The Inner Critic Part Two

There are ways to silence the inner critic. I have found that overriding its power, while not easy, is fun. The best way to silence the inner critic is to now think at all about what you are writing but just keep the words flowing down the page as the words want to nd not how you want them to. It rake almost not though to practice no thought and just see what coms out as you slid4e down the pag like a skier down a steep hill. Or water flowing in a river. Just let your fingers keep moving and then you won’t have time to think even when someone entered the room and despite noises that now encorqh on the silence. ait is a time for quiet contemplation of the messages without thinking about the messages. it is a time for total freedom and any mistakes madein spelling, etc. can waily be cleaned up. This is called by carious names, It is ree writing, or morning pges (though i don’t like to keep them jaile into a specific time fram. I myself, the me that is I, likes to call, and by that I mean the me tht is the i am which is an important part of me that nered to be heard, like to call itstream of consciousness. and it trquires no thought at all. In fact is epends on no thought at all to be successful because the moment you let any other thoughts come to the surface, spread through your finger, then the flo stop and you might lose such an interesting phrase as the skiing on abpv. it frees you to just let the words floe and the critic cannot bridge that gap, cannot because there is no gap. it is your essence writing down tits thoughts without mpediemtn. I i freeing. It is fun. Done. (Now, I have consciously stopped the flow and will clean up the misspellings—yes, you can do that and the critic still can’t raise its voice because the lack of gap in the process prevents it from being heard. In fact it silences it to the point where you can come up with whole phrases without thinking, in the gap between the thinking, in the space that is just thought.)

Here is the cleaned up version: There are ways to silence the inner critic. I have found that overriding its power, while not easy, is fun. The best way to silence the inner critic is to not think at all about what you are writing but just keep the words flowing down the page as the words want to and not how you want them to. It takes almost no thought to practice no thought and just see what comes out as you slide down the page like a skier down a steep hill. Or water flowing in a river. Just let your fingers keep moving and then you won’t have time to think even when someone enters the room and despite noises that now encroach on the silence. It is a time for quiet contemplation of the messages without thinking about the messages. It is a time for total freedom and any mistakes made in spelling, etc. can wait to be cleaned up. This is called by various names. It is free writing, or morning pages (though i don’t like to keep them jailed into a specific time frame. I myself, the me that is I, likes to call, and by that I mean the me that is the I am which is an important part of me that needs to be heard, like to call it stream of consciousness. and it requires no thought at all. In fact it depends on no thought at all to be successful because the moment you let any other thoughts come to the surface, spread through your fingers, then the flow stops and you might lose such an interesting phrase as the skiing one above. It frees you to just let the words flow and the critic cannot bridge that gap, cannot because there is no gap. It is your essence writing down its thoughts without impediment. It is freeing. It is fun. Done. (Now, I have consciously stopped the flow and will clean up the misspellings—yes, you can do that and the critic still can’t raise its voice because the lack of gap in the process prevents it from being heard. In fact it silences it to the point where you can come up with whole phrases without thinking, in the gap between the thinking, in the space that is just thought.) And you can do this any time of day using any method of recording the practice you like. But, you should keep these writings because you may find useful nuggets in them for further writing. Have fun!

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