Takes you beyond assigning inspirational words to the page. It shows you how to use your writing to unlock the joy of life and the infinite perspectives and possibilities that living provides.
Takes you beyond assigning inspirational words to the page. It shows you how to use your writing to unlock the joy of life and the infinite perspectives and possibilities that living provides.
Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award-winning author, poet, essayist, and educator whose poems have been anthologized in over a dozen volumes, and whose prayers are used in prayer books around the world. Rami received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and holds doctoral degrees in both Jewish studies and divinity. A congregational rabbi for 20 years, Rabbi Shapiro currently teaches Religious Studies at Middle Tennessee State University, and directs One River, a not-for-profit educational foundation devoted to building community through contemplative conversation. Rami writes a regular column for Spirituality and Health Magazine called Roadside Assistance on Your Spiritual Journey. His books include The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness, The Divine Feminine, Open Secrets, and many more.
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Rami's Preface ix Aaron's Preface xiii A Note on Collaboration xvii A Note on Structure: The Five Worlds and Writing as a Spiritual Practice xix Introduction 1 1. Writing to Open the Body 9 Projective Verse 12 Soundings 14 Dinggedicht 17 Haiku 18 Zang Tumb Tuuum 19 Where Are You? 21 Sing the Body Electric 22 Who's Your Deity? 23 Our Stories, Ourselves 26 Sauntering 27 Walking Around a Writer's Block 28 2. Writing to Open the Heart 31 Jekyll and Hyde, or Despicable Me 33 I'm Going to Kill You! 37 Automatic Writing 39 Dining with the Devil 44 Dear Hated One 45 Heart Lines 1 54 Heart Lines 2: Rumi-nations 58 3. Writing to Open the Mind 61 Who's In? Who's Out? 68 The Power of Influence 70 Bye-Bye Bias, Part 1 73 Bye-Bye Bias, Part 2 75 Definitions 78 Writing Against Language: The Vorpal Blade 83 I, Superhero 88 Alter Ego 88 Calling Dr. Freud, Calling Dr. Freud 89 Sticks and Stones 90 Who Am I? 95 My Destiny 97 The Name Game 98 Narrowing the Narrow Mind 101 The Three Garments of Self 103 4. Writing to Open the Soul 105 Lung 107 Amazing Gazing 109 Shoeless Moe, Part 1: Identifying Your Sandals 111 Shoeless Moe, Part 2: Lech Lecha 112 Against the Pathetic Fallacy 114 Blackout Poems 115 The Exquisite Corpse 116 The Giving Tree Revisited 118 Glimpsing the Bush 120 A Day in the Wilderness 121 5. Writing to Open the Spirit 123 Resting in Soul 124 Playing the Paradox, Part 1: Colorless Green Ideas 131 Playing the Paradox, Part 2: Cut-up 134 My Story, My Sage 136 6. Turning the Spiral from Body to Spirit: Returning-by Way of Conclusion 141 Homophonic "Translation" 143 Turn and Return 145 Acknowledgments 149 Notes 151 Suggestions for Further Reading 153
Rami's Preface ix Aaron's Preface xiii A Note on Collaboration xvii A Note on Structure: The Five Worlds and Writing as a Spiritual Practice xix Introduction 1 1. Writing to Open the Body 9 Projective Verse 12 Soundings 14 Dinggedicht 17 Haiku 18 Zang Tumb Tuuum 19 Where Are You? 21 Sing the Body Electric 22 Who's Your Deity? 23 Our Stories, Ourselves 26 Sauntering 27 Walking Around a Writer's Block 28 2. Writing to Open the Heart 31 Jekyll and Hyde, or Despicable Me 33 I'm Going to Kill You! 37 Automatic Writing 39 Dining with the Devil 44 Dear Hated One 45 Heart Lines 1 54 Heart Lines 2: Rumi-nations 58 3. Writing to Open the Mind 61 Who's In? Who's Out? 68 The Power of Influence 70 Bye-Bye Bias, Part 1 73 Bye-Bye Bias, Part 2 75 Definitions 78 Writing Against Language: The Vorpal Blade 83 I, Superhero 88 Alter Ego 88 Calling Dr. Freud, Calling Dr. Freud 89 Sticks and Stones 90 Who Am I? 95 My Destiny 97 The Name Game 98 Narrowing the Narrow Mind 101 The Three Garments of Self 103 4. Writing to Open the Soul 105 Lung 107 Amazing Gazing 109 Shoeless Moe, Part 1: Identifying Your Sandals 111 Shoeless Moe, Part 2: Lech Lecha 112 Against the Pathetic Fallacy 114 Blackout Poems 115 The Exquisite Corpse 116 The Giving Tree Revisited 118 Glimpsing the Bush 120 A Day in the Wilderness 121 5. Writing to Open the Spirit 123 Resting in Soul 124 Playing the Paradox, Part 1: Colorless Green Ideas 131 Playing the Paradox, Part 2: Cut-up 134 My Story, My Sage 136 6. Turning the Spiral from Body to Spirit: Returning-by Way of Conclusion 141 Homophonic "Translation" 143 Turn and Return 145 Acknowledgments 149 Notes 151 Suggestions for Further Reading 153
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