Here are some ideas for writing - not intended to be prescriptive in any way: Who has given you this power of writing? It is from Sharada Devi. -Shri Mataji, 1994 Puja in Jaipur Realised Literature A short list of Self-realised writers and divinely inspired works that spring to mind, and some nov

Shri Dnyandeva once sat at the Feet of His Guru, meditating. And, at that moment, the essence of Sat, Chit, & Ananda, the Bliss of the Spirit washed over His Awareness. "What is this Bliss that Dnyandeva feels within His Heart," He asked His brother and Guru. Shri Nivruttinath, aspect of Shri Shiva,

"Poetry is like moonlight and when it falls upon any matter, it enhances the beauty and gives it a charisma. The language is so beautiful that it hides all the ugliness, as the moonlight hides all the detailed ugliness. It creates an atmosphere so meditative. This is what is Sahaja Yoga: it makes yo

- a sentence given by the teacher in yesterday's writing class, our assignment was to complete it. It came as a shock and as I recovered my balance and my equanimity I consoled myself with a cup of chamomile tea, I found myself thinking of my first paid gig all those long years ago. I was sixteen,

  America, North and South, is the Visshudhi chakra of the planet Earth, knowing this, recognizing this, understanding this sheds light, on what might otherwise be darkness. An example, two guys are standing outside an apartment building on Bailey Avenue in the Bronx. They have no money, can’t affor

PRISM: Book One – The Afflicted The Chronicles of the Khabti Stone A Synopsis by Andre Petrolo An Ancient World... For generations, the territory of Khabti, lying in the kingdom of Mystere, was at peace. Through a life of simplicity, community, collectivity and love they co-existed peacefully, u

It is helpful to see oneself in third person, from spirit who is witnessing. For this soul a good way of giving my little self some compassion. After all, she is trying so hard...she has an honest quest and means well....

We are like that story of Mary in the Koran. Every one of us has a Jesus within, but until the pangs manifest, our Jesus is not born. If the pangs never come, then our child rejoins its origin by the same secret path through which it came, leaving us empty, without the birth of our true self... Ru

I'm writting a book. My dids are my words. My life is the story that I tell. And the book that I publish is my soul !

In the past few weeks and months, I have found more and more that I am under a constant state of bombarded by a never ending flow of ideas and inspirations. Small snapshots of larger stories. Little interactions which when placed in the larger framework of a novel would be so much more. In addition

Speaking of the problems facing women writers Virginia Woolf said - of Charlotte Bronte '..... who wrote with more genius in her than Jane Austen; but if one reads them over and marks that jerk in them, that indignation, one sees that she will never get her genius expressed whole and entire.

If you like puzzles this style of poem is fun to make. It is generally written in iambics but could be any metre. you need six main verses of six lines and at the end a three line verse which sums up. The words do not have to rhyme but the end words follow a pattern which forms a spiral. ABCDEF, F

For the past several years I have been surrounded by friends and colleagues with children. And of course they are full of stories of what their kids have come up with. I will add a couple below. I find it amazing how wise (and very funny sometimes) children are in their innocence. I was thinking tha

There are some words we need in English. There are many. Sometimes other languages might have it, but English does not. The Japanese have a word for "the anxiety of having to speak another language." The Germans have a word describing "a face in need of a fist." Here is an experience we have all

Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird – Some Instructions on Writing and Life, said, "Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life." Essentially: Perfectionism kills creativity. She also said good writing is about telling

When I write it is often personal. This is where I gain inspiration and it is like I have to be honest and true to my spirit... To get started with writing it is for me in conversation with either myself or others or God...... The other being a mirror of my own self. It is like in martial arts. Your

Brahmani. Even this is difficult to describe. On the surface, Brahmani is the Shakti of Shri Brahma Himself. She is the Mahasaraswati. Shri Brahma cannot create anything beautiful without Her. But, when Her Power works through Him, the beauty of Creation becomes Immortal Beauty. How must the O

"In your own way, think it: what can we do for Sahaja Yoga? In everything you can see Sahaj. You will get ideas, pass them on, write them down, write your poetry. So many things can be done by all of you and there is no time to be wasted anymore. It has to be a very fast job because this universe is

I have been having fun looking at non Sahaja material and seeing where it’s lacking, where it could be significantly improved by the addition of Sahaja thinking. I've always been intrigued by the possibilities of Visual Language since I worked at Penguin from 1979 to 1986, and saw their, the first D

I had been remembering some words of Cicero: 'Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow' To connect the nimbus or aureole around the head of saintly people with the shadow is rather arresting, isn't it? I browsed a bit, thinking about the famous chorus about the 'Glory of the Lord' from Handel

1. Avoid Alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end a sentence with. 3. Avoid cliches like the plague. They're old hat. 4. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. 5. Be more or less specific. 6. Writers should never generalize. Seven: Be consistent! 8. Don't be redundant; don't use

My sweet auntie from down under kindly reminded me of something I have noted many years back...I cannot even remember.....but worth sharing and a nice 'kick off' to my writings here ..... “I feel the elements are all standing back watching this stage of the drama Shri Mataji has created. Sidsel say

is an endless source of inspiration. I recently received a postcard from Ireland with a few quotes. One reads: "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."

A poem by St. John of the Cross, translated by Willis Barnstone. I Came Into The Unknown I came into the unknown and stayed there unknowing, rising beyond all science. I did not know the door but when I found the way, unknowing where I was, I learned enormous things, but what I felt I cannot say,

"Who has given you this power of writing? It is from Sharada Devi". - Shri Mataji, 1994 Puja in Jaipur

"English is so rhyme-poor that the same few pairs are always trying to get back in. Keeping them out is part of the ingenuity." I came accross this in Clive James's Poetry Notebook and it reminded me to post one of the poems I admire immensly. It was written by Yeats after many people questioned why

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come. William Wordsworth These lines are always, at the same ti

We are Sahaj Writers, Sages of Saheetya. Saheetya cannot be read. It is a detached witness. It is the Great Sage that tells the story. It is the voice of Truth, the one that praises all that is Goodness. It is the melody of our inspirations, and the syllables of our beating heart. In its left

The New Yorker

I would like to write a short story, but I am daunted by the idea that something so short needs to have a beginning, a middle and an end and that the characters need to be believeable but are not given much time to establish their uniqueness. I would like to write a short story that is satisfying,