So I am off to write more whilst Savannah naps! Maybe I will be clearer on actual paper, I apologize for the muddliness of this.

How many of you though – like me – have started it and flaked out?

Well, here is a chance for you to start again. I’ve just started a blog for anyone wanting to read the book, do the exercises and finally get through the 12-week program and unblock your creativity. I would LOVE for you all to join in if you’d like. We have people from Etsy, different creative blogs, MySpace, friends, and recommended creatives who might be able to contribute valuably.

So, if you are interested or inclined, check it out!

The Artist’s Way Blog

Hope to see you there!

I will be doing this and posting about it! Come join us!

While I was brushing my teeth tonight (getting ready for sleep), I was reflecting on what I had just read, something about prayer and meditation. One thing that I found interesting and in turn fueled my future train of thought (which I’ll get to in a sec), was that the book mentioned a study done on cardiac patients which found that those patients who had been prayed for “had a higher survival rate, required fewer antibiotics, and had fewer complications than the group not prayed for.” Interesting, no?

Which led me to a little idea, a request. I’m not requesting a prayer for myself, although it’s always welcome, but there are those who need waves of positive energy more than I do. They are everywhere. They are the sad, the lonely, the heartbroken, the angry, the hungry, etc. I thought, wouldn’t it be nifty if we could all pray/wish collectively for peace and love to surround and infuse every being? Not just a passing thought of a prayer, but something where you sit still, in silence, and really focus on your heart expanding, radiating love and compassion. (You can pray however feels right, whether you are saying a certain mantra, or reciting the rosary, or whatever, as long as it’s positive and full of love and right intentions, not discriminating where your prayers and wishes go [like not just to one group of people].)

My idea is simply this: get as many people as you can to dedicate at least two minutes to pray/wish/meditate this St. Valentine’s Day, February 14. (Or, at least five minutes, if you can spare it and stay focused–it doesn’t sound long, but it can feel like it if you’re not used to sitting still!) Why Feb. 14? Well, it’s coming soon, but not too soon, so you have plenty of time to request others to participate. Also, what better day is there that is already focused on love? : )

If you would like to join me in this, *please* post about it on your websites, blogs, etc., but please don’t link me, as I’d like to do this anonymously.

To recap:

What: day of collective prayer (or wishing, meditating)

When: 14th of February 2008 (maybe on the hour or half-hour/sunrise or sunset?)

Why: why not?

How: sit still, in silence, and really focus on your heart expanding, radiating love and compassion. (You can pray however feels right, whether you are saying a certain mantra, or reciting a rosary, or whatever, as long as it’s positive and full of love and right intentions, not discriminating where your prayers and wishes go [like not just to one group of people].)

Who: You and every positive person you can corral into doing this! (And I’ll be doing this, too!)

I probably haven’t written this up as well as I could have, but I do hope you’ll join me in this, and that you don’t think me strange or something! I know some people (esp. people with perhaps too much negative energy going on) will probably wonder “why do this on one day only?” or, “what’s the use?” The first question: well, this would be awesome if this could be done every day, but for some reason, my brain was saying, “Feb. 14 would be fab!” Plus, I’m hoping that there will be enough positive energy on that one day to equal and surpass what energy we could muster every single day for days on end. Does that make sense? I don’t know. In regards to the second question, that would be sad indeed if someone thought that. Hmm. I’m too pooped to even begin to tackle that one. I’m not going so far as to imagine that the world’s woes will cease to exist, or anything miraculous happening (that’d rock!), etc., but it’s the motivation, the intent, behind the hopefully collective prayers that is most vital. It’s not an experiment; it’s just a dream I have, and no, I won’t really know if others are doing this, but I’d like to think so…. Anyhoo, it goes without saying that naysayers, fatalists and pessimists will be prayed for, too. : )

Hope this finds you well, and thanks for reading this!

P.S. I’ll try to post reminders about this if any interest is shown