I am not my income. I am not my education. I am not my culture. I am not my body. I am not my identity. © Meisaan Chan

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To trust in the Lord and days of abundance

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

To trust in the Lord in days of abundance takes resounding strength, humility, and wisdom, for abundance can look like the Lord © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged abundance, caution, ego, emptiness, humility, Self, strength, wisdom | Leave a comment

Pure courage

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, ego, foundation, grounding, identity, journey, path, roots, Self | Leave a comment