Journaling—A Powerful Tool

Meditation can be done in many forms, however, journaling offers unique benefits. Meditation teaches us to empty our mind of concerns and bring positive ideas from our unconscious mind into the conscious mind. Journaling helps us anchor that experience in the conscious mind.

Many people feel uncomfortable meditating in seated silence, journaling meditation is a powerful alternative as an active meditation. It allows us to trace our journey and see where we have grown and what issues we may be repeating. By employing a different part of the brain than or inspired thought, writing or typing a journal can create a greater sense of connection and union with our physical selves and the world around us.

In working through challenges, journaling can be helpful to first empty all worries from our heads onto the safe pages of paper. Fears can be brought to light rather than allowing them to lurk in the corners of our subconscious. We might feel heaviness dissipate once our heads are free from clutter, leaving space for inspiration and the creation of positive images to come in. Often in the process of writing all the details of an event that troubles us, something that had been forgotten will come to the surface, providing a missing piece of the puzzle. Then we can truly begin to allow the answers to come through and write them beside the worries to map the way from concern to creative thought.

Journaling is ideal for capturing guidance and flashes of inspiration. This is especially true with dreams, which often fade as we awaken. While working towards goals, keeping track of progress as well as guidance from readings or divination tools can be encouraging. Though it can be difficult to keep all of our guidance in the front of our minds, if we write it down it can serve as a reminder whenever we need it. We can also use our journal to converse with our higher self or the universe. Journaling offers another way to unburden mind and spirit, while also creating a record of the present and preserving our dreams for the future.