Tag Archives: spirit

Direct connection

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot acknowledge the mind-body-spirit connection and not acknowledge the importance of sleep © Meisaan Chan

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Self-identification

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If your heart is a closed door all around you, you will behold closed doors; If your heart is a wide, open field all around you, you will behold infinity © Meisaan Chan

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The exquisite hand

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With just a turn of the head, the web turns invisible, a reminder that we are surrounded by an exquisite hand though perhaps we do not see © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Water at your ankles

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Warm water at your ankles the human talks gently, softly as the sun rises, all is bathed again © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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The moment I write to you

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The moment I write to you: my womb relax es and muscles release like they do in no other ac tivity; again, somehow, you draw me unto you through w riting, unusual as it can be sometimes, as long as … Continue reading →

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The massage prayer

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O Lord, lay your holy hands on me and through your touch turn this stone back into flesh and as you work may my heart turn warm and supple and my spirit, in a breath, relent © Meisaan Chan

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Outside of church

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

How freely the Spirit roams outside of church, for she is not reined in by stone walls or theological walls or even walls of thought, but settles where she wishes granting homes for the homeless and abiding with the meek; … Continue reading →

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Love-making

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Eager winds throw eager waves upon the pier in a fan of crashing water rough and wild and joyous © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Show me something of the soul

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Show me something of the soul,” I say to God. “Keep writing,” God says to me. © Meisaan Chan

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Ancient wounds

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

God can be a tender father but for those who’ve never had a tender father God can be a tender mother but for those who’ve never had a tender mother God can be a tender spirit and soothe and soothe … Continue reading →

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