Automatic Writing: What is it? (Blog)

[Erin Pavlina]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Erin Pavlina's blog:

Automatic Writing: What is it?

[Andrew Brunelle]

I've done that sort of thing before and it can be an eye-opening experience, as long as you don't keep asking, "I wonder if this is just me talking to myself," as you pointed out in the blog post. Maybe I will give this auto-writing another shot.

[kgiuliani]

I've done this many times when experiencing difficulties in my life. Last year I was trying to end it with an on-again/off-again relationship and my guides told me that the way to accomplish this was to give the guy less of a leading role on the stage that was my life. That I needed to allow other people on the stage with me which would minimize his role.

It worked! I opened myself up to new people and experiences and now am finally off the roller coaster I had been on for 6 years.

One of the last times I talked with my guides they told me I was approaching my problem from a "not-love" standpoint and to correct it I would need to change to a love approach.

Exactly what I needed to hear... always!

[Old Soul]

I wonder if some of my poems would be considered automatic writing, very often I recieve an entire poem from first to last stanza , ( so it is like it is already written and i just write it ) , also I never make a consious choice where I say today I want to write about this or that... it really is freaky.... I aksed my physcologist about this in terms of the poem bypassing my conscience mind totally and she said don't worry about it, lots of musician types report the same type of happening... I write it down, then I think what the heck is this about? sometimes I don't understand them sometimes I do...


and I can not forget them no matter how hard I try... strange huh?

[Erin Pavlina]

Could very well be your spirit guides (or muses) jumping in with some creative stuff!

[Old Soul]

There is deffenetly something "other" than me going on

so maybe it is .... I don't know much about spirit guides , muses I always attritbuted to people who sparked a creative thought in me

[Lallymac]

I've often channeled information through on the computer. When I was up late writing assignments to deadlines for a degree a couple of years ago, I'd get sudden downloads of guided knowledge (unrelated to my study) come through in the middle of it. A couple of times, (I was doing long exhausting hours) I found spiritual paragraphs (when I proof read my work) that I couldn't remember writing in my assignments.

When I'm channeling on the computer, I ask to be shown the letters of the words one at a time, then single words. As the sentences unfold gradually without knowing what's going to be said next, I know I've switched gear and it's not coming from my head.

My Dad lent me Betty Edwards book 'Drawing with the other side of the brain' where you use your less dominant hand to draw. I used the same technique with automatic handwriting. Asking the question with my dominant hand and letting my left hand answer.

Lally

[Vanilla]

I tried this last night. I've been really stressed and overwhelmed lately, and was considering going to my psychic. It was really bad, I was loosing my appetite and everything.

I did a 10 minute chakra meditation. Then I imagined I was in a vertical tunnel of white light with a staircase. I went up the stairs, opened a door, and then went to a bench. There was someone sitting there. The advice I received from my spirit guides was wonderful, very much what I needed. I just typed everything I heard into my laptop. And, I know I didn't make it up, because I would never have even thought of the things they said. I spoke with more than one person. The second was a really kind older looking woman. She held my hands as we spoke. It was so wonderful... They also showed me signs they had been trying to send me. I had noticed the signs, but I just hadn't been able to interpret them. They explained it, and I was like, ohhhhhhh...lol...

Thanks Erin!!

PS A couple of times, I would start to doubt or get nervous, and I could feel the connection going bad...kinda like they were talking but I couldn't hear. They told me I need to relax cause I was blocking them. They said the more I come, the easier it'll be. They said they were so glad I came.

[Erin Pavlina]

Yes! Exactly! It sounds like you did it just right! Awesome!

[Vanilla]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Yes! Exactly! It sounds like you did it just right! Awesome!

Yay! Gold Star for me!!!

[absvan]

I can now open my chakras effectively But I have a hard time with the visualization (the staircase and the special place). I have to maintain intense concentration else the image can get blurred and sometimes can even be blank. Its more like I have to recreate the whole scence. So given my current situation I am wondering how I can do do both writing and asking at the same time?

