Creative Visualisation

Do you daydream?

I often joke that I am a 'professional daydreamer.' I do it all the time. Sharing out the window of my office in an attempt to escape the drudgery of everyday life.

Writers should practise daydreaming. Currently I am exploring something called 'creative visualisation.' My understanding is that this is a structured method for harnessing the amazing power of our imagination to accomplish all manner of practical tasks. Whether it writing a book, quitting smoking or training for the Olympics these techniques are useful (maybe essential?)

I know the power of my unconscious mind. I have suffered from a stress disorder for almost all my life. That is gone now but I feel as if I have just woken from a thirty year coma. There is so much to do. Now I have dealt with the stress disorder I want to use the full power available to me to do some good. I want to put something back in the social pot. Pay back all those people who believed in me for so long, even when I did not believe in myself.

And I want to get my stories out there for as many readers to have as possible.

Daydreaming is vital. Structured daydreaming is awesome. Just imagine where you want to be and hey presto you have started the journey to that location.

I make no apology. Unlock your thoughts and let good things happen.

It is rather fun.

Getting 'stuff' done.

Quiet nights can be rather good for a writer.

It is pretty close to that hallowed time when I collect my hard earned wages from my employer. So at this time of the month the cider drinking has to take a back seat. Either that or I will be living on cans of boiled potatoes until mid July. No going out for me then.

This is good.

I have actually knuckled down and cut a few words. Their is hope for my books after all. I am also re-discovering poetry. I am a bit rusty in that department but I will get there.

I think the discipline of poetry will do me the world of good. I will (hopefully) learn how to use words in a more effective manner. I will also have fun. Maybe one day I may even write something just a little bit 'special.' I have hope.

So the cider jars have been consigned to larder and the pub will have to do without me. Will they stay in business? I will turn over a new leaf. I am back on the wagon and I am going to stay there.

Until pay day.

An incurable 'wellness'

I am suffering from an incurable 'wellness'

That is the conclusion I came to the other day. I have never been healthier in my entire life. That is a fact.

Years of feeling poorly established a personal mindset in which I felt I was to be consigned to being a second class human being. A reject. A leper.

Six months of hard work have changed my health for the good. I have learnt that things that seem impossible just a little while ago are now within reach.

Good.

I believe that no one should put themselves down. Never give up hope. The dark times in 2012 for me seemed be driven by a ghastly inevitability. It was not the case. I have (I hope) conquered my health problems. I did not give in to despair and neither should anyone else.

So hang on in there if you are struggling. Look for the small improvements that will come through effort.

And don't give up.

Meditation - Human based technology

I like knowing how things work.

My younger years were spent studying physics and computer science. I love technology. I am looking forward to the new wave of devices based on concepts like 'Google Glass' and the idea of Tablet PCs made from graphene really gets my 'juices going.'

But the human mind is even more fascinating.

How does it all work?

I am learning the ancient art of meditation. I have been studying it for a little while but I have only been applying the lessons in the last three weeks or so. I am discovering that the most powerful tool available to humanity is the mass of bio-electrical network cables that make up the basis of our brains.

Balancing competing priorities such as the need to be analytical with the need for empathy is a fundamental requirement for a successful life. The 'left' and 'right' hand sides of our brains can complement each other wonderfully. It makes my writing come to life. Meditation is powerful. It needs to be handled with great care. It is changing my life, slowly, day by day. I am healing. It will help me succeed with my work.

But I still love the gadgets. I love the science. I love the mixture of contrasting forces that drives me on. The material and the mental.

It would be a bit boring otherwise wouldn't it?