What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind… The mind is raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. It does not think in the way we were brought up to think-well-mannered, congenial.

Natalie Goldberg
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Writing practice is like Zen practice. It’s a way of getting back to the “natural state of mind” that is empty, raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. Writing practice, like Zen practice, brings us back to the natural state where our minds are raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. That’s the point at which the mind is easiest to work with.

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