Thought Row Blog — thoughts

  Inside The Spiritual Side Of Learning: When it comes to sacred matters that often surface involuntarily when we least expect them to, you will invariably find tangible thoughts and ideas. What are they really good for? They often seem to be sacred outpourings of your inner spirit. The question then becomes, what do you do with them? Start by learning to understand those spiritual inner thoughtful blessings. You are being guided to living a more fulfilled and happier life. It's easy to suggest to yourself and maybe to others the idea of trusting your sacred inner voice, but it...

Thinking Is Not What You Think:  I can hear you saying to yourself, “Oh Really, I've been thinking to myself all my life." And yes, that truly is the case. But if you're like me, you have a whole array of thinking thoughts that have been accumulated from a jillion jumbled sources. The abundance of those mostly useless thoughts starts to bunch up, fundamentally robbing you of the capacity of thinking pure creative thoughts. When you spend all of your waking hours contributing to random thinking, it becomes draining, and, not so surprisingly, can have a profound impact on everything from...

Me on Writing: I write my way in… and I write my way out, gallivanting all about with pedantic prose. Or at least that's what I would like you and everyone to think. The undercurrent of truth starts with me being saddled with a condition that's not all that uncommon these days. But back when I was in my most informative years, my learning disability was simply diagnosed as "this poor child is dumb." At the time, not too many people were kind enough to use the phrase, "the child has an addled brain." Which I probably would not have...

Universe of Discourse: If you stare into this oil painting of mine for any length of time, you may discover the meaning behind the phrase "Universe of Discourse." Many of the elements in an abstract work of art gives the viewer an opportunity to travel within their own mindscape. What does it all this mean? And why should you care? All too often, you and I never fully appreciate the creative journeys our minds are capable of taking. Something always gets in the way. Most often, it's our own self-talk. It's very trendy to learn the powerful practice of meditation....

  Hour By Hour Creativity is Your Power: The clocks now hour. On this particular occasion, it silently struck at 3 AM. Which in turn created a restless sleep. You might guess that creativity never truly rests. It can strike at any hour. Wouldn't it be a benefit to all if there was a timepiece that incrementally called out, "it's time to be creative." Our brains would just tune in and bask in that nurturing creative hour. Unfortunately, such a device does not exist. Creative thoughts and ideas have a sometimes annoying way of showing up when it may be...