Addressing Creative Step/Guideline #4

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Implementing Creative step/guideline #4

Creative Step/Guideline #4

Background

A Creative Power greater than ego can understand

The need to harness the ego

Harnessing the ego

Seeking to create an impossible dream

Starting with the end in mind - two stories

What do you hold sacred

A recommendation about what to hold sacred - hold your creative sacred

Code of honor

A creation story for understanding the inner and outer Creative Powers

Creative Step/Guideline #4 (Top) : Understand and accept that there is a Creative Power greater than what your ego can understand. Yet this Creative Power is only accessible through, and within your own being, when you harnessed your ego. Learn to harness your ego. One of the quickest ways found to harness the ego is to seek to create something for another which your ego considers impossible or highly improbable with no expectation of direct personal return and surrender to the lead of your intuitive guidance to create it.

Background (Top)

The issue that needs to be addressed here and ultimately the most important issue you will face relative to your creative ability and probably the most difficult and, in some ways, frightening. is “where do you currently believe the creative power/Creativity Power of the universe lies and why do you believe what you do?” This issue also addresses whether or not you possess a victim consciousness and whether or not you have given your creative power away to an animate or inanimate other. The issue that many individuals will face here is simply and best reflected in the old Arab proverb which states “Trust in God but tether your camel.” Christ actually addressed this same issue when asked about paying taxes and he replied, “Render unto God that things that are of God and render unto Caesar (man) the things that are Caesar’s (man’s).” Quite simply, there is a creative power within and a creative power outside you and each of us need to get them straight in our life.

Here again it needs to be emphasized that creativity takes you into the unknown and into a place of “no-thing-ness” for what you seek does not exist. You need to remain in the unknown long enough to find what you seek. To do so, you have to step out of mind and travel what is traditionally called the left hand path. The left hand path is the alternative path you society and the way in which you were raised to step out of the existing form to find what you seek. It is to take an individual journey into the unknown of own’s own being. The intent of the creativity perspective found within the Fifteen Creative Steps/Guidelines, is to take you to the source of your creative powers for any situation so that you can effect the change to create what you desire to create. This journey starts with holding your creativity sacred and exploring the depth and breath of your creativity to the source of your being. You cannot expect another, God or otherwise, to do what you yourself must do. The question is, what do you need to do to create the change you desire to see especially since you desire the change, not another.

However, you will constantly be pulled by mind and habits of the past to abandon your journey and step back into the comfort of the known world. So you will constantly find yourself struggling against these things that are pushing you into the status quo and to keep things as they are. You will have to maneuver your mind and its thinking pattern such that you do not become captive of the limited thinking of the past. The biggest obstacle you will face is understanding who holds the key to the creative powers in your life. Does the creative powers in your life reside in you, your society, God, or some other entity human or otherwise, that controls your life.

The creative power within is about our imagination and how effectively we can act to manifest what we hold in our imagination as an experience. The creative power without is about understanding how the world outside of us works and how to control and/or work with that outside world. Our body is the bridge or vehicle that connects the inner world of imagination with the outer world of form. It belongs to both worlds and is profoundly affected by each in ways that inner does not often understand the outer and outer does not understand the inner and how the two are connected. The common aspect that makes it all work and holds it all together is energy. That is, the ability to make things happen or to produce an effect.

You cannot do what the outside powers (traditionally seen as God, and/or people or nature external to you) is responsible for doing and you cannot expect the outside creative power to do what you, yourself, are responsible for doing. It is your job to figure the two out and then get them straight in your life and understand how these powers apply to you and how to use them for your creative effort.

You are unique. Although there are similarities between all of us we are different. We each possess a slightly different form of the same creative power and ability. Since each of us are unique and infinitely creative, we each have a different way of using the power we can access. Sometime it is similar to the way others do things where as at other times it is completely different. The question is, “How creative are we and how much power do we actually possess to create our experience and even the reality of those experiences?” This is the issue you being to address here in this Creative Step/Guideline. Here you being to understand what you believe about where and how the creative power accessed in and through your life.

