Ease in Godwriting
"The words flow regardless of where you are, what your state is, or the environment. Was it always like that?"
You ask such great questions, One!
There was a time when I thought I ought to write every morning and every afternoon or evening. I stopped asking that of myself. There can be too much routine!
in a notebook one late afternoon in the back seat of a car with several people! I wasn't comfortable Godwriting. I was distracted. I didn't stay with it for very long that day. I don't remember more, so I can't say whether the words flowed or didn't flow. I do remember that I wasn't experiencing my usual ease.
When I was in the hospital years ago with broken ribs and, despite all the morphine, I was still in agony, I didn't even try to Godwrite. I was in no condition for anything.
When I got home, still on morphine, I started Godwriting right away, and it was such a relief to get back to it. How I had missed it. I was a little surprised that, even drugged, I could still Godwrite. If we went back to those Heavenletters written while under the influence of morphine, I don't think we could tell the difference between those and other Heavenletters. I don't think so. Amazing, isn't it!
The flow of Godwriting is different at different times. Sometimes a Heavenletter flows, and I can hardly keep up. Other times there's certain amount of start and stop and waiting for what will come next. That's how it is. The flow doesn't have to be a certain way -- though, of course, we love it when Godwriting zooms along.
There is one Godwriter, a chiropractor in Wisconsin, who told me he gets just one word at a time. He doesn't mind. That's fine with him. He's very happy as he Godwrites.
Talking about bliss, in the early years, I was absolutely ecstatic when I was Godwriting. It was a thrill a minute for me. Now I'm more used to it. Now it's something I do. I'm on a much more even keel.
So I think it doesn't matter how we feel as we Godwrite. How we feel isn't so important. Our Godwriting matters.
Do you have more questions?
Now Chuck has asked a question about Godwriting. He asked:
"When you sit down to write, do you have questions in your mind and have specific topics that concern you or do you sort of say: “Hi there, God, what’s up today?” Do you allow yourself to become a blank slate or do you have specific intentions about the day’s writing?"
Tomorrow, Chuck. Tomorrow.
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When I first started surfing over 16 summers ago, I was anxious and uncertain on the board. I would go out only on days when the waves were small and gentle and the ocean was calm. These days I'm relaxed and at ease on the board and am able to go out in any kinds of conditions.
As we become more natural and comfortable with Godwriting, the environment is less important? Is that true?
Ah, can we search out the Heavenletters written while you were under morphine?
The environment serves us for workshops. Being with a group is a great way to begin -- with a group we can feel some trust in. Yet we could learn in any environment.
Dear One, what I think happens at a workshop is that it takes me a long time before we actually start Godwriting(tm). By this time, I'm sure people are thinking: "For Heaven's sake, will she ever stop talking and let us start Godwriting!"
The good thing is that everybody is impatient to begin!
What could be better than having people who are eager to learn?!!!