Since this book took you 20 years to complete, what kept you going?
I can only say that it was a constant itch, or inner urging that would not go away. I also found when I had a vacation even for a few days, I would sit at my computer with my library around me and just get lost in the creative clouds for hours. I would seem to leave my body and float into a creative world. When I would get up and go out, the elevator in my building would not work when I stepped into it. I had to use the stairs. After I came 'down' from the creative cloud, then the elevator would work again. I also had a web site which answered questions and helped people with Kundalini problems, so I knew the audience for this book was desperately waiting for it.
What is your writing process?
I read a lot. When I would find something relevant to what I had experienced in 1979, I would integrate it right away into the chapter. I would use the 'Find' feature in MS. Word to find that section of my book and immediately put in the quote, paraphrase and then add it to the Bibliography. I could not keep up a regular writing schedule, as I was a single parent and had a full time job. However, as a college instructor I had 4 month vacations a year, (one at Christmas and three in summer), so during this time I would get most of the writing done. One year, 2000, I went to an Ashram in California for a month and wrote about two chapters during that time. Several times I revised it completely. I would meet people that inspired me and I would then see them as my audience and decide that I needed to cut certain sections or add more.
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