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Tag Archives: silence
Dark December morning
Dark December morningI groggily make the coffeeheavy gray sky slow to move, toothe both of us present to each other © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged coffee, contemplation, Earth poetry, meditation, silence, Spiritual union, union, Winter poetry
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The empty alleluia
The geese are goneDucks, tooThe sky empties of soundexcept the alleluia, which rings out © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Parable, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged earth spirituality, Geese, migration, Poetry, silence, spirituality, winter
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Soul privacy
The silent layers of earthhold up the loud, visible layersnever to be seenalleluia © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, meditation, silence, solitude, soul, union
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Leadership
You can follow your thoughtsor your thoughts can follow you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, consciousness, ego, help, help me, silence, stillness, thoughts
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The prayer of thwarted desires
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
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged brokenness, holiness, imperfection, meditation, retreat, silence
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To find silence within the muscles
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
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged bodywork, busyness, contemplation, emptiness, meditation, peace, silence
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Divine cycle
From the silence, words and from the words, silence © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, meditation, silence, union, words
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The emergence of the soul
Silence draws the soul to sit on the outside © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, meditation, prayer, silence, soul, spirit, stillness
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Thin veil for silence
Morning train rushes to stillness, the noise a thin veil for silence © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged centering, centering prayer, contemplation, meditation, noise, silence
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Curving toward the center 