A Creative Power greater than ego can understand (Top)

Understand and accept that there is a Creative Power greater than what your ego can understand.

There is a Creative Power that has given rise to the world you experience and if you really look, it will be rather obvious to you if it isn’t already. You do not have to believe in God to know there is a creative power greater than your ego can understand. It is beyond what your ego, what you think and believe about yourself and your world, can fully grasp. Scientist and mystics have been working for centuries to understand it. You only need to look at the sun. Without the sun and its energy, there would be no life on earth as you currently know it and experience it. Additionally the life that has arisen on earth as a result of the sun it much more diverse and varied that just the existence of your little ego and the body you have. Many of us assume human consciousness is the best and highest the earth has to offer. But we really don’t know for sure. It is an assumption on our part because of what humans appear to have accomplished and there are some profound things we have accomplished. So that assumption may be correct but we really don’t know. But what we do know is there is something behind Creation much bigger than us. How we try and explain it is really irrelevant. The question is, “Can we access the creative power/Creative Power inherent in the Universe to create what we desire and if so, how do we do it?”

It needs to be realized your mind as you currently know it and experience it came into existence only as a result of the experiences you have had and you had many experiences that reside in your subconscious before your consciousness become aware of itself. The earth, the sun and your parents existed before your mind came into existence. Also consider how much your mind, as you know it, was involved in growing your from an fertilize egg, into an infant and subsequently into an adult. How much did you have to think about and/or direct what was happening to you?

However you choose to look at the creative power/Creative Power greater than what you can understand, you will have to accept the fact some powers exists outside of your control. If you don’t believe it, go step off a tall building and see if thee is anything that is influencing you outside of your ability to control circumstances. As a minimum you may find gravity.

The need to harness the ego (Top)

Yet this Creative Power is only accessible through, and within your own being, when you harnessed your ego

From a creativity perspective, this Creative Power is not necessarily God, but it can be. You are free to choose to view this Creative Power however you wish. But be mindful as to whether what you believe is robbing you of your creative power. We have no interest in the concept of God, or your concept of God, here other than how it allows you to access the creative power to create what you desire to create. The only interest here is what this creative power/Creativity Power looks like to you and whether or not you can access that power.

Rather than any concept of God, or fully understanding the Creative Power behind Creation, what is referred to, and of interest, here is only that consciousness that brought you into this world and created the flow of energy that created and sustains your being. Nothing much more needs to be said about it. Many find it sufficient to describe it as what is traditionally called their “Higher Self.” Some see it as their soul. Some see it as God. Others see it as a Spirit Guide or Guides. Yet it clearly needs to be understood, it is only what you think, believe and understand about this Creative Power that is reflected in how and what you believe about yourself and your world, that you can use this power to change yourself and the world you experience. The only recommendation made here is whatever you believe don’t give away your creative power and what you are responsible for creating. This is very important to understand. It is your belief structure, how and what you think and believe and why you think and believe the way you do is controlling your creative power. It controls what you are capable of accessing within in and what you can access without.

Our problem is we have much more creative capability than we usually understand. It is probably not too difficult to accept you are an infinitely creative being. If you think about it, no one has ever been able to put a limit on the creative we possess. No one can ultimately control what we think unless we have open ourselves to their way of thinking. Our imagination and creativity is as expansive as we wish it to be. However, it is not so easy to accept that we are also an infinite creative being. That is, our being, no just our creativity, knows no limits or boundaries other than the boundaries we impose on ourselves and how we have limited ourselves. It only knows what we impose upon ourselves because the awareness that is in us resides in a body and we have come to think and believe we are the body we possess.

It need to be understood, the ego is only the identity we consciously and subconsciously give ourselves to identify who we think we are. It is a result of the belief structure and based on the past experiences we have had. Our belief structure as our ego are constantly changing or capable of constantly changing. Both are transmutable. Each is very plastic and can be soft and malleable under the correct conditions. Each is also very brittle and hard under other conditions. Some look at this hardness as stubbornness. But, it is a much deeper phenomenon that to which stubbornness refers. However, our awareness, the detached witness, does not change. It is only aware of that on which it focuses itself consciously or subconsciously. Currently a majority of your awareness is focused to have a physical experience in the way you have come to believe physical Creation works.

