Tag Archives: vessel

My job, God’s job

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

My job is to empty.God’s job is to fill. © Meisaan Chan

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Non-self

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I am not my race. I am not my income. I am not my education. I am not my culture. I am not my body. I am not my identity. © Meisaan Chan

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Be not afraid of your emptiness

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I fill you. Be not afraid of your emptiness, for your emptiness has limits and my fillness does not © Meisaan Chan

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The prayer of the pipe

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

My power is in my emptiness My humility is in my emptiness May I empty onto empty, O Lord © Meisaan Chan

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Dreams of God

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Beg to know the dreams of God beg to be emptied of your own © Meisaan Chan

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Giving

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Give me joy and I will nurture it to deeper joy; give me suffering and I will turn it to new life; give me all who you are, even shame, that heaviest burden; and when you have nothing left to … Continue reading →

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