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Tag Archives: stillness
Why stillness matters
We see the movement of what is faster;when we speed ahead, we do not seeall that moves around us;when we are still, we suddenly seethe slightest bending leafthe slightest bending heartthe breath of the soul © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anxiety, contemplation, coronavirus, meditation, stillness
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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 fallow years, II
Tell a farmer that the fallow yearsare a waste of time,and how the farmer will laugh © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, emptiness, fallow years, quietness, stillness
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When the world stops spinning
When the world stops spinningand you and I meet at lastI, in deficit, without shoes and starvingYou, abundant:Finally, in stillness,I accept what you’ve been trying to give © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, writing
Tagged acceptance, chaos, contemplation, emptiness, help, help me, meditation, poverty, stillness, surrender
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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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Inner stillness
Noise is swirling everywhere except within: stillness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, dependence, independence, meditation, noise, stillness, strength, surrender
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Tend to me
Sometimes just sitting can be a challenge you know my ways, O Lord; tend to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, distraction, help, help me, meditation, silence, stillness
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True and false Doing Nothing
True doing nothing is precision: Sharp knife False doing nothing is amorphous: Blunt rock © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged amorphous, distraction, nothing, precision, stillness
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Internal stillness
Not even the sound of water: shafts of light frozen in the sky © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, joy, meditation, silence, stillness, tranquility, union, writing
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Curving toward the center 