Let me ask you a simple question, and be honest with your answer: Who has ever told you that writing is supposed to be a difficult and forced job that you’ll never get paid for, no matter how hard or how long you write? In those exact words, who has ever told you this? … While you may not have heard it spoken like that, this is what millions of writers are told, nay, taught throughout their writing lives.

Why? Because it all “comes with the job,” as they (whoever “they” are) say. What do you mean writing is supposed to be a fun, entertaining career? Blasphemy, I say!  Writing is a difficult, stressful job, and only the strong can survive.

Bullshit. I’m a junior in high school, and every day before school (that means getting up at 6:30 A.M. every morning, weekends included) I get up, stretch, and write until the bus pulls up at my stop at 7:15 A.M. The page calls to me to write, and I do its bidding. I don’t waste twenty minutes desperately seeking a story or article idea, because it’s all stewing in my head and all I have to do is push that egotistical inner editor aside and allow the words to come out of my pen. I am unable to judge what I’m writing, otherwise I’ll never get anything written.

  However, I never used to write like this. I was like all the other stereotypical writers of today: Wallowing in negativity and despair, hating myself and my writing, hating the world and hating ever following that long-lost voice of yester-year that called me to become a writer. Ideas were few and far between, and I read so many how-to articles about writing and finding inspiration that after a while, my inner editor, who was so powerful at that time, influenced my thoughts to the point that how-to articles were full of lies and would never help me again.

After experiencing my worst writer’s burnout ever a few weeks ago (I’d gotten to the point of getting ready to torch every scrap of writing I’d ever written in my entire life and pursue a career in a “real” job) a small voice said to me,

“Writing doesn’t have to be so stressful, Alexia.”

Of course, my inner editor drowned out this statement with its own negative rebuttals, such as, “Yeah, right,” or “If writing isn’t supposed to be so stressful, then why is it happening to you? Go do something else with your life while you still can, and forget about writing.” Too weak to fight back, I succumbed to my inner editor’s words and forgot about the statement, but it gnawed at me deep in the back of my skull.

One night, fed up with all the self-abuse, I opened up a Word document and said to myself, “Okay, I’m going to choose three words at random to write about; each word gets a time limit of 5 minutes. If I can finish all three writing sessions, I will continue writing, if not, the hell with it.” Setting the timer, I wrote. The words were forced and dry and the inner editor pelted me with insult after negative insult, but I’d finished each prompt.

I had written something that day. I was still a writer. The inner editor was frothing at the mouth at being ignored, but the call to write was still flickering somewhere inside me, and I had just had to be willing to heal myself in order for that flame to grow.

This leads me to the subject of this article series: How to heal as a writer. The treatment of healing a writer is quite simple, and results in interesting, unexpected results. By using the techniques that I’ll be writing about in this series, you, too, can learn how to write every day, how to achieve your writing goals (short and long term), how to stay positive and optimistic despite what other people say, and much more.

Stay tuned for the next part of the series entitled, “How to heal as a writer part 1: Five simple techniques to start the healing process“

Benefits of Carnelians include:

• Relief from headaches.
• Increases analytic abilities and concentration
• Improves a weak memory
• Decreases anger, envy and emotional negativity
• Decreases nosebleeds
• Promotes fertility in women and potency in men
• Decreases frigidity in women and sexual dysfunction in men
• Aids in the absorbtion of vitamins and minerals
• Helps with blood disorders and purifies the blood
• Improves conditions related to the heart and circulation
• Alleviates lower back disorders
• Alleviates the symptoms of rheumatism and arthritis
• Accelerates healing of bones and ligaments
• Increases courage

The name Carnelian is derived from the latin word carnis which means flesh.  Deep red Carnelians have often been heat treated and when held up to the light will show internal stripes while a natural Carnelian will be more cloudy internally.

Carnelians were beloved by the Egyptians who believed they assisted the soul in it’s journey and that they provided tremendous protective powers in the afterlife.  They were a popular stone for jewelry worn by the ancient Egyptians.

When worn, Carnelians are very effective in calming anger, jealousy and envy.  They also impart an acceptance to the cycles of life and removes the fear of death.  It is useful in preventing abuse by helping you to trust yourself, your judgment and improve your perceptions of life and those around you as well as to overcome negative conditioning.

Carnelians are associated with abundance by helping daydreamers to focus on everyday reality and motivates those who wear it to success in business and personal matters.

Here are some links to my other articles about crystals:

Introduction to Crystals and Their Formation

Healing Crystals:Their Color Classifications and Benefits

Healing Crystals: How to Activate, Cleanse and Maintain Them

Healing Crystals: Rose Quartz and Their Benefits

Healing Crystals: Amethysts and Their Benefits

Healing Crystals: Hematites and Their Benefits

“Sistene Chapel of Crystals” Found in Mexico

The blessings that have been bestowed upon us is unbelievable and the power over our own life we have has gone unused and forgotten that it has ever been anointed to our souls. I use nothing that is un-natural or not of this world. I use the energy that has been bestowed upon the landscape and that of my deities to help banish disease and pain from the lives of my brethren. You do not have to be of a particular religion to allow healing to be preformed on you or a loved one. The energy is drawn by me “The Healer” and channeled through me into the person no physical contact is needed. This is done by a specific set of movements and deep meditation to guide the energy into the affected part of the person which i’m healing.

This set of actions is called a “ritual” to most people that word means evil or satanic let me assure you that there is nothing evil or satanic about what I do it is a very natural craft because the bond which you need to draw upon the energy of the earth and the deities is very difficult to build. Only through deep meditation and belief can these wonders live and enrich your life.

In conclusion please keep an open mind. There are more things in Heaven and Earth than man shall ever know.

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Mind over matter, sounds easier said than done.

Over time and through studies, mind over matter continues to prove to be one of the most amazing gifts we can bestow upon ourselves.

In Adelaide Bry’s Visualization audio tape, she discusses the incredible power of the mind and how it helped one child cure his own asthma problems. And, the world renowned Deepak Chopra’s Perfect Health illuminates scenarios in which people have actually conquered such serious diseases like cancer with mind body treatments that had absolutely no hospital like treatments involved.

While I am skeptical about many things that I have not seen with my own eyes, I wholeheartedly believe in the power of the mind. Like The Secret, like energy attracts like energy and if you believe disease and sickness exist, you will most likely find that a part of your life. Whereas, on the other hand, if you believe in health and positive thoughts, your life will thus reflect this as well.

I have done much of my own research on this subject and have come across a study detailing a person who had a multiple personality disorder. A doctor’s physical examination results revealed that in one personality, the person had diabetes. But, in another personality (of the same person) the examination results proved to be one of a person who was completely 100% healthy. The examination showed no physical evidence of that person having diabetes.

It is my belief that just as we create our own problems, we too create our own illnesses. We have more untouched, infinite power within our minds than many of us will ever know. Statistics continue to state that most people only use about 5% of their brain capabilities. It is incredible when one takes a moment to really look around and see what has been accomplished on such little use of the brain. When thought of in this manner the possibilities of the human capacity become even more incredible. Truly, we have the ability to do anything we put our minds to. Any thought we conjure up can and often does become reality.

How will you change your thoughts today to better your life? This is an important question that will make a great difference in your life.

Joie Schmidt © Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved.

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