Writing as a spiritual practice

With surrender, writing becomes a means of research, a source of new understanding for both the reader and the writer.

When writing is done in a spiritual context, the reader and the writer are on equal grounds, both approaching Divinity with a subject, attempting to discern its truth, discover its essence. Writing becomes a prayer, as well as an expression of our true nature. As the audience and the writer align with the same field, their mutual invocation is what lets the writing happen. Writing becomes a gift; it becomes service for the sake of service.

By not trying to control or dominate, it is fine, if there is an inspiration and an urge to write, just as much as it is fine when there is no call to do or write anything. It is helpful to remind one’s self, “There is nothing for me to do” as the source of teachings and insights is Divinity as Truth itself. There needs to be no pressure on “me” to achieve or produce anything, and one can forgive oneself for doing something that ''seemed like a good idea at the time.''

Writing as a spiritual practice is a sovereign act, not subject to judgment, not even from the mind. With spiritual intention, pressing expectations of writing “well,” “fast,” and “enough” are raised, writing becomes an innocent activity. Self-fulfilled, it seeks no gain, it is not accountable to any punishing force, and is not subject to criticism, as it is its own worth.

Joyful Waitingness

A state of calm curiosity and wonder at how things will resolve and come about. A quiet reassurance that everything will be in order, just not yet knowing how.

About

The way this website is managed can be described by the attitudes mentioned above. I let God handle it, therefore, there might not be any regularity regarding the timeliness or the quantity of new posts and artworks. The quality, I guarantee by doing my best.

Here, I explore beauty, order and freedom through a visual medium, the same way it can be found in music, architecture, or writing. This is a sort of training for me, more of a process than an end, by which I intend to open myself up to a higher degree of clarity and mental health, a higher-quality way of being in the world.

I study architecture in Budapest, which I find an excellent course to learn processes to organize ideas, design structures and express concepts. It takes a considerable amount of time, so this website isn’t a full-time project, at this point. Still, I hope you’ll enjoy it, find comfort or inspiration in it, and it will be a worthy subject of your attention.

 

David Barnabas Wagner, 2024

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