Tag Archives: suffering

Bad mornings

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Even when bad mornings comethe old Austrian pine still holds the rising sundying branches still lift the light © Meisaan Chan

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Mutuality

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Take me deeper, I request of the Lord.I can use anything to bring you deeper, the Lord responds,you will need to agree © Meisaan Chan

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How suffering helps me fling open

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The more I cried out to the Lordthe more the Lord rescued memy doors finally open © Meisaan Chan

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Hardship means

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

God doesn’t necessarily take hardship away,but turns it into a means, not the end © Meisaan Chan

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Parable of the woman who believed all was One

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

There once was a woman who believed that everything was One and so she stopped caring about suffering or injustice or the desecration of the earth. Instead, she sat on her meditation cushion and listened to the screams coming in … Continue reading →