Do you ask a question with eyes closed while you are in the "special place" with your guide and then open your eyes and write down the response and then again close your eyes for the next question?

[Erin Pavlina]

Don't force the images. Sometimes I've done a guided meditation intending to do something like walk up a staircase and all of a sudden an angel will fly down and grab me under the arms and take me to a mountain top. And I'll be like, "Er?" And the angel will say, "This is where you need to be right now, not on your staircase going to your White Room." So if you're having to force images, perhaps you're blocking where you should be going. Use guided meditation as a guideline to get you going and get you started.

When I'm doing Question and Answer style channeling I tune in first with my eyes closed until I feel I am a clear channel. Then I start typing my questions. Sometimes I have to wiat for an answer and sometimes the answers just start flowing.

[Lallymac]

Originally Posted by absvan

I can now open my chakras effectively But I have a hard time with the visualization (the staircase and the special place). I have to maintain intense concentration else the image can get blurred and sometimes can even be blank. Its more like I have to recreate the whole sense. So given my current situation I am wondering how I can do do both writing and asking at the same time?

Do you ask a question with eyes closed while you are in the "special place" with your guide and then open your eyes and write down the response and then again close your eyes for the next question?

Absvan,
I've found in the development classes I teach that some people struggle with visualization initially. It's usually because their dominant sensing faculties are kinesthetic (they feel the shifts or pick them up through changes in body sensations or feelings first). You could try sitting quietly before you start writing and just be aware of your own thoughts, feelings, and physicality. Then write your question and start writing your response with I feel statements, noting any changes you experience.

Lally
Visual images will begin to spring in as you get more proficient.

[absvan]

When you visualize the staircase and the door, do you imagine it or do you see it on the (black/reddish) screen that you have when you close your eyes?

[Erin Pavlina]

I imagine it, I don't see it on the screen behind my eyelids. Don't look with your eyes. Look with your mind.

[madgeylou]

i did this a few times last week. it was funny, cos i had a reading with erin about a year ago where i was told that one of my guides was an older broad, like a new york grandmother type.

i met her last week, particularly the 2nd time i did this exercise. her name is sophie and she's pretty funny.

i didnt go up a staircase though ... somehow i ended up walking outside of a grand mansion, down into a formal garden, and into a white tent. sophie was sitting at a table waiting for me and so was another woman -- younger, slight, with big brown sad-looking eyes.

anyway, i found the best way for me to do this was with my eyes closed. when i had my eyes open, my focus kept being drawn to things in the room. but when i meditated, opened my chakras, and started to type with my eyes closed, she gave me, and i was able to receive, some really great stuff.

she reminded me that, as much as i like to hide in my house and play introvert, it's not really who i am. i get my energy from stirring the pot, and it's hard to stir the pot by yourself in your living room. i mean, i do enjoy my own company, but she's right -- i stay alone out of comfort and ease rather than necessity.

so after a short chat, i got up and went out to an event where i met some great people and stirred the pot and got myself energized again.

she also gave me some great insights into my last relationship, and why the breakup still hurts me sometimes, even though i dont want him back. short answer? ego + loss of illusion = pain. but it's good pain. and it's good for me to understand it.

very cool stuff! thanks for reminding me i could connect this way, erin.

[Angela]

Is anyone there?
I'm here.
What is your name?
(vision of a wolfy looking creature with sharp teeth in his open mouth)
Would you say it so I can hear?
Dolf.
Are you a spirit guide?
I'm a clown.
Is there anything you can say to me that will be beneficial in my life?
Ahhhh!!! hahahahahahaha!!!!! (very loud)
Let's try that again. Any words that might help me?
Make it big, as big as Rosemead Avenue.
Go out the door in the direction of your right eye.
(I got up and walked out the door and walked in the direction of my right eye.
Found myself out on the little terrace, looking for a delightful surprise.
Saw nothing out of the ordinary, but noticed I was standing in a patch
of warm summer sun, and it felt very good.)

[Erin Pavlina]

Rock on people! You're doing great.

[LillyoftheValley]

Can we use automatic writing to contact our deceased?

