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Divine Download
Is this you? You sit at your computer or in front of an open journal with a pen ready and willing and you wonder what to write about. Ideas come and go and you don't like any of them.
In the past, when this agitation took over my writing space and I felt restless and unsure of what I 'felt' like writing, I had a list of tricks to help.
1. I would close my eyes and the first thing I saw when I opened them would be my topic for the morning.
2. I would open the dictionary three times and the three words my eyes fell upon I would incorporate into a story. This is one of my favorites.
3. I would open the thesaurus and the first word my eyes fell upon I would use it, as well as its analogies, in a story.
4. I would sift through files and find something old and edit it until it was fresh and new. I admit resurrecting from the dead is not one of my favorites but I did wind up getting some poetry accepted to online journals as a result.
Many of these ideas (and tons more) I have used over the decades to keep my writing more stimulated than writing about the banal things I did for the day.
It wasn't until I was pushed by difficult times that I decided to see what I could write about if I were to hear the voice of my higher self. And guess what? It was great. Not only did I bring out internal support I didn't know I had, I also realized that to be a creative writer one had to extend the imagination far beyond the usual acceptance of the mind. I new this intellectually but actually doing it was quite an experience.
It seemed a divine download to write from a place where the power of hope and love and desire and angels live. So I encourage you to put judgment aside, sit quietly and breathe calmly. Ask a question. It might be asking for advice, an idea, an image, anything...wait patiently and with an open mind. The first response you get to any of the questions is what you write. Keep asking questions if you need to but keep writing.
Many times I found myself writing four pages simply writing thoughts and wisdom I never would have come up with if I had let my own mind try to struggle to create.
There are many parts of the self, and there is no doubt in my mind that our higher self exists. I have seen through writing that the higher self is well-connected to the spirit of the universe, God, angels, messages that we need in order to function at our best in good times and in bad. This is wonderful nourishment for the writer.
At first my conservative mind, the part that judged itself, the part trained to be practical and rational wanted to judge and condemn anything but itself. Ah, the destruction the ego can cause to anything that exists above and beyond itself. It was hurting my writing. I'm sure writers never fully gain control over this part of the self but we all try so hard when we want to write fresh, honest, create, and wild stuff, don't we?
If you find yourself thinking this is silly or nonsensical, please do it anyway. Act as if you find at least a grain of merit in this. Don't let that part of your mind, the part that nags like a writer's scrooge keep you from your true imagination and desirable muse. Let the angels sing to you as you write. I promise you, maybe not the first time you try it, but certainly over a day or two, you will see a different light within and without.
Oh, writers of the spirit, have fun.
Until next time,
Jan
In the past, when this agitation took over my writing space and I felt restless and unsure of what I 'felt' like writing, I had a list of tricks to help.
1. I would close my eyes and the first thing I saw when I opened them would be my topic for the morning.
2. I would open the dictionary three times and the three words my eyes fell upon I would incorporate into a story. This is one of my favorites.
3. I would open the thesaurus and the first word my eyes fell upon I would use it, as well as its analogies, in a story.
4. I would sift through files and find something old and edit it until it was fresh and new. I admit resurrecting from the dead is not one of my favorites but I did wind up getting some poetry accepted to online journals as a result.
Many of these ideas (and tons more) I have used over the decades to keep my writing more stimulated than writing about the banal things I did for the day.
It wasn't until I was pushed by difficult times that I decided to see what I could write about if I were to hear the voice of my higher self. And guess what? It was great. Not only did I bring out internal support I didn't know I had, I also realized that to be a creative writer one had to extend the imagination far beyond the usual acceptance of the mind. I new this intellectually but actually doing it was quite an experience.
It seemed a divine download to write from a place where the power of hope and love and desire and angels live. So I encourage you to put judgment aside, sit quietly and breathe calmly. Ask a question. It might be asking for advice, an idea, an image, anything...wait patiently and with an open mind. The first response you get to any of the questions is what you write. Keep asking questions if you need to but keep writing.
Many times I found myself writing four pages simply writing thoughts and wisdom I never would have come up with if I had let my own mind try to struggle to create.
There are many parts of the self, and there is no doubt in my mind that our higher self exists. I have seen through writing that the higher self is well-connected to the spirit of the universe, God, angels, messages that we need in order to function at our best in good times and in bad. This is wonderful nourishment for the writer.
At first my conservative mind, the part that judged itself, the part trained to be practical and rational wanted to judge and condemn anything but itself. Ah, the destruction the ego can cause to anything that exists above and beyond itself. It was hurting my writing. I'm sure writers never fully gain control over this part of the self but we all try so hard when we want to write fresh, honest, create, and wild stuff, don't we?
If you find yourself thinking this is silly or nonsensical, please do it anyway. Act as if you find at least a grain of merit in this. Don't let that part of your mind, the part that nags like a writer's scrooge keep you from your true imagination and desirable muse. Let the angels sing to you as you write. I promise you, maybe not the first time you try it, but certainly over a day or two, you will see a different light within and without.
Oh, writers of the spirit, have fun.
Until next time,
Jan
