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Tag Archives: union
Embodied reminders of infinity
I used to despise the action of praying hands,fingers stretched heavenward, the image of thin and fake piety, of thoughtlessness.I used to refuse to do it.Then Spirit showed me how to reclaim it.Now, I feel the base of my thumbs … Continue reading
Confused surrender
There is the surrender of warand the surrender of love, says the Lordand so often this is confused © Meisaan Chan
Posted in haiku, meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged help, help me, love, surrender, union
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Spiritual enhancements and dilutions
Focus is one of the greatest spiritual enhancementsDistraction is one of the strongest spiritual dilutions © Meisaan Chan
You can only give what you have
I wish to give you my beauty but have it not, O Lord,so you give me beauty that I may give it back to you I wish to give you my courage but have it not, O Lord,so you give … Continue reading
For those who worship strength
If you want to be transformedlet your heart break openlet it shatter © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged nirvana, transformation, union
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The fundamental difference when I give my life to God
I used to forge my pathnow I follow it © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Food addiction, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged journey, path, surrender, union, unity
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Not content for the sides
Reorient me so I aim for the heart of the funnel:I could go along the sides and still swirl my long way there,or I could plunge in and down, direct © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, spirituality, writing
Tagged surrender, union
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The purpose of strength and healing
I do not make you strong and anchoredso you can feel superior;I make you strong and anchoredso you can serve I do not heal youso you can feel self-righteous;I heal youso you can serve © Meisaan Chan
The formless sanctuary
How I have longed to be with you in precisely this way!I return to eternitysloughing off the shackles of timeand stepping into the formless sanctuary © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged intimacy, mysticism, prayer, union
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Relinquishing the self
When I gave my life to youI gave up my control over who I am, who I will be:Self-determination for God-determinationand lo, nothing was the same © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, spirituality, writing
Tagged Buddhism, control, nirvana, relinquishing, surrender, union
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