[Erin Pavlina]

That's going to be trickier. Think of it this way. Spirit Guides and Higher Selves and Angels are watching over you, they have a link to you that is on all the time. Deceased relatives do not. Sometimes deceased people hang around and hover, and sometimes they don't. Even if they wanted to speak with you they may not know how to adjust their energy to do so. So it's possible but not nearly as probable.

[Lallymac]

I've been getting 'past lives' coming up in response to a question I've been asking. I'm ready to step out on a new venture. I feel energised any ready. My advertising is done and bookings made. Yet I keep getting a clear message to slow down from spirit. I feel like I've done the slow part (almost stopped). When I've asked 'why' over the last week, I've got 'past lives.'
Last night I climbed into bed late, snuggled under layers of duvet and dog (is mid winter here and friggin cold). When I turned out the light and closed my eyes a full scene flashed into my vision. It was so bright and clear, I opened my eyes to check if I'd turned out the light. When I closed my eyes again it was back on full living screen and I was in it. I could see the fabric on the sleeves of the dress I was wearing and my hair curling down my shoulders (I have dead straight hair).

There were men with sythes hacking through hay and younger men bailing it. I could hear an older man bellowing directives to a couple of young ones up close to me. Then I felt movement and watched as the young woman's body I was in, moved forward on a swing. I could see her dress and hair fly out behind and hear her laughing. One young man in a cap, jacket and 3/4 length pants dropped the hay and bashfully gave her a push, looking over his shoulder to make sure no-one was watching.

Then the young man stood in front of me and his face and body began to flicker like a remote control on fast forward. I saw all sorts of people's images flash over the top of his. It kept on going and one by one other people appeared alongside him doing the same thing until there was a whole crowd of people fast forward morphing. I couldn't see if they morphing back in time or forward and it made me feel dizzy watching them so I opened my eyes and got up for a glass of water.
I was obviously being shown something but I don't get it. Does anyone have any insights or suggestions??
Lally

[absvan]

I have one question. Everybody here talks about seeing people, and people holding their hands and talking. Is this something that just happens?

I have had two experiences. One - I saw people sitting when I opened the door, not clear, more like shadows. When I went near, there wasnt anyone and I thought it was my mind trying to create something. So I waited asking for someone to come. But every now and then I thought I saw someone and then realized that there wasnt anyone.

Two - The images were clear until I opened the door. I felt that since I am expecting to see someone (spirit/higher self), it was mind creating images. ....and in this process I felt like I was creating my higher self and creating the conversations etc.

So my question is do these image just appear into your consciousness or does it just happen?? I hope I have made myself clear.

[unicorn]

This reminds me a bit of what happens to me in a meditation I sometimes practice. I sit down in front of a mirror in a dark room and place one candle lit on a stool between me and the mirror. I look straight into my own eyes in the mirror, then let my eyes slip out of focus, like when viewing auras. I chant oohm, and after a few minutes my face in the mirror starts morphing into different faces, all me in bone structure but with different accentuations, skin tone and hair colors, more or less fleshy. Many different versions of me. This meditation is supposed to connect one to the higher self and show all the impersonations the higher self has had, and it is for cultivating full recall of ones spiritual history.

Maybe you are being guided to slow down and shown this in order to connect with your total spiritual history and get a leap up the awareness scale instead of just charging ahead at your current level of awarness? I don't know, but if you try that meditation maybe something will happen that shows you what this is about?

Just my two-cents, it may not be relevant....

[Lallymac]

Originally Posted by unicorn

Maybe you are being guided to slow down and shown this in order to connect with your total spiritual history and get a leap up the awareness scale instead of just charging ahead at your current level of awareness? I don't know, but if you try that meditation maybe something will happen that shows you what this is about?

Just my two-cents, it may not be relevant....

You are so right. I've been racing around and not stopping long enough to listen. I haven't done the mirror meditation for some time so I'll take the time today to do it. Thank you.

Absvan: When I first started doing meditations I only saw outlines and blurry images of people. It became clearer with practice.

Lally