In this regard, you have to “bite the bullet” so to speak. You have to embrace a perspective that will allows you to create what you desire regardless of what ego likes and dislikes. You have to embrace a the new perspective regardless of what your ego thinks about that perspective and what that perspective requires you to do or not do. The perspective you need to embrace obviously depends on what you desire to create. If you wish to build a building, then you need an engineering perspective. If you wish to fix a broken arm, you need a medical perspective. If you wish to control a communicable disease, then you need a social health perspective. If you wish to create, you need the perspective of a creator. A creativity perspective, where one’s creativity is held sacred will work in all situation to help you to get what you need. It does not replace the other perspective but rather allows you to step beyond any perspective you have to create what you desire. However, you may only need an engineering or a physician’s perspective or the like for a particular problem you face and wish to solve.

This Creative Power has an inner and outer component. It is recommended you reflect on your personal creative power. Reflect on what you think you can and can’t seem to create and then reflect on the Creative Power of the Universe and how you experience the aspect of this Creative Power which lies within your own being and explore their differences and similarities. Look to see what statements you make about the Creative Power as to whether they are demonstrable truths or just unsubstantiated beliefs or opinions. Challenge yourself to give proof. If you can’t find a proof, challenge yourself to find such a proof. It needs to be realized that creative power is creative power. It doesn’t matter where it is found. It is the same creative power. The creative power inside you is the same as that outside you,. It only looks different. Examine what you believe as opposed to accepting the belief that you were told by another or others. Here you want to reflect on what you personally have experienced as to the nature of this Creative Power as opposed to what you believe because you were told. You can create a guided meditation to explore your personal understanding of this Creative Power. A sample guide meditation format you can use is provided. In fact, you can personify this Creative Power and allow it to meet with you in the guided meditation to explore exactly what this Creative Power looks like to you. It also needs to be realized as you change your creative effort, you may need to change your view of this Creative Power and change your symbol of it. However, how you access it will be the same. You will access it through your intuitive guidance and how your past experiences present and interpret the intuitive guidance you get.

A starting exercise you can do is the following. Based on how you perceive this Creative Power, find or preferably write a prayer, story, or find or create a symbol that represents this Power as you currently perceive it. This symbol or prayer can be used to help hold the focus of your attention for you creative efforts. As a starting point, you can use your concept of God as the symbol for this Creative Power but be prepared to not limit yourself by the belief you currently have as to the nature of this Creative Power and/or the nature of God you currently choose.

Two sample prayers, “The Opening Prayer” and “The Prayer to the Four Directions and Four Aspects of Being” were prayers written for various creative endeavors. The prayers reflect how I tried to capture to the best of my ability who and what I understood God and the inner and outer Creative Powers to be for the particular creative endeavor. You may wish to create equivalent such prayers for what you will do that will capture your understanding about the Creation Powers of the Universe at this point in time as you start your journey and/or your creative endeavor.

Harnessing the ego (Top)

Learn to harness your ego.

To harness your ego, that unique identity that you use to define yourself, you need to want to find some way to transform the ego. To transform your ego, allow yourself to play with your ego and see how malleable it really is. You may even want to learn to destroy your ego. A symbolic death, an inner and outer cleansing, and/or a “not doing” practice can be used to allow the ego to realize it will not die. Rather, it is continually transforming by the experiences you have. A “not doing” practice is doing other that how your ego has defined itself. A good candidate for “not doing” is to do one of the things you heard yourself say, “I would never be caught dead doing that.”

In knowing that the ego will never die and it is only the perspective you use to create and view the creation/Creation you experience, you access a deep creative ability. It is a deep creative ability that lies beyond what the ego and your mind as you currently know them can conceive. Within this realization, you are free to become whatever you need to become to experience the intention you desire to experience.

