To get creative and progressive, start with emptying the subconscious. Only then new fresh ideas will surface. And the best way to do this by writing — maintaining a daily journal.
Why to write?
To declutter the subconscious, the sukt-mantra is: If the subconscious is not emptied, there will be no growth.
How to know that the subconscious is full and not empty?
When no new thoughts are arising, no new creative ideas are surfacing, when individuality that you have been bestowed with is not flourishing, when life is moving along a horizontal plane, when flashes of depression are recurring and you are not touching vertical heights in the chosen field of work, know that the subconscious is cluttered.
To ensure that students see and understand with clarity what is written on the blackboard, the teacher has to wipe it clean at the start of a new class. Writing anything on a blackboard already full of chalk marks is a futile exercise. For new ideas to emerge for growth, letting go of the subconscious mess is essential.
All great men maintained journals. They penned down their thought process and feelings to have clarity for their path of evolution.
Any other easy way to empty the subconscious?
There is no better way to declutter the subconscious than writing a daily journal for working on own self. Be your own therapist.
What are the other benefits of journal writing?
Journal writing enables to know the self. It helps in establishing continuity of thoughts. It makes one centred and it helps in developing the capacity of chintan mannan — contemplating and pondering. It is purification of human mechanism to make one spontaneous.
Many people recommend it, in fact, journal writing used to be part of summer holidays homework too, but being forced to write sometimes puts you off writing all together.
Write whatever arises in the heart – mann and is felt truthfully sincerely without applying too much of the mind.
Some say that we should only write about good things that happened and not about the negative things. People recommend writing gratitude journal. Please advise
When the mind is used to write only the good things that happened or only that which was or is disturbing, it is essentially the calculative mind’s outpouring.
The whole idea of journal writing is to empty oneself and realise the truth to be fresh and to welcome the new day with renewed strength.
Gratitude will come automatically when you start working on yourself and see its results, feel lighter and confident.
It is not by writing positive things that you will start feeling positive. It is the other way round. While working on the self truly and experiencing the goodness of it naturally you are filled with positivity and gratitude. Then the aura too exudes that. Gratefulness should emerge from within. Journal writing is part of refining your being.
Some people recommend that you write when angry or disturbed. What is the best time to write?
Writing when you are angry or disturbed is a way of releasing the thrust of emotions within. It is for getting little peace and to be comfortable with yourself.
Empty the subconscious anytime when you are tranquil and peaceful. Write down or draw whatever feelings and thoughts that surface. Write till you feel you have poured out everything arising within.
Diary writing should be like a prayer. Pray and be peaceful. Sit comfortably and write.
Divide the day’s page into two parts: things to do and things that flash in dhyan. Writing only what you did or want to do through the day is not enough, also write about your dhyan pattern, for balancing both the important aspects of human life — worldly and spiritual.
By working on yourself sincerely truthfully and with perseverance you will spontaneously get the messages directives and assistance for further evolution according to the requirement of time.
Noida, November 10, 2019
