Category: Self Development
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There are Many ways to Create a Gap The Incessant Stream of Thought.
This is What Meditation is All About Featured Image Pexels.com April 5, 2024 Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal April 14, 2024. I agree wholeheartedly. There are many ways to create a gap in the incessant stream of my thoughts. I can also appreciate that meditation can be an excellent way of creating a…
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Writers Exercise
Featured Image – bing.com images An exercise in freewriting. As athletes and sports people will go to a gym and train to build their strength and fitness, we writers should exercise our writing skills as often as possible. Well-known authors say, ‘Write, write, and then write some more.’ For me, freewriting in the early morning…
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First Impressions
Featured Image – upsplash.com Do first impressions count? The image of the person I meet for the first time seems to become lastingly printed on my mind. I’m sure you’ve heard people say, “I never forget a face,” or “Have we met before?” I don’t know why I feel first impressions count, but it’s worth…
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Stillness
April 5, 2024 “What is stillness other than presence, consciousness freed from thought forms.” Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal “When you are no longer totally identified with forms, consciousness—who you are—becomes freed from its imprisonment in form. This freedom is the arising of inner space. It comes as a stillness, a subtle peace…
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What About Dialogue
Part Three Featured Image – upsplash.com Meet the characters – Cockerpoo, Bully Bassett and Jack Russell In case you missed Part One please click here. Especially for Pet Lovers – I am posting this for you. A Story in Dialogue ‘Revenge is Sauce‘ Hi, you took long enough to get here. Whadaya mean? Well, I’ve…
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Silence
“It has been said that nothing in this world is so like God as silence. All you have to do is pay attention to it.” Eckhart Tolle– The Power of Now Journal. March 12, 2024 “To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there…
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What About Dialogue
Part Two Featured Image – upsplash.com In case you missed Part One please click here. An Exercise in Dialogue From the very first time I wrote a short story in dialogue I fell in love with the writing style. And you may ask, ‘What is dialogue?’ I found this site that gives a comprehensive look…
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What About Dialogue
Featured Image – upsplash.com The other night at our writer’s group in our usual free writing spot we chose to write twenty minutes of dialogue. I love dialogue it’s one of my favorite writing styles so, this is what I wrote: “Guess what I have behind my back?” The strange lady demanded. “Do I know…
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Why Write
Featured Image – Upsplash.com I once asked a colleague how his book sales were going. His response to my question was, ‘Nothing of any significance.’ As the books he had published up to that point were autobiographical, I asked, ‘Do you think the genre is a winner in the marketplace?’ He replied sharply, ‘I don’t…
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Always Say Yes to the Present Moment
Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life – and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you. Eckhart Tolle– The Power of Now Journal. February 23, 2024 As one who has long worked on the present-moment focus, I have seen how this discipline has brought me to a place of…
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