Tag Archives: silence

Leadership

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You can follow your thoughtsor your thoughts can follow you © Meisaan Chan

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The prayer of thwarted desires

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Interrupted monastery night:First, teens on street wake me up three timesbut worse, my bed,poor and neglected – good for monks but not for funky backsI move to couch, not great but better, at least so I could complete the night.Ah, … Continue reading →

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To find silence within the muscles

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

To find silence within the muscles requires first that you acknowledge the noise within the muscles and that you listen to them, to it and then, being acknowledged, little by little they still: To find silence within the muscles © … Continue reading →

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Divine cycle

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

From the silence, words and from the words, silence © Meisaan Chan

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The emergence of the soul

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Silence draws the soul to sit on the outside © Meisaan Chan

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Thin veil for silence

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Morning train rushes to stillness, the noise a thin veil for silence © Meisaan Chan

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Quiet, be quieter than a tree

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Quiet, be quieter than a tree listen to it prattle away: Quiet, be quieter than grass listen to it grow: Quiet, be quieter than your heart listen to what it’s saying to you: Yes, those who have ears to hear … Continue reading →

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Tend to me

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes just sitting can be a challenge you know my ways, O Lord; tend to me © Meisaan Chan

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Right now

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

God is communicating perhaps you are listening © Meisaan Chan

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My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night and so, awake, I stumbled to the bathroom, and upon my return, I was struck by the frame of moonlight-drenched carpet – my window, achingly luminous and through it, there she was, … Continue reading →

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