Seeking to create an impossible dream (Top)

One of the quickest ways found to harness the ego is to seek to create something for another which your ego considers impossible or highly improbable with no expectation of direct personal return and surrender to the lead of your intuitive guidance to create it.

In this step, it is said the quickest way to harness the ego is to create something for another which your ego considers impossible or highly improbable with no expectation of direct personal return and surrender to the lead of your intuitive guidance to create it. This recommendations is made for three reasons. One is the nature of ego is that it seeks to protect itself and hold to what it knows. This is not necessarily good nor bad. It is just a fact. So to being to see, experience and understand the Creative Powers of Creation and what is available to you, one must somehow step out of mind and the ego it has created. One must find a way to step out of the control of mind. By looking to something you consider impossible or highly improbably, you step out of the limits of your mind to look options not currently available to you.

The second reason is that mind seeks to reinforce its wants and what it wants to maintain the ego identity it has created. Quite simply mind sees the body will die. Unless mind has some experiences that indicates it will not die, it think that it too will die. Anything that causes the identity mind has created, that is, the ego, to significantly change will cause mind to think the identity it has created is dying or will die. Hence it seeks to protect that ego. By choose to create something that has no direct personal return, the ego is not as attached to its created efforts. As such, it has more freedom to move with the creative effort and not fear its death since it perceives the change happening to another.

The third reason is that there is a creative process that accompanies any creative effort. The creative process is much like the way you can remold a piece of iron. You take a given piece of iron, throw it into a furnace to be melted and then pour the melted iron into a mold to create a new shape. There is an analogous creative process. The existing form is dissolved and reshaped into a new form. The Creative Powers of Creation you wish to access lies within the creative process. So, to access those Powers, one must surrender to the process to see how and where the Creative Powers are accessible and when. As said above, “Trust in God but tether your camel.” There are things you are responsible for doing and things the Creative Power of Creation is responsible for doing. Part of your journey is to learn which is which and when you can or cannot access the Creative Powers.

This method does work and was instrumental in accessing the information found on this and related web sites. Although it is discussed else where under that topic of “The Overall Intention of the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity Technology” that because of our individual uniqueness and the limitations of our mind, our individual experience will not necessarily be the path that will work for another, this approach addressed key issues about the mind, the ego and the need to step out of, or beyond, each.

How this particular approach works may be clarified in discussing how the essence of this process was realized. Diverting slight to provide some background, in the discussion entitled, “Origins of understanding about the creative spirit” I said that I was asked to help an individual create something that seemed to be irrationally motivated given the circumstances that currently existed in their life. Since I did not consider what they wanted to create something that made sense to me, I had no attachment whatsoever to what they desired to do. It was important to them and I chose to support their effort. I wanted them to get what they sought. To help them, I looked at both the external circumstances they faced and the internal. That is, how they were perceiving and thinking about those circumstances. I looked to see where the real obstacles laid both internally and externally. In looking at their inner obstacles, I was able to find a way to create the space for their bound creative spirit to become free such that they could access the energy they needed to create what they desired.

In attempting to assist them two thing happened - one to them and one to me. For them, their creative spirit was released and I came face to face with the existence of it. That experience changed my whole understanding about creativity and how and where our creative power and ability resided. Ultimately that experience lead to the realization of the existence of the creative spirit as something that must be protected and nurtured if we are going to access and release our unlimited creativity.

What happened to me is a little more difficult to describe. I was overtaken by a seemingly impossible dream. For all practical purposes I was impregnated with a dream that appeared, at first, impossible to create. But yet I knew that it needed to be given life. It needed to be gestated, birthed and helped to stand on it own two feet. There was nothing in my life experiences that prepared me for what it really meant or even to being to understand how to manifest it.

This impossible dream become the occasion for accessing the realization of how to make it impossible possible and to see the true depth and breadth of the creative power/Creativity Power available to us. That understanding, in turn, lead to the foundation for the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity Technology. It was an understanding about how to make the impossible, possible; the possible, probable; and the probable a certainty. Such information is available if you choose to access it.

