Marsha, It's funny you mention the kind of journal you used because that's the kind I've started with as well - the black and white marbled composition book. Lu handed it to me and told me to start writing three pages a day but I wasn't very faithful about it til I actually started reading. Now I'm addicted. I see a strong resemblance to a meditative practice in it.
I too, am very glad I started the practice. Take care, John On Nov 27, 2011, at 12:14 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2011, at 3:43 PM, John Carl wrote: > >> >> My wife is reading a book, as her morning devotional, and she's liking it >> a lot and she keeps telling me I'd like it a lot too. So she's talked me >> into it. So far, I've liked it a lot. It talks about creativity and the >> fact that man is a creation himself, an efficient ordering of good stuff, >> in a good way, indicates that creativity itself is God. It's called, >> "The Artist's Way" and its by Julia Cameron, who is now a teacher and has >> been a successful screen writer. Right off, the introduction grabbed me >> and hooked into discussions of the utility of theism, which have arisen >> before: >> > > Hi John, > > I know this book. It was the "The Artist's Way" that started me journaling > every day. I used those black & white, marbled, student, composition books > and wrote, at the very least, three pages per day. After twelve years and > within a year after my husband died, I had a ritual and burned them all in > the barbecue. When I started journaling there were a few days where there > were three pages of a single word. But usually they were filled with > "stuff": the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful - stories, letters, > poems, rants and addressing the good and the bad of a thorny problem, & joy - > stuff. I don't really remember more than the journaling exercise, but along > with meditation, I am very happy I started such a practice. > > > Marsha > > > > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
