AUTOMATIC WRITING: CHANNELING THE SOUL
Article by Melanie Paez
Automatic Writing: Channeling the Soul
Automatic Writing: It has been called by many other names, and my definition of it is channeled messages through the written word. Some have written entirely channeled books where they use "Spirit" or divine guides as their muse. Some use this to channel art and poetry, a sort of experience that what they created was co-authored by the divine. Automatic writing, for me, shows up as a conversation with an angel, a spirit, or a guide and normally feels like an "almost itch" that some mediums report before getting a message.
Rather than hearing something audibly or seeing something visibly, automatic writing comes in through clairsentience, through feeling. From there, I grab a pen and write what comes through. It does not travel through my logical mind first. It does not need to make sense to me or be something that I already know. Often, it isn't. On occasion, it has been in a language I don't even know.
Some people report that automatic writing feels like an interactive journal, where some of it is what you write, and the rest is a response. I think this method is a great place to start if you've never practiced automatic writing before. Hold a pen in your dominant hand and write down a question from your mind. It feels like thinking, generating, and creating.
Then, perhaps switch to your non-dominant hand. Hold the pen more loosely and focus only on letting your logical mind rest. Open your mind to an intuitive calling and allow the pen to move into words. This feels like meditation, opening, and surrendering.
As with any channeling, it's important to be clear about who you are letting in to speak with you and what the intention of the space is. Protections that work for other means of channeling are useful here, and that's the most important first step. From there, one way to practice this is in conjunction with a meditation practice.
For those who have access to other channeling techniques, practice bringing a pen and paper with you to your next session or encounter. Another starting point may be using a pendulum for clear 'yes' or 'no' questions. With pendulum work, I'll often ask whether the spirit would like to write with me, and if it's a 'yes,' I move to pen and paper.
I've noticed in my research that this medium is much more scarcely practiced than others, so there is not much out there in terms of "how to." I invite you to take that as a gift, that this can be your own, you and the angels, if you allow it to be. I've chosen to allow a message to come through for all of you readers. Here it is:
Channeled Collective Message
Take some space from the longings of your heart. There are messages that you'll receive more clearly if you allow your own hunger to subside. Remember that your desires are valuable, but when they are overpowering, they make listening next to impossible. Please look to the sun. Look to the sun when you are wondering. There is no answer unfounded there. Take a break from the knowing of it all, the seeking of it all, and even the finding of it.
Allow curiosity to fill up your mind, and play with the bounciness of it. Stay the course of your longing without the attachment to the details of it. Just because you are not right does not mean that you are wrong. Dualities like that are not big enough for you to fit inside. Stop chasing the other end of the spectrum and run a new race. Give to your spirit beyond your understanding, and play with it. If you do not allow yourself the longer leash of foolishness, you will never truly play. When you cannot play, you cannot hear me. Remember and listen.
