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Can order from Amazon though, should I get the book or the workbook?
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Quantum I am so glad you are into this..
I do not think we need the workbook.. I have never used it..
I think the most important thing to get is paper that you like for morning pages.. and a pen that fits comfortable in your hand..
This from 'The Vein of Gold'.. IMO the second part of this self discovery..
Section called..
Why by Hand?
Page 15
Writing by hand is not merely writing. It is “righting.” If we follow our hand, which both leads and follows our thoughts, that hand will point the trail. (Since we are on a pilgrimage, this is important!)
Writing by hand is like walking somewhere, instead of whizzing there in the car. We notice landmarks. We retain a sense of direction. Writing by hand will show us True North and the false directions and switchbacks that have occurred, the shortcuts that saved us nothing and took us nowhere.
Remember the hand holds a map in its palm; its fingers, holding a pen, becomes the tools of a cartographer. We write, and as we do, we see the right lineaments in our life. Each word is a new arrival, a place to stand on, like a musical note.
The morning pages were/are so very important in my recovery from being shut down..
I did not understand this until I stopped doing it..
In the morning a person (that is just coming out of sleep) can see the ‘stuff’ that is cluttering the mind.. sort it.. and then get on with the day..
Jackie