Hello friends,
Welcome to this writing meditation.
Please have a pen and paper with you as we move into a writing practice.
We are going to work with a series of writing prompts and questions that act as a niggle,
A nudge,
Even a nuisance to your consciousness.
All you have to do is write out the writing prompt and see what happens next.
Allow yourself to write easily and freely.
Try not to overthink or stop to read what you've written.
Don't worry about punctuation or grammar or spelling.
Just let the words spill out from you.
Remove all judgment as you write.
Keep your hand moving on the page and when you get stuck,
Just rewrite the writing prompt or mentally repeat the question to yourself again and go off on another tangent,
Even one that is oppositional to the writing you've already done.
See if you can write in different directions.
Answer the questions from many angles.
Enter through a range of doorways.
I will give you a series of writing prompts or questions and you'll have a few minutes to write into each one.
The writing practice will begin and end with a gong.
Writing prompts activate our deep inner awareness.
They are contemplative guides.
Some of the prompts are questions.
Remember that not all questions are asking for answers.
Some questions are placeholders for the soul.
You're not looking to solve a problem or resolve anything.
You're just seeking a thread,
A crack through which to enter an ongoing conversation with yourself.
Today's writing meditation draws on deep indigenous wisdom and spiritual traditions that are integrally connected to all the elements.
In the busyness of our lives,
We have become disconnected from our primal sources,
Forgetful of our interconnectedness to all of nature,
That we too form part of the natural world made of carbon,
Iron and nitrogen,
The same as everything else on the planet.
So,
Are you ready?
You'll have three minutes to write into each of these questions.
Where is your water?
Where is your water?
Where is your fire?
There Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Where is your wind?
You You You You You You You Where is your earth?
You You You You You You How did that writing meditation go for you Did you find it easy?
Did you struggle?
Did you go literal and move into the symbolic?
Were you able to deepen into the questions as you wrote?
Leave a comment for me to let me know how the writing went for you.
I hope your words inspired by these prompts and questions Hold you close to your heart and nudges you even closer to your inner knowing and voice.
Your writing is always there for you.
A doorway you just need to open when you begin to move your hand across the page.
