Comments on: How To Still The Mind To Connect With Your Muse http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Barry Walls http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12271 Barry Walls Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:51:20 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12271 Hi Monica...Nice post. I think "the release technique" is exceptional for making the mind quiet. Lester Levinson is definitely on to something in my experience. Hi Monica…Nice post. I think “the release technique” is exceptional for making the mind quiet. Lester Levinson is definitely on to something in my experience.

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12262 Brett Legree Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:42:28 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12262 I like your list Monika. I always try to keep an eye on what I call "the trinity" (not the Holy Trinity, or the one from the Matrix). Health, home, and heart. Health includes physical and mental. Home, your lover(s), family, friends. (Had to put the "s" on lover because it takes all kinds...) Heart, the virtual heart, your hopes and dreams. All three are linked. If one suffers, the the others will try to compensate but ultimately they will suffer. There are many ways to look after the trinity, and you've listed a lot of them. It doesn't really matter what we do, as long as we do. I like your list Monika. I always try to keep an eye on what I call “the trinity” (not the Holy Trinity, or the one from the Matrix).

Health, home, and heart.

Health includes physical and mental.

Home, your lover(s), family, friends. (Had to put the “s” on lover because it takes all kinds…)

Heart, the virtual heart, your hopes and dreams.

All three are linked. If one suffers, the the others will try to compensate but ultimately they will suffer.

There are many ways to look after the trinity, and you’ve listed a lot of them.

It doesn’t really matter what we do, as long as we do.

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12256 Monika Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:04:29 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12256 @ John Soares: Oh John, I loved the snuggle with your sweetheart suggestion. How could I have forgotten to mention this myself. :) Thanks for adding to the list. I've actually done tai chi myself many years ago, it was very relaxing. @ John Soares: Oh John, I loved the snuggle with your sweetheart suggestion. How could I have forgotten to mention this myself. :) Thanks for adding to the list. I’ve actually done tai chi myself many years ago, it was very relaxing.

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12255 Monika Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:03:07 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12255 @ Davina: I think it is a sign of the times. Back in the age of our grandparents they didn't have the computer, just hard repetitive work tending to the fields to grow crops. These days we have too many distractions that have us vibrate at such high levels that many individuals simply spin out of control - just look at all the violence around. You bet that I dance like a mad woman. Give me a good beat, turn up the volume and I can dance for hours while nursing my soul and the occasional sip of water. ;) @ Davina: I think it is a sign of the times. Back in the age of our grandparents they didn’t have the computer, just hard repetitive work tending to the fields to grow crops. These days we have too many distractions that have us vibrate at such high levels that many individuals simply spin out of control – just look at all the violence around.

You bet that I dance like a mad woman. Give me a good beat, turn up the volume and I can dance for hours while nursing my soul and the occasional sip of water. ;)

]]> By: John Soares http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12253 John Soares Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:38 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12253 I love this list. I do many of the things you mention. A couple others that are: --Do some tai chi. --Snuggle with my sweetheart. I love this list.

I do many of the things you mention. A couple others that are:

–Do some tai chi.
–Snuggle with my sweetheart.

]]> By: Davina http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/06/25/how-to-still-the-mind-to-connect-with-your-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-12252 Davina Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:08:39 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1153#comment-12252 Hi Monika. Great list -- especially your suggestion to dance like a mad woman. Are you speaking from experience? :-) I understand this all too well. Many nights recently I've gone to bed around 1 am after working since before 8 am that same day. I lay there wide awake. My body is tired, but my mind is racing ahead as if the gas pedal is stuck. Burnout is a result of not listening to the signs early enough; too much "doing" and not enough "being". A very easy pattern to fall into these days. Hi Monika. Great list — especially your suggestion to dance like a mad woman. Are you speaking from experience? :-)

I understand this all too well. Many nights recently I’ve gone to bed around 1 am after working since before 8 am that same day. I lay there wide awake. My body is tired, but my mind is racing ahead as if the gas pedal is stuck. Burnout is a result of not listening to the signs early enough; too much “doing” and not enough “being”. A very easy pattern to fall into these days.

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