Harnessing the ego came quite naturally and as a byproduct. The beauty inherent in the dream and what it had to offer people was sufficient motivation to let go of the ego and what I thought and believed. The dream was of untold beauty of something that did not exist before and for most, was impossible to create. The impossible dream was a faster, easier and gentler way to transform oneself without the dark night of the soul, without extensive pain and suffering, and/or without years of intensive mediation or yogic practice. It truly was a gentle phoenix. I simply was in wonderment and “ah” at what I observed.

Yet, that freedom of that released creative spirit could not be sustained. There was nothing I or the individual themselves could do. I witnessed that creative spirit being recaptured by what initially seemed to be their life circumstances. Yet, I was witnessing something much more profound. In many ways what was playing out before me was the basis of the Greek mythical story of Persephone and her abduction to the underworld by Pluto, the Greek god of the dead.

It is to be noted that in that mythical story, Persephone is allowed to return from the underworld for a time of each year. That time is spring time when new life springs forth. At the time I did not really understand how that part of the story had any relation to what I was observing and to our creative power/Creativity Power. But the return of Persephone is key to understanding how to creative spirit operates and accessing the Creative Power of Creation for our creative needs. In the mythology Persephone was the daughter of Zeus, the supreme deity and ruler of the celestial realms (Heaven and/or the unseen Creative Powers). Demeter, her mother, was the goddess of agriculture (the Earth), marriage (joining and uniting to create an offspring) and fertility (the creation of life). Persephone, the offspring, and symbolic of our creative spirit is what unites (the marriage) the Creative Power of Creation within us (the earth) that brings forth the creative energy (the fertile, nourishing energy of creation which catalyzes our actions) into our lives to create what we desire.

In the same way Persephone comes out from the underworld and returns each year and then leaves, our creative spirit can be called forth. When it is called forth it allows us to tap into the Creative Powers of Creation in unimaginable ways to give us the energy and ability to create what we desires including recreating our life. In time, our connection to the Creative Powers of Creation seems to wane and go dormant. Our problem is we try and hold the power that is inherent within a process. We can only hold the power we access if we stay active in the creative process. That in turn means one must consciously and actively seek to continually be recreating themselves. It is about learning a dance. A dance between our mind and our creative spirit. In knowing what you may face and what you may need to do to create that dance, you can create a faster, easier and gentler way to access the creative power you need.

In witnessing the abduction of this creative spirit I saw three things. One thing I saw was a process. I saw the dance between the conscious and subconscious mind’s struggle for control of this creative spirit play out before me and how the creative spirit becomes captured. I saw how the creative spirit becomes captured by the past and the response patterns developed early in life to protect ourselves from perceived hazard real or imaginary. I saw how both the conscious and subconscious mind plays a role in capturing and holding our creative spirit captive.

The second thing I saw was the possibility of finding a way for that creative spirit to be released in any individual whenever it was needed. I also began to see what needs to occur for that creative spirit to sustain its free unfoldment in the world. The challenge was to figure out how to do that.

The third thing was I saw the possibility of creating the impossible dream. I saw the possibility of creating a faster, easier and gentle way for an individual to access the source of their creative power and creative ability and to experience the Source of Creation than has been available in the past. I also came to understand that the realization of how to make the impossible possible only came in accessing the Creative Powers of Creation that lies at the Source of Creation. That realization was adequate to shatter my understanding about what it means to be human, the nature of creation/Creation, and how we create our experiences. The experience of the Source of Creation coupled with witnessing the abduction of the creative spirit was more than adequate to harness my ego to surrender to the possibility of creating what was considered impossible - to create a gentle phoenix

I stumbled into an impossible dream and the Source of Creation quite by accident. But in that stumbling I came to see a path. Such experiences are available to each of us. To know what would be appropriate for you to do to implement this aspect of Creative Step/Guideline #4, you should consult your intuitive guidance. Your mind will be unable to properly guide you for two reasons.

