Write your way into Meditation. Write your way out of Meditation.

The twin loves of my life, writing, and meditation. Combined first thing in the morning, as I sit to meditate. Bliss

Also another love of my life, music, is added to this potent mix. Indeed putting on music is the first step. Presently it is Anima’s Temple of the Stars or Temple of the Heart. Previously, many years ago actually, it was Super Longevity by Centrepointe Research. But you can choose your own.

Next up is to set the Insight Timer, another boon for meditators like myself who, as an ex project manager, is always conscious of time. I set up a thirty minute time, with a bell at six minutes to signal the end of my entry writing, and a bell at twenty-four minutes to signal the start of my exit writing.

Finally I am ready to meditate, and to write. I write in my trust Filofax Cuban Slimline Organiser on plain cream notepaper. An old habit going back to the beginning of the century. My writing is often of meditation, of love, and occasionally of imaginary lovers.

These are not long stretches of writing. Sometimes they are poems, now and then they are letters, and even though I have to say rarer, they are notes to myself. Yes I did read Hugh Prather’s book, but I have been less than fastidious in following up with my own version.

The poems are typed up, eventually, although there is quite a backlog. Who knows what these streams of consciousness will look, or feel like later. But unlike Julia Cameron’s morning pages, which I did follow for 3 years without revealing the contents, these meditation lines will surface.