Do you want to discover a simple, quick, safe, and powerful way to connect with your Soul?
One of the best techniques out there is automatic writing. Automatic writing can be practiced by anyone, from those who have just begun their spiritual journey, to seasoned travelers.
I want to share with you a concise and detailed way to practice automatic writing based on my own soulwork experience.
What is Automatic Writing?
Automatic writing is the practice of writing words in a trance-like state that originate from a place outside of conscious awareness. Psychologists and spiritualists have varying beliefs about the origin of automatic writing, with some arguing that it is sourced from the unconscious mind, and others claiming that it originates from supernatural forces such as spirit guides and angels.
My personal belief is that automatic writing is sourced from the unconscious mind which is a doorway into the Soul or Higher Self. This makes automatic writing a wonderful way to gain guidance!
The Benefits of Automatic Writing
When you put in the effort to learn, there are many benefits to automatic writing. Here are a few examples:
- You gain direct guidance from your Soul/Higher Self
- You’ll have more clarity in your daily life as a result
- Improved ability to make wise decisions
- Your intuitive abilities are sharpened, honed, and developed
- You can connect with your Spirit Guides and their perspectives
- You feel supported and deeply understood
- Improved ability to trust your instincts and intuition
And there are many other benefits, such as the fact that automatic writing is quite a calming practice that literally and metaphorically opens your mind!
How to Channel Your Soul Through Automatic Writing
Essentially, automatic writing, when broken down is simple. It involves:
- Getting a pen and paper/opening a notepad or word document
- Thinking of a question to ask
- Writing down the question
- Relaxing your body and mind
- Allow the writing to flow spontaneously
However, automatic writing in practice is something that you’ll have to patiently develop (unless you have a natural gift for it).
You also might find, like many people, that the first time you try automatic writing it goes really well. But after that, you struggle a lot. The reason this happens is that when we try something new, our minds are often empty of belief and expectation. However, afterward, we begin to accumulate mental baggage which blocks the process of spontaneous revelation.
Don’t worry if this happens. All you’ll need to learn is how to empty the mind, and I’ll share some tips below about how to do this below:
1. Think of a question that you want guidance about
The whole purpose of automatic writing is to access guidance from your Soul, especially if you struggle to hear it in daily life.
Start each session with a clear question, and write it down in your notebook or word document. Choose a question that has really been pulling at your heart or eating you up inside. The more emotionally-charged the question is, the clearer your response will be.
It’s also important that you address your question to someone or something in particular such as your Soul, a Spirit Guide or your unconscious mind.
For example, your question could be “Dear Soul, why do I keep sabotaging my happiness?”
Try to keep your questions simple. If you have many questions, break them up into different sessions of writing — this will make the process easier for you.
2. Relax your mind
Learning how to relax your mind is the most important part of automatic writing. When your mind is still and empty of thoughts, writing spontaneously becomes much easier.
Examples of possible ways you can relax your mind include:
- Meditation
- Deep breathing
- Mindfulness
- Visualisation
- Yoga
Do whatever suits you and relaxes you the most.
3. Enter a gentle trance
As humans, we have the capacity to enter trance-like states very easily. The most popular trance state we enter into is while watching TV!
A trance-like state is a form of altered consciousness in which your normal thinking brain relaxes. For automatic writing, entering a trance is very useful because it facilitates the spontaneous flow of information.
Common ways to enter into a gentle trance include listening to music, yogic/holotropic breathing, mantras, repetitive tasks, guided meditations, self-hypnosis, and many others.
Choose whatever works best for you, and don’t be shy with experimenting. I personally like listening to calming music and blending that with mindfulness or meditation.
4. Allow the flow of information
Once you feel ready you can begin to write. Don’t worry if at first the words are gobbledygook or if you can’t follow the stream of information. In fact, if you’re completely unaware of what you’re writing, that’s actually a very good thing! It means that you’re tapping into something that is far greater than your thinking mind.
It’s also very common during this stage to find yourself judging what you write and analyzing it. This is quite normal. If you find your mind getting involved, gently bring yourself back towards whatever practice you used before to enter a trance-like state. For example, if you were rhythmically breathing, go back to that. You’ll likely have to repeat this step a number of times.
I prefer to look away when I’m writing so that I’m not easily drawn into judging what I’m writing. But other people prefer looking. Experiment and see what suits you.
If you’re not used to writing, you’ll probably carry a bit of inhibition at first, which is natural. With practice, you’ll get into “the flow” of it, meaning that you’ll find automatic writing increasingly easier and easier to do without thought.
Before starting an automatic writing session, it’s important that you give yourself as much time as needed to express what needs to be expressed. One surefire way to hinder the flow of information is time pressure and the expectation that it should take a certain amount of time. In my experience, automatic writing can take a couple of minutes anywhere up to half an hour or more.
Basically, create a space in which you can relax as much as possible mentally. Remember, you can always interpret what is written afterward.
5. Interpret the information
At a certain point, you’ll intuitively sense that your automatic writing session is coming to an end. Other times, you might abruptly stop writing and no more information comes.
Once you’ve stopped, it’s time to review what you’ve written. Try looking firstly for coherent sentences or key words that may pop out. Sometimes you’ll also find patterns, and in some situations, even words from different languages.
Also, if you’re confused about what has been written, you can always use that as a question to ask in your next automatic writing session. However, when I’m confused, I like to wait and ruminate on what has been written for a while. If I haven’t figured out what the message is after a week (which is rare), I use that as another question.
How to Know Whether You’re Really Channeling Your Soul
The best way to know for sure that you’re receiving guidance from your Soul is how you feel while writing. Do you feel a sense of inner spaciousness, lightness, and other good “vibes”? Or do you feel heavy, emotionally-charged, and frantic?
