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Originally Posted by blossom  Stream of consciousness writing really interests me. I have tried it before, but find it difficult to get past a tendency of mine to think too much about what I want to write instead of just allowing whatever comes up to surface. It's a control thing I think? Strangely though, I have no problem, when I paint, allowing myself to just paint without any concept in mind, and some pretty interesting things are revealed to me this way! Is there some technique on how to help with this? I do meditate and know how to breathe so as to relax...are there other suggestions you can give to achieve this Philemon? |
There are many, many factors that, relative to my experiences and how I understand this, might explain the difficulty you have when you write.
I find when I translate, it's like I get impulses through, and I always have a feel for the best way to translate them. Usually this is via writing (i.e. typing with a PC keyboard), although sometimes what comes through would be too difficult to translate using writing--either because it's too complicated, or coming too fast. When that happens, I just let it stream through in the way that feels natural.
Right now, I'm using my awareness of energy to write this message, as I do with almost everything I write or express. I'm not exactly sure of what energy I'm picking up--I think there's a bit of mine in there--but I use it to guide me. I find the experience flows more for me when I allow it to flow. That's how I started with this, without noticing it was happening at first. Now, if I try to apply a process to it, I actually become less effective.
You might have the opposite experience, but if I were you, I'd heed your feelings. You probably have a good idea of what is natural to you and what isn't, and what you feel inspired and called to explore and what you don't.
Perhaps you could try to "translate" with writing what you get through when you paint (either while you're doing it, or maybe after--you'd have to feel what would work for you), seeing as you seem to already seem to be in a state of allowing when you paint. Stewart St. John, an intuitive composer, is able to translate energy into music (he plays what he gets through on a keyboard--i.e. a music keyboard, not a PC keyboard), as well as what he calls the "word equivalent." So, what that looks like is that he plays music, and as he's playing, he translates ("brings through") words and messages that relate to the music he's playing. They're sort of like guided meditations that are "given" to him.
When I do any translating, I focus on what allows me to develop more of an effective, experiential relationship. There are lots of exercises and processes out there, and if I ever use any of them, I allow them to bring me closer to my unique experience--to enhance my experience and allow it to flow more easily, according to what feels natural and right to me, and what resonates with my desires. Some processes help with this; some hinder. Some help temporarily, but after I've used them, much like a boat you use to cross a body of water, I leave them behind. I feel it's awareness of
your process that is what's important.