Play and Creative Play

 

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Play and creative play
The issue
The goal of play
The goal of creative play
Relearning innocence and spontaneity

Play can be a very powerful creative tool. Our greatest creative power and creative ability is accessed in play. Play can allows one to step out of mind to access information that is otherwise not readily obtainable.

Creative play is related, but somewhat different, than what we normally consider play. Creative play is play which moves us toward the spontaneous and innocent childlike exploration and discovery of ourselves and our world before mind steps in with its judgments and beliefs. The goal of creative play is to get out of the controlling mind and into the spontaneity of the moment. It is to experience true freedom to explore what is truly possible without constrains and without conditions.

We live in an infinite universe with unlimited possibilities . But to explore those possibilities we need to be in the spontaneity of the moment to see what is possible. All that holds us from experiencing this infinite universe is our mind and by how and what we think and believe. To access this infinite universe and to explore alternative possibilities we must be able to step outside our mind into the unknown in a way that is perceived safe and secure. Play within a safe and secure space is the fastest, quickest and safest way to explore the possibilities of any situation.

The issue (Top)

The best description and representation of the most creative state of being is the spontaneous and innocent childlike play of a very young child. The play of this child in the exploration and discovery of itself and its world at each and every level of its being before mind steps in with it judgments and expectations. In this state the child’s motives are pure for it has no motive other than to explore and discover its world however it can wherever it lives. In addition to this play, the most creative state leads to a calmness within one’s being and an inner satisfaction which can be characterized as bliss or joy, that never runs dry no matter what is happening in the external world. It is being free to flow with the flow of our creative life energy wherever it leads. This most creative state includes to playfully discover and explore what we think and believe about ourselves, the situation we face, and the environment which gives rise to the situation we face at whatever level of being we need to be free to explore - whether it be physical, spiritual, emotional or mental - without the judgment and imposition of mind and what we think and believe.

We are born with this state of being. Or, maybe better said, we are born from this state of being and carry it with us into the world. We all have been there and we all know what it feels like to experience this type and kind of play. In actuality it is the essence of our being. We remember the feeling of this state of being when we come close to reentering this state. The ability to enter and be in this state of spontaneous and innocent childlike play is inherent within our being. Yet, for one reason or another we shutdown, or turn off, this ability to play when the free flow and free expression of our creativity/creative play was thwarted.

To enter the most powerful creative state we need to hold the same clear conscious and subconscious intention. That intention is to step out of mind and to be spontaneous and innocent to playfully explore and discover oneself and one’s world where we are free to fully engage every level of our being including our sexuality and allow the flow of energy to lead our efforts.

The main issue here is that the most creative state of being has both a conscious and subconscious component. Unless we address both of them we cannot return to that most creative state of being It is here that play becomes the path to recreating this state of being and creative play is the door way.

The goal of play (Top)

Within this understanding, from the creativity perspective, the goal of play relative to our creative endeavors is to (1) move to a state of being where we establish a freedom of moment to explore the conscious and subconscious aspects of our being and the situation at hand and/or (2) create the space to move into creative play. It is to a state of play were we allow ourselves to become lost in play to allow it to evolve into creative play.

The goal of creative play (Top)

From a creativity perspective, creative play is about having the freedom of movement to explore in whatever way as appropriate and necessary the issues/situation at hand to discover the way or ways we can proceed to create what we seek. It is about following the intuitive guidance we get and being free to explore the limits and barriers imposed by mind in the way it characterizes our intuitive guidance. In this regard, the goal of creative play is: (1) to get out of the controlling mind; (2) to be totally in the spontaneity of the moment to go where the flow of energy that is manifesting the experience we are having is leading as presented to us by our intuitive guidance; (3) to freely explore and discover where the energy is leading us; (4) be free to explore the source of the flow of energy we are experiencing and/or (5) allow ourselves to become lost in creative play to allow it to evolve into the most creative state of being.

Relearning innocence and spontaneity (Top)

Relearning to play in a way that allows the play to evolve into creative play is not too difficult. The topic, “Accessing Our Creative Play,” provides some guidance and ways to enter the state of being of play.

The creative state of play is a very powerful state of being. The goal of creative play is to get out of the controlling mind and be totally in the spontaneity of the moment. As such, for many it is frightening. Yet, it is the state of being which we carry into the world when we are born. In fact, it is our natural state of being for our play arises from the same source of play as the Source of Creation.

Entering creative play can be done three ways. One way is to allow a state of play to evolve into creative play. To enter creative play, most will first have to be able to become lost in play. To become lost in play we must first understand play as it relates to creativity and exactly what is creative play. 

A second way is to set the intention to enter the creative state of play.

The third is to access our creative passion and be so overwhelmed and consumed with our creative passion that it opens the door to be in this playful like state.

The following list of topics are provided if you desire to use either play or creative play as creative tools. The sequence suggested in “the next step” can be used to begin to develop an understanding of how to use play in your creative endeavors and/or enter a state of creative play as creative tools.

The next step
Understanding play as it related to creativity

Related topics
Losing ourselves in play
Understanding play as it related to creativity
Creative play - The key characteristic of the Source of Creation
Understanding the impacts of loss of creative play
Creative play and the issue of perceived freedom
Creative play - movement, flow and true freedom
Using creative play - Using play other than the most creative state
Ways to use play in our creative endeavors
Obligation and burden in creative play
Dealing with the obligation in creativity
Pain, play and an addiction
Loss of creative play

The need to play - a playful creative spirit

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