In my experience, I know for sure that I’m connecting with Soul/Spirit when I enter a state of no-mind in which I am completely present, calm and at peace.
However, when writing becomes frantic and heavy, it is usually coming from the mental or emotional energy “body.”
Another way to tell whether you’re really channeling your Soul is by reviewing what is written. Are the words authoritative, clear, and wise? Or are the words closer to what your mind sounds like (disjointed, critical or vague)? Words from your Soul will always sound and feel crystal clear.
The Soulwork Coloring eBook:
Stimulate mind-body awakening with our printable art therapy Coloring Book. Connect with your Soul through the power of sacred geometry!
***
I hope this advice helps you out and inspires you to begin practicing.
What are your experiences with automatic writing? If you have any tips, please share below!
Hi,
I have some problems. I hope you can help me fix it.
I’ve tried the automatic writing two times. First, I tried to talk to my angels, but another thing, in my opinion, showed up. This entity couldn’t write so well and took time for it to write the letters correctly. Afterwards, it gave me its name. I asked how old are you? It repeated the number “8” three times that I thought it was 8 years old.
Because it wouldn’t say anything else but repeating 8 after 3 times, I said goodbye, it replied back as the same.
A few days later, I again wanted to talk to my angels, but again this entity came to talk. By saying its name, I found out that was it again. Without any introduction, it said “I am dead. And I’m always praying for you [something like that].”
I asked what do you mean by saying so? It answered, “We were classmates in primary school.” which I realized couldn’t be true as I had no boy classmate in primary school (the name it had given me was a boy name).
Then, it gave me the last name of my intimate classmate in primary school as I had asked for its last name. Again without introduction, it said, “I am in your head.”
That was really weird for me and I couldn’t get anything from its words.
I asked it about the number 8 and the reason it had written them, but it denied doing so. I was getting the feeling that it was messing with me, wasn’t frank with me, and giving me wrong intel about itself. I asked what its purpose was to talk to me, and the answer was, “I am talking rubbish.” I asked if it was wasting my time, it said yea, it was. That was really off the wall since at first it said it prays for me, but now it said it wants to disturb me.
Again I asked why it had come upon me while I wanted to talk to my angels, but it had no idea. I asked, “How can I talk to the person/thing I want to instead of talking to you?” Again it was idealess. Or perhaps it just didn’t want to give me the answer.
The whole time, I was not feeling bad or scared, or my heart was not racing due to fear. I was just sweating and I don’t know why. The only reason I stopped talking with it, was that I felt the session was futile and that thing was not helping me.
Now, what I’m seeking help for, is that why this happened? I wanted to talk to my angels, but what was this thing? It was not helping me, but even mocking me and literally wasting my time. Was it an entity with low frequencies? What am I going to do? How can I get connected with the target I want?
I never tried it , to my knowledge , I am willing to give it a try.Jeanine
Hi, I just want to know please, simple question: when I do the automatic writing, everything is as said except, mine does not come as words or even letters, just scribble, is there at trick to hold your pen or pencil? I try to keep is softly held between my fingers not to force the writing. Is that wrong? What should I do?. Please help!
Perhaps try gripping the pencil a little more tightly, just slightly. I tend to scribble a bit at first as well, so it takes a bit of “acclimatising.” You could also experiment with the keyboard (touch typing).
I used the process described in the book “Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within” for a couple of months. The quality of information seemed good, but I was afraid to trust it, maybe afraid to get out of my comfy hole. Perhaps that would be a good article, or a question to ask in the process – how to stop sabotaging our spiritual growth because of fear.
One difference in the book’s process was setting your intention before you start. There is a description at http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/display/librarydisplay.cgi?lid=1760
I somehow did this on my own, even before I knew what automatic writing was, I would just sit in front of a computer doing a homework about a topic, I would just send my mind into the topic homework and relax and I would go on typing ’til kingdom come, going into the trance like state as mentioned in the article; heck, even the words I use sometimes are instinctual, like a word just pops up in my head without consciously thinking and it turns out to be correct.
What I’m saying is that, damn I feel weird considering that I was automatically writing a homework as I collided with this article
So question, I read in a book that automatic writting was potentially dangerous because you let yourself become passive to other spirits. What is your take on such warning? I hope that asking this isn’t rude btw, I appreciate the information y’all share.
I have never experienced anything dangerous through automatic writing personally, and I’ve not heard of “spirit possession” or anything of the sort while doing this. (I also don’t believe that spirit possession is possible for a number of reasons.) The most “dangerous” thing that can happen in my opinion is not really that dangerous: channelling your Shadow self. So if you have a lot of repression, your automatic writing may reveal thoughts or emotions that you’ve never consciously registered before like anger or hatred. If anything, this would be a cathartic practice to release pent up emotions. During automatic writing, you’re always in control, just as you are while you’re watching TV. The subtle altered state of consciousness can very easily be halted or brought to a stop if you no longer wish it to continue.
Thank you for your answer!
Thank you, I am doing this very soon.
Another ice-breaking suggestion to help people move into a more spiritual approach to earth duty. Thank you. I already do this from time to time, but there is no writing. I identify whom I wish to address and ask questions… or just have conversation. The answers or replies just flow into consciousness… as long as I can hold clear and uncluttered attention. Then the question becomes, well, did I just make that up or did I really get an answer. If it felt genuine while I was doing it, that’s enough validation for me.
I’m glad you liked this suggestion, Ned. I’ve done “soul conversations” before as well, although it does require immense stillness and focus. I’ve noticed that our deepest inner knowing often communicates with us through physical sensations and non-physical sensations (goosebumps, gut feelings, instincts) as well. So that is another possible avenue of soul connection. Thanks for connecting once again. ;)