The Power of Journal Tending

Artwork "Wild Flowers" by Sandy Jones

THE POWER OF THE JOURNAL                      By William Samuel 

When one makes contact with the Muse of Ideas or the Muse of Truth—even the naked muse of sensual gratification and emptiness—it is possible to hear Something INSIDE and write it for the world OUTSIDE. In my first days at journal tending, I would put myself down at the notebook and turn to a new page, or I would put a clean sheet of white paper in the typewriter, take a deep breath with eyes closed and vow to write “something worthy of God.”

IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP A JOURNAL?

Why keep a journal? It can become one of the most important activities in our life. There is a synergistic power in writing. For instance, twenty-five years ago I began talking about awareness, using that very word in my small experience. Now my external world hangs on “awareness” as if it were a flagword to all wisdom in the human sphere of things. That word and its significance arrived in my experience as I wrote in my journal. I began using it in conversation—and eventually wrote a book about it. Now, many years later, the ideas in that book are becoming common knowledge in the world, and it all started as I sat with pencil in hand. 

One will notice that a Glimpse comes and, if we COMPLETE the transaction, that Glimpse enters our world to enlighten it. That is how it works—as it has been proven to me time and time again. Our world is SUBJECTIVE. It is in our hands. If anything is to happen to help our view of the world, it begins right here with us. How? As we complete the INTERFACE. We get the Glimpse. We live it, tell it, give it, share it as quickly as seems sensible, and in the doing, we put ourselves in the position to RECEIVE more Glimpses to give—and our world is steadily “improved”—awakened—seen as it really is—as Life confirms our Glimpses.

I don't think one even begins to realize how much he can do for his world until the subjective nature of things is comprehended at least in part. This knowledge arrives slowly, “line upon line...” but now it rushes in as if a floodgate has been lifted, acknowledging and confirming my willingness to give what I have been given. Throughout the day—and at every turn—there is an event, a “happening,” that proves once again that “my” world is here in my hands, and if the Light of Life is to be seen in it, I am to BE the Light of Life for my world. It isn't false Light we try to be, as a satanic influence in the world trying to emulate the works of God, the action that brought the Angel of Light to be cast down. Rather, we await the Glimpses and tell of THEM. I let the human experience of years count as nothing, and tell only of the Glimpses, the REAL and the GOOD and the TRUE. That is, I'm GIVING my light, my Glimpses and Glimmers, to “my” world and watching the world take that Light and start LISTENING TO GOD! THIS is what journal tending is all about.

“Listening to God” is the MODE that writing in the journal puts one into! Therein lies the value of writing and journal tending. WHAT we write isn't half as important as the MODE which writing puts us into. In those moments we are not caught up in the world, but are quiet and receptive. In those moments we aren't frantically reacting to the scenes, but sitting still, expectantly anticipating Good even as we write a simple statement of tenderness or beauty we have already seen. THAT is the mood of the writing mode.

ABOUT THE JOURNAL MODE

What I call “the journal mode” is nearly, but not quite, the same mental mode we get ourselves into when we are reading metaphysical papers and studying our books, searching for Light. The very mood that has us sitting back and pondering a statement, contemplating the meanings of things, is what does the good work of Light's arrival in our subjective metaphysical work—and that work, as often as not, has little if anything to do with what's written on the page there. It's the MODE, not the information. So, understand it is the journal mode that matters, not what we write—albeit, what we write often comes out of the mood. So, again: we tend the journal, not to inform anyone, not to inform ourselves, but to live in the Light from out of which our Glimpses come.

I can tell you, it is possible to get into this state of mind and stay there perpetually! THIS is to pray without ceasing! If one should wonder where “tranquillity” is—the peace that is beyond understanding—he will find it in the contemplative mode of mentation.

JOURNAL TENDING AND SUBJECTIVISM

When one sees the world objectively and wishes to do something for that world, the best he can ordinarily do is to write a letter to the editor or write a book, and hope an individual here or there will read it and heed. The odds are a million to one against the world hearing and responding. Ah, when subjectivism dawns and one comes to perceive that all tangibility is within himself, the world is changed even as the words are written onto the paper of his journal. There, the mere knowledge that one is writing to his Selfhood propels his thoughts and ideas into the external world where their validity will be confirmed.

More about Journal Tending can be found in the book "The Child Within Us Lives! A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics" 

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If you would like further guidance in understanding any of William Samuel's work based on Self discovery - you are welcome to contact me, Sandy Jones  -- samuelandfriends@gmail.com - Ojai, California -   

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The Awareness of Self-Discovery   by William Samuel 

A Guide To Awareness and Tranquillity   by William Samuel 

The Child Within Us Lives! A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics 

by William Samuel 

  Two Plus Two Equals Reality-- by William Samuel 

Seminar With William Samuel, White, Georgia -- DVD

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