The intentionally rough and open nature of Mind Body Spirit Journal

Note: The following is a sidebar excerpted from the piece Maintain constructive forward focus through daily check-ups and by releasing lack at its roots:

This is a rough piece of writing. A rough cut. It needs polish. Needs some reorganizing. Needs some tightening. Needs some trimming. And it will get it at some point — but probably not in Mind Body Spirit Journal. In Mind Body Spirit Journal you get some of my as-it-happens thinking, note-taking, ideas, observations, pointers, as well as (at least) a few more polished articles from time to time.

This is not “open source,” per se, but it is open development. You get to see the inner workings and watch and participate as the work develops. This is the adventure, not the destination.

This is the value and beauty of the Journal. It IS rough. It IS quick. It IS exploratory. And you get to talk back. You can comment or add to anything I write here. You get to catch my mistakes, as I make them, and correct them. And do. I’m counting on you. I don’t intentionally make mistakes, but when quick-journaling thoughts and concepts, I’m perfectly capable of expressing lapses of reason and flights of forgetfulness. Further, I don’t have a copyeditor and I don’t use a spellchecker. One is not built into WordPress (the publishing platform). Wish there was an automatic one that would check posts when I hit the “publish” button. Typo and spelling alerts and corrections are always welcome.

If you prefer super-organized, relatively carefully fact-checked, refined and polished presentations, then you’ll want to buy the books and courses and other offerings I develop. (That fine-tuning, that polishing, that crafting of courses and books and articles and other presentations is what I get paid for. Is how I make my living. Is how I support myself. Journaling is where it all begins. Is a key part of the creative process. And I’m letting you read over my shoulder as I create. Sometimes I will create with great finesse and aplomb. Sometimes I will write as the trained and experienced journalist that I am. And other times the writing will be as rough as the piece that this is an aside to.)

You don’t have to buy books and courses and so on to get the gist and essence of my work. If you’re willing to wade through the rough stuff and do the sorting, by digging through the Journal over time, as it develops, you will will be able to find presentations on nearly everything I find fascinating, useful or worth teaching and sharing. Some of it will be in summary form. Some of it will scattered pretty widely — you’ll find pieces in an article here, pieces in an article there. And I encourage you to participate in helping me develop it. Offer your wisdom. Offer your experiences. Offer your contrary or better thinking.

I welcome you to purchase my books and materials. I want you to. I expect that you will. But I don’t require it and never will. In fact, as I roll out the Spirit of Wellness programs and courses, I intend to offer a public-access, sliding scale version so that ANYONE can afford to have access to the Spirit of Wellness essentials and healing practices. That version MAY consist simply of a course outline and guide to various articles in the Journal and on other sites (my own and beyond), as well as a bit of additional support material. I’m still thinking through the exact shape that will take. And still working on the larger programs. First things first.
— ken winston caine