One is that you are asking your mind to guide you into something it has not experienced. Mind is not equipped to lead you into the unknown. It only knows the past and what you have experienced. There are Creative Powers, Creative Forces and assistance available to you outside of mind. But you have to be willing to step out of mind to access them. The other reason is that mind, and the ego it has created, has a way of desperately trying to protect itself. Any recommendations minds gives you, not matter how altruistic it may seem, will be insufficient to harness the ego for mind is making the choice. To harness the ego it must be couple to something larger than what mind can conceive. Even when mind chooses the path that seems larger than itself, the ego and the fears of the past will step in and hold your creativity bound rather than stepping into the unknown. I was very fortunate in that the ego was sufficiently enamored by the possibility of creating the impossible - a gentle phoenix - such that the ego and what it believes about itself was completely shattered. I simply realized all that I thought and believed was inadequate. In a moment the ego was harnessed for it saw how it was limiting what needed to be done.

So to find the way you should act to implement this step, you should ask your intuitive guidance. Ask your intuitive guidance, “What do I need to do to harness my ego in the quickest, easiest and most playful way to achieve what I am asked to do here in this Creative Step/Guideline?” You may even want to create an initiation ritual where you give yourself over to what is required, or will be required, of you. Your intuitive guidance will lead you accordingly. You only need to honor the intuitive guidance you get and you may be very surprised as to what your intuitive guidance suggest you do. It most probably will look nothing like what you expect. Here you will have to trust in what it is you are lead to do. It may even suggest something simple and mundane. But remember, it is not intuitive guidance you get that is important. It is the direction you must travel that is important. The direction you must travel is toward the intuitive guidance you get. In any case, you should not be surprised if what your intuitive guidance suggests you attempt to create something you consider impossible. In attempting the impossible for something other than yourself and what your ego wants, the door is open for you to see and experience the Creative Power of Creation in a way you never thought possible.

Starting with the end in mind - two stories (Top)

If you choose this path, and you do not have to choose this path, to explore the true depth and breadth of your creative ability, you will discover you are infinitely creative and are an infinitely creative being that never dies but only continually transforms itself. You will access and discover for yourself how the mystics can say “I am God” or “I and the Father are one” and yet not have the power to stop the outside authority who kills them because they have blasphemed or they upset the status quo. You can come to understand this and how it is possible. Most importantly, you will come to understand what it means for your life. Such an understanding will transform your life.

The starting situation in which we find ourselves is best illustrated in two proverbial stories accessed in the file “The Human Condition as seen from the Creativity Perspective.” They effectively represent the situation in which each individual finds themselves relative to their destiny and birthright as a being of unlimited creativity what prevents them from claiming and consciously living it.

What do you hold sacred (Top)  

To access the Creative Power of Creation, one will have to learn to hold creativity, and in particular, their own creativity sacred. But what does it mean to hold something as “sacred?”

Many see something sacred as something that is related to the spiritual and/or some how associated with the divine. However, that is a very narrow understanding of sacred. Traditionally, for something to be held sacred, it is something which is set apart or dedicated to a specific function. Something that is sacred is hallowed and entitled to reverence or respect. It is not to be profaned and is inviolable. Anything can be sacred - an object, a person, a role we play, a relationship, a piece of mucic, textual material like a prayer or a story, a certain time, a place or even a space.

The usual application of the word and concept of sacred is to religious or religious type use. However, you could say a surgeon’s scalpel is held sacred. Since it needs to be sterilized and can be dangerous if not properly held and used, it is set apart and dedicated only to the surgical operation. It is treated with respect when used and used by a trained individual because you don’t want to cut what needs not be cut and you cannot profane its use by using it other than for surgery or you risk both contaminating the scalpel and dulling its blade.

