Free Flow Writing
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Free Flow Writing

I practice a form of writing that is called free flow writing. This is a state of writing that you start when you are deeply relaxed like at times when you have just woken up from a deep sleep or after you have had a deep breathing session – whatever relaxes you deeply. At this time the ideas and words are simply flowing in and out of your mind.

 It is like you are writing without thinking... Yes you initially start writing the first words that come to your mind, and continue writing very fast without any considerable effort on your part to plan or structure your writing or without even deciding what you want to write about! 

You will discover that very soon you have ‘zoned out’ and you are writing in a state of total absorbment or flow...
Where you are not aware of your surroundings, you are so absorbed in the task of simply putting down words on paper, and you are doing this without thinking... That time seems to stop for you - your subconscious mind or your  higher power is feeding you the words and sentences automatically... You are doing the 'thinking without thinking'  thing.  

In this state of flow, you will discover that the material and ideas that come to your mind are totally above and beyond what you would have normally written. You will be startled out of your wits... Where did this idea come from ?
 It is something that in your normal ‘wakeful ‘ hours you would not ever have thought of. Or you might wonder where did this come from? 

Some of the greatest minds that we know of today, have created their master pieces in this state of flow.

 The ideas just come and the words just flow like the waves in an ocean -- sometimes even you might be restricted by your physical abilities of writing or typing away on a keyboard to capture all the ideas that are being thrown your way -- They come so fast.

•  Einstein was one such creator  who openly attributed his great theories to having imagined or dreamed about them.

•  In more recent times, the author of the Harry Potter series has ascribed her plots and characters as they just ‘came to her’.

•  Dr. Wayne Dyer is another great writer who writes in a ‘state of flow’.

 Your mind acts like a funnel, or a pipe where the ideas and words are being dictated at one end by a subconscious or higher power and you are transcribing them in a readable format as soon as you receive them.  It ‘s like you didn’t do any thinking or planning or structuring yourself... Yet what comes out is totally perfect. You may not even need to edit it in any way except when the errors were introduced by your own limitations of capturing the words as they arrive.

 Why not try it out yourself? You will know when you are in this magical state ... when you notice that the words flowing around in your mind are simply out of this world.

 The state of free flow writing can also serve as a very good form of self therapy...

 Where you simply start writing  the first words that come to your mind. These would be about your grievances and sufferings and continue to zone out progressively until you log onto that free stream of consciousness.

 Anyone can tap into this powerhouse or ‘free stream’. It’s flowing universally all around us. Initially you may have to train yourself to log on and flow along with it. With regular practice it  becomes like second nature to you.

 Here is a recap of Free Flow Writing:

• Comes effortlessly.

• You are “thinking without thinking”

• You are deeply relaxed and zoned out and simply writing whatever is popping into your mind.

• It is a good self therapy or ‘release technique’ to de-stress you or declutter your mind.

• The ideas you are writing about are beyond your normal imagination or thinking capacity.

 Here are a few rules to follow:

Start writing when you are deeply relaxed say when you have just woken up... Don’t waste  time reading emails or doing anything else.  Just open up and start writing.

 For me I get up around 3 am just to log onto my ‘free flow stream’ -- because I have been doing this for a while, the ideas flowing around my mind at that time simply urge me into action to -- jump out of my warm comfortable bed and into my computer chair... because I type directly on  my keypad.

Dedicate a specific place and time for writing and then let the words flow.

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