Tag Archives: submission

What you fear

What you fear will influence you What you fear most will rule you © Meisaan Chan

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Ownership

If you do not renounce the world, it will own you © Meisaan Chan

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Be flexible

Be flexible, says the Lord – I did not make you of metal, but of flesh © Meisaan Chan

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The idol of self

If you believe you have all power you have left no room for me © Meisaan Chan

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God does not operate on your timing

God does not operate on your timing because you are not the master © Meisaan Chan

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The spirituality of submission

I lay down and lay down and lay down until finally, my hands are freed: Please, do whatever you want with me © Meisaan Chan

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Spiritual longing: To be as an insect

Glory to insects: Long, quivering antennae that listen to the slightest folding of air; would that I listen like that to Thee © Meisaan Chan

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The paradox of spiritual power

To submit is to claim the depth of power; to claim all power is to perch, precarious and frail © Meisaan Chan

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The holy prerequisite

to receiving God’s courage is submission © Meisaan Chan

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Formulas

Just as there is no formula for God there is no formula for letting go except, perhaps, to accept the fall © Meisaan Chan

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