What is important to understand is that we insert more time and energy into what we hold sacred and what we perceive as sacred. What we perceive as sacred often determines how we set our intentions and invest our time and money. What we hold as sacred may or may not have anything to do with what we consider moral and not moral and/or spiritual. Often they align but not necessarily in all cases and for everyone. For example, if one hold their body sacred, although they may not necessarily consciously say so, one is more likely to avoid those activities such as smoking and excessive drinking and the like that are know to increase the probably of harming the body. Rather, they will look to eat more of what they consider healthy foods and/or exercise with some regularity to protect and effectively maintain the body. Or, if you hold a relationship sacred, you will work to avoid destructive conflicts and look for ways to improve communications with the other. If you don’t hold the relationship sacred, you will allow it to dissolve overtime. The same can be said about anything that you hold sacred. What you hold sacred you seek to, as a minimum, preserve and protect and more often than not, seek to allow it to expand and grow in your life.

However, that which you hold sacred is a two edge sword. It can be source of great power and a catalyst for action in your life. Or, it can be a tremendous drain of energy and power that robs and steal your creative power. Ideally, that which you hold sacred causes powerful emotions to arise and catalyze you. It can cause you to become more and more attracted to what you hold sacred much like a moth to light. It can raise the desire to adore the sacred and make it an object of adoration. It can cause one to be filled with gratitude and most of all, it allows one to uplifted and inspired.

Yet, that which we hold sacred can cause us to become violent, angry, resentful and warlike if what we hold sacred is in some way violated or desecrated If we are unable to act to protect and defend what we hold sacred, we may become depressed, anxious or guilty in some way and/or even lash out angrily at things totally unrelated to what desecrated or violated what we hold sacred. When what we hold sacred is violated or desecrated, we see it as a violation or desecration of our own being. We take it personally for it is something very special to us.

So the question to explore is, “What do you hold sacred?” As an exercise, you may want to list those things which are sacred to you.

Now if you really want to explore what is sacred to you, there are two exercises you can do to raise your awareness about what you hold sacred. One is to give the list of what you hold sacred to someone who you can trust. Then ask them to challenge what you hold sacred when you do not expect them to do so. Ask them to act as though they were going to violate or desecrate what you hold sacred. Observe your response and see what energy does or does not arise within your being in response to what you see and/or experience. If passion beings to flow, then you have identified what you hold sacred. If no passion arises, then your mind has been lying to you as to what is sacred in your life.

The other exercise is similar but look more at what you may not be aware of existing. Ask someone whom you can trust who has seen or can observe you and the way you live your life. Ask them to observe to see if they can determine what is sacred in your life and where you are devoting your energy. Ask them to act without your knowledge as if you were going to violate or desecrate what you hold sacred in some way. Again, observe your response and see what energy does or does not arise within your being in response to what you see.

What you may find out in these exercises is what you hold sacred is not really what you think you hold sacred. Rather what you hold sacred is actually something of which you may not be aware and never consciously admitted to yourself. Then again, you may be perfectly aligned and you are fully and consciously aware of what you hold sacred in or about your life. Then, whatever you hold sacred, you will have to see if what you hold sacred really severs your being and allows for the free unfoldment of your creative spirit or does it keep it bound and controlled such that what you hold sacred robs you of your own creative power.

A recommendation about what to hold sacred - hold your creative sacred (Top)  

In a similar and analogous way as described above, within the creativity perspective, creativity, one’s ability to be creative within the creative process , and, all that is necessary to become creative and enhance one creativity within a situation, is protected and held as sacred. All else is secondary.
All other concepts and beliefs are considered malleable to address one’s creative needs and keep one’s creative ability clean and sharp. In this regard, it can be said that all other beliefs would then be held a secular and profane.

In saying creativity and one’s creative ability to create within the creative process is protected, what this means is that one protects their ability to enter the most creative state of being when the need arises. The most creative state of being is to enter the spontaneous and innocent childlike play of discovery and exploration of one’s self and one’s world without the judgements and intervention of mind. In addition to doing what needs to be done to regain this ability, one protects what they regained so they don’t lose that ability again.

