Write to liberate!

There is something called FREE ASSOCIATION writing. I heard about this for the first time when I saw a movie THE SIXTH SENSE. Free association writing is writing down any thought that comes to your mind. Just take a paper and pen. Close your eyes for a few seconds and relax. Then start writing. It’s akin to rambling while talking. There is absolutely no need to make sense of what you are writing. Just write. You could be in any state of mind while writing. You could be happy about some goal you recently achieved. You could be angry over something. You could be sad about some recent loss. You could just be singing a song in your mind or thinking about some movie scene. The mind could be in clutters. Doesn’t matter! Keep writing.

Stop after about 5 minutes of writing. This is no-holds-barred writing so there could be some cuss words too mentioned here. No problem, you are not going to publish this anyway. Now start reading what you have written. If there is positivity, just smile to yourself and try to keep doing what you have been doing to attain this positive state. If there is negativity, just burn the paper. See how much relief you get. Try it and see how it helps you!

We live in a world where there is so much happening. And the pace at which things happen is frenetic to say the least. If you are a hard working, humble, god-fearing person then chances are that most of what you do will end with success. In that case you just don’t need free association writing, because your mind is not cluttered. On the other hand, if there is a need to free up your mind, then you need someone to hear you out. Venting out pent up emotions and having someone to hear that all out, without forming their own opinion is indeed very soothing. But most of the times it gets difficult, as people cannot stand someone – who keeps whining- too long. Free association writing is your savior in that case. Also because you could be writing down feeling so secretive, which you can’t even tell your closest.

I know there are many who keep a diary, or blog about their personal lives. But, even there you describe events, more than your innermost feelings. Also diary writing is done at the end of the day. Free association writing is always the present. What’s in your mind at this very moment is what you want to capture on paper. Of course you will never do this on your blog, which is open to public.

Often you read in self-help books about people suggesting us, to remove unwanted trivial thoughts. Seriously speaking, how important are some of the things that we think of? How life changing could they be? Most of the times, it doesn’t cause us any harm if we stop thinking about such things. But unless you are good at meditating to ward off any unwanted thoughts that try to sneak into your heads, you are bound to have a cluttered mind. Vent them out and free your mind. We are here to enjoy life, and the first step towards that is have a head that doesn’t mind too much.