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 Gratitude breaks the spell of Writers Block |
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Staring at a blank page is like staring into a snowfield. The snow, untouched by civilization and unmarked by living creatures, blinds you for a few minutes, it glistens reflecting subtle shades of pure white and rainbows at odd angles. If you stare at the snow too long, you get lost in the interplay of light and shadow. As the day wears on, you become awestruck at the beauty of the snow's perfection. You marvel at the way an oak tree cast its ebony shadow across the pure white snow. You watch the tree's shadow change, grow and shrink, as Earth turns and the sun moves from morning to evening. If you stand out in the snow too long without moving, you risk snow bite or freezing. If you are fortunate, a red fox will walk across your line of sight. The fox will leave his footprints written in the snowfield. As you watch the fox move, the spell holding you in one spot staring at the snow is broken. You are free to go inside out of the cold and out of danger. I must say, writing 500 words a day isn't difficult, unless I'm attempting to write on a single subject. On Monday, October 28, 2013, I began posting my weekly goals at "Weekly Goals"  . On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal."O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds." Bah'u'll'h The Hidden Words of Bah'u'll'h, Part I.'From the Arabic, #31, page 11 'Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold' Robert A. Heinlein It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One. Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others. Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet from whose horizon the day-star of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent. Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages 21-29: gr 32 I changed the way I did entries in this book several times. Beginning on March 21, 2018 the entries will cover the topics of spiritual, inspirational, and religions. However, the genres it will be under are Women's, Inspirational, and Spiritual with a tag of Religious. |
‘Idál (Justice), 18 Sharaf Honor 174 B.E. - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Contemplating My Spiritual Diet Yesterday, I read an offsite blog entry about spiritual diet. The entry suggested that a spiritual diet consisted of more than just prayer and meditation, it also included scripture reading and avoiding those things that we know are wrong such as backbiting and judging other people. All though, I don't think that blog entry mentioned those two thing specifically. Anyway that blog entry got me to thinking about my spiritual diet, and I realized, that while I do read the scriptures, I haven't been reading a specific scripture book (which that entry suggested). After reading that entry, I decided to go back to reading The Summons of The Lord of Hosts: Tablets of Baha'u'llah. I plan to read, at least, two pages in the evening, and maybe one page of a morning. Last night I read one page, and this morning I didn't read any pages, but I did say the long healing prayer before I got up. Since my smartphone has a Baha'i prayer app, I can access several prayers revealed by the Central Figures of my chosen religion. As a results of reading The Summons, I begin writing a new poem, and I dreamed about writing poems. The dream suggested the theme another poem, which I started this morning. According to some of the things I've read, a person should read the sacred scriptures twice a day (morning and evening). It's my understanding that I need to approach this scripture reading in an attitude of attention, reverence, and thought or meditation. From my reaction to last night's scripture reading, that is the attitude I took. I will have to focus more on twice a day reading, which means I might have to set my alarm to get up a little earlier or start my computer sessions later in the morning. "The glory of man is in the knowledge of God, spiritual susceptibilities, attainment to transcendent powers and the bounties of the Holy Spirit." Bahá’í Writings One way to acquire "spiritual susceptibilities" is to read and meditate on the sacred scriptures. This coming Sunday, January 21, a devotional service takes place at the Baha'i Center in Las Vegas. The subject of that service is Spiritual Susceptibilities, which should give me some more ideas for poems or blog/journal entries. The above quote was on a flyer that arrived in my Cox.net inbox today. There are three more quotes in that flyer, which I may post in one of my blog entries. |
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