Preparing to write your Book in 2018!

Preparing to write

 your Book

in 2018!

BLOG SESSION

December 30th, 2017

As we get ready to head into a new year, we are gearing up to prepare our minds to write our books.  Welcome back to the Blog dear Writers, Authors & Novelists with ink ~

By now, everyone who has been following along here with us in our Blog Sessions has had a chance to at least pick up a Journal, a Diary, a Poetry Journal, and some items that will assist with writing your book in 2018.

The main item of business for each of us to think about right now is what we spoke about in our previous Blog Session when we were examining our emotional states.  You'll find that Session here in this link:  How do I write if I feel sad and depressed?

Once you click on the link, just scroll down to where you see the heading, "Your Personal Diary".  There you will find an instruction that was given to everyone about writing down how you were feeling.  The purpose of this was to make a note in your Diary of your emotional state.

Then you were to make a list of those items that may have been bothering you.  This is the list that is important for today's Blog Session.  You should also have a list of all of the people that you are holding grudges against, (about various things -- no matter how big or small), as well as a list of all of the people that you have not forgiven -- including any unforgiveness you are holding against yourself.

All of the items that you wrote about in your Diary that may have been bothering you, the people you were holding grudges against and all of the people you have not forgiven are to be focused on right now, because these items are all of the items that we are going to do away with.

These weights have to be tossed.  We are going to stop dwelling on those things that serve no good purpose for us.  We are going to clear our slate of unproductive and needless negativity so that we may get to the good part -- our writing.

So, Writers, Authors and Novelists with ink ~ meditate if you must, do some reflection, sit still, and take one last look at your weighty lists.

Do say your affirmation(s) and/or your prayer(s) this day, and get ready for a Blog Session tomorrow that will close out our  2017 year and get us ready to usher in 2018.

See you tomorrow back here on the Blog!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

"The Eve of our Newness of Life"

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2017 - All Rights Reserved

Your thoughts

Your thoughts

Your thoughts are important, and you should be watchful of your thoughts, because your thoughts are ideas or opinions that are produced by thinking.  Suddenly your mind will form a thought.  The type of thoughts that are formed suddenly in your mind can propel you to take action that will move you in a particular direction, or your thoughts could possibly cause you to freeze and become unproductive.

Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.  Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.  Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.  Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.  Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny. — Chinese proverb, author unknown

As we jump into our next Blog Session, please take a moment to grab your Journal or your Composition Notebook and get ready to write notes on the parts of this discussion that capture your attention.

Journaling your Thoughts

and

Taking Notes

As you filter your thoughts, you will learn to actively take control of what you are thinking.  In time you will learn to pay attention to both your negative as well as positive thoughts.  Your emotions influence what you are thinking.  As you learn to still yourself, you will find that you can better control your emotions, which in turn helps you to take control of your thoughts.

When you find yourself flooded with a negative emotion(s), the following practices can help you find your way back to your core of balance, peace, and well-being...

• Resist the impulse to ignore your feelings, push them away, or judge them as bad.  Instead ask your thoughts what they are trying to tell you.  Analyze your thoughts.  All emotions, including the most difficult ones, exist for a reason -- and that reason is to help you.   Your thoughts will help you to tune into the message your body wants you to hear.

• Be objective.  If you identify personally with negativity and think, I am angry, depressed, miserable, stressed out, disgusted, etc., it will be extremely difficult to detach and let go.  Learn to see all emotions as only energy, like electricity that flows through you but isn’t about you.

• Practice self-compassion.  If you feel overwhelmed, tell yourself, “Whatever fear says, nothing can destroy me.  I’m having a strong reaction right now, but it isn’t the real me. This too shall pass."

• Take responsibility.  If you find yourself reacting to certain situations in the same way, ask yourself what you need to learn in order to change your automatic response. Automatic responses can be detrimental to your well-being if those auto responses cause you to repeat destructive behavior patterns. 

• Meditate.  Meditation is one of the best ways to loosen the grip of sticky emotions and connect to our true self.  In meditation we disrupt the unconscious progression of thoughts and emotions by focusing on a new object of attention.  For example, if you choose to use Prayerful Meditation, your object of attention becomes a prayer that is meditated upon for your well-being, and the well-being of your loved ones. 

Another way to meditate is to use mantras.  A mantra is pure sound, with no meaning or emotional charge to trigger associations.  It allows the mind to detach from its usual preoccupations and experience the spaciousness and calm within.  In the silence of awareness, the mind lets go of old patterns of thinking and feeling and learns to heal itself.

It is at this time that you should just write out the thoughts that you have been dwelling on and assess whether they have been positive or negative.  Evaluate the quality of your thoughts.  Are your thoughts uplifting, or do they bring you down spiritually?  Take a moment to still yourself...

Prayerfully consider your thoughts.

Friends use this evening to meditate

and 

Journal your thoughts.

We'll see each other back here in our next Blog Session!

Peace, Love & Light,

 René

© Copyright - René Allen - JUNE 2017 - All Rights Reserved