There Is No Security, No Assurance That

Actually, When I Look At My Old Notebooks, I Think I Have Been A Bit Self-indulgent And Have Given Myself Too Much Time To Meander In My Discursive Thoughts. I Could Have Cut Through Sooner. Yet It Is Good To Know About Our Terrible Selves, Not Laud Or Criticize Them, Just Acknowledge Them. Then, Out Of This Knowledge, We Are Better Equipped To Make A Choice For Beauty, Kind Consideration And Clear Truth. We Make This Choice With Our Feet Firmly On The Ground. We Are Not Running Wildly After Beauty With Fear At Our Backs.

The Aim Is To Burn Through To First Thoughts, To The Place Where Energy Is Unobstructed By Social Politeness Or The Internal Censor, To The Place Where You Are Writing What You Mind Actually Sees And Feels, Not What It Thinks It Should See Or Feel.

If You Feel Bored Or Uncomfortable As You're Writing, Ask Yourself What's Bothering You And Write About That. Sometimes Your Creative Energy Is Like Water In A Kinked Hose, And Before Thoughts Can Flow On The Topic At Hand, You Have To Straighten The Hose By Attending To Whatever Is Preoccupying You.

Writing Can Teach Us The Dignity Of Speaking The Truth.

If You Read Good Books, When You Write, Good Books Will Come Out Of You.