Writing as a Path to Awakening: Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life
Writing as a Path to Awakening: Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life by Albert DeSilver
208 Pages
Publisher: Sounds True Publishing, Sounds True
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Empowerment, Confidence Building, Writing, Meditation
The book is divided into the following chapters.
Preface: (Premise, Promise, and Precepts)
Winter
Chapter 1: January (Rebirth)
Chapter 2: February (Becoming) – Reading on the Path to Awakening
Spring
Chapter 3: March (Emergence) – Practice and Process
Chapter 4: April (Blossoming) – Poetry: The Language of Possibility
Chapter 5: May (Imagination) – The Art of the Image
Summer
Chapter 6: June (Amusement) – Surprise, Humor, Taking the Vow, and Calling Forth the Muse
Chapter 7: July (Audacity) – Absolute Daring … Telling/Writing the Truth
Chapter 8: August (Devotion) – Permission to Flow
Autumn
Chapter 9: September (Revelation) – The Essence of Story: Journey to the Center of Self
Chapter 10: October (Abundance) – The Five Senses and The Embodied Self
Chapter 11: November (Reflection) – Editing and The Art of Revision
Winter
Chapter 12: December (Sanctuary) – Writing, Living, Dying, and Becoming
Full Circle
Each chapter has a summary of the topic followed by a writing assignment and meditation. As you travel through each month, the writing becomes more structured and complex. He encourages the reader to spend time listening and reading more to become a better writer. He states that you do not have to be published to be considered a writer; you just need to write. If you have wanted to begin a writing schedule or aspire to be published, this book will give you motivation.
