Text: 7/7/01 Enjoying the Flow of Creativity Q: Good evening. B: And to you, good day. Q: My question is: I'm starting to write a novel. B: All right. Are you excited? Q: And I. yes. Yes. B: Oh, all right. Q: Nervous/excited. B: Uh-uh! Which? Q: Both. B: Can't be; they are both the same energy. One is positive, one is negative. Versions of the same energy. Anxiety/excitement. You may flip-flop back and forth, but you will never be both at the same time - except in the blended sense. But then it wouldn't feel like nervousness if it were blended. Q: Well, at any rate... B: Yes. Q: . my question is. B: I know; I know. I do go on. Q: Well, my question is... I'm presuming that I will be channeling this book. And my question is: are there any further processes that I need to adjust to, or need to. B: Now, pay attention. Are you paying attention? Q: Yes. B: Any so called processes that you may discover are a part of the writing, not a precursor to it. Understand? Q: Yes. B: You are, in that sense, channeling the moment you sit down and write - no matter what comes out - if you allow it to come through as what is naturally representative of whom you are. The idea is to recognize that whatever it is that does come through is a part of the writing - not that it will necessarily wind up in the book. But it is a part of the writing. Do not segregate "writing the book" from the overall process of the writing itself. You will know what needs to be in the specific book and what doesn't. But the process will be in the writing itself, of course. You do not have to do anything beforehand; just do it, just write. Everything that needs to come out will come out. You will know what belongs in the book, and what belongs simply for you. Understand? Q: Yes. B: Does that answer your question sufficiently? Q: Yes. So there is no need to do five minutes of meditation before each session of writing, or anything of that sort? B: Not if it is not something that represents what your imagination has excited you into knowing you can do. If it is not something that you think is something you need to do; if the writing, in and of itself, is enough of a meditation for you, and if that excites you more than any other methodology, then that is your meditation. Q: Okay. Fine. B: Trust your imagination. All right? Q: Right. Thank you. B: Thank you! Sharing!

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