What the individual or society holds, or rather believes, as sacred about Creation, scientific, religious, spiritual or philosophical is not necessarily held sacred within in the creativity perspective. Here again, this may cause you to do and act differently than what society would consider acceptable and will cause you to walk the left hand path. In doing so, there may be fears that arise that you will need to address

In holding and emphasizing the understanding of creativity, the creative process and what serves our creativity as sacred, you may find what is said about creativity and the creative process challenges everything in your personal life that does, or does not, allow you to be creative. Challenges, problems, issues, feelings and the like may arise in many areas to cause you to reevaluate your thinking about creativity and whether or not you should engage in the creative effort you chose to undertake. However few of these contain real hazards that need to be faced. Most are only issues within your own mind.

In this regard, any creative endeavor and or any focus on the creative aspects of creation is a break from the past that may be a thrilling and exhilarating to me may but be terrifying for you. Some individuals may even perceive the challenges of a creative endeavor hazardous and even down right terrifying to who and what they believe themselves to be and opposed to who they really are. This is one reason why change is such an issue for people. It is a break with the past. The difference between change and creativity is that in creativity, one tends to be proactive and create the change or cause the change to happen. In change, where change is forced on someone or some system, one normally reacts to the change and few learn how to become proactive in that change to. In addition to breaking with the past, there are several other reasons why stepping into a creative endeavor can seen as very challenging and several of these issues are discussed in the Fifteen Creative Steps/Guidelines. Here again, as you will hopefully come to see and experience, few of them contain any real hazards.

Code of honor (Top)

In many adventure stories or myths such as the Greek myths or the stories of the medieval knights, before one started out on a quest or journey, they were required to answer two essential questions. These two questions were

• What do you seek?
• What is your Code of Honor?

These questions apply equally well for any journey one undertakes in life to manifest any intention or the journey or quest into exploring one’s own unlimited creativity. Conscious creating requires these questions to be answered. It is suggested any Code of Honor you currently have, you modify it to hold your creativity sacred. If not permanently, at least hold your creativity sacred for the duration of your journey into the exploration of your creative ability or the creative endeavor.

Whether you realize it or not, you are on a journey into the unknown as you go through life or exploring the path to manifest any intention you hold. Creativity is a journey into the unknown by the very definition of originality and what it means to create. In this journey, you encounter a variety of people, ways of being and situations to which you are asked to respond. When you respond you will need to know why you respond the way you do and what you are holding as sacred. You will need to know what is the intention that lies at the very root of your desired creation. Our questions here is, “What are the principles to which you adhere in your response to life.” That is what principles, such as ethical or moral principles or particular philosophies, that you use when you encounter both old and new situations in life. These principles are what you feel ensure your integrity of your personal truth in any situation. It is that code that will prevent you from becoming that victim and will not shut down the innocent wonderment of the childlike play.

What do you seek?: What do you seek is a rather obvious questions. Before embarking on any journey it is wise to have clarity as to what you are seek and to understand the intention as to why you seek what you do. What one seeks and the intention behind that search will greatly determine what they discover along the way. Without clarity, one may even not recognize success when they find it. To say “I seek to be happy no matter what” with the underlying intention to avoid pain will result in a much different journey than “I seek to find and understand what makes me happy” with the underlying intention I will face whatever pain is necessary to find that answer and then create that world that would make me happy. Hopefully, what you seek has been clarified by the actions you took to address Creative Step/Guideline #2. You may want to review and check you intention at this time.

What is your Code of Honor?: One’s Code of Honor are the principles to which one will adhere to during their journey. Whether or not the Code of Honor includes one’s social ethical or moral principles become very important. The Code of Honor is what you will not violate. It is what ensures the integrity of your journey, not the journey of society or someone else. So you will need to become very clear as to what is your code of honor not one give to you, or imposed on you, by another no matter who that other may be, or how important they have been, in your life.

On this topic, we all have been raised with a particular set of ethical and moral principles. Many of us have been taught a set of principles by the culture and society in which we live, especially that society and culture in which we grew up as a child. However, we also have a set of personal values and ethics which we carry with us that may or may not be reflective of the general culture of what we were taught. For example, most cultures within the United States teach that it is wrong to take the life of an other human unless you are a authority of the state fulling the laws of the state or an authorized military representative of the state fulling the desires of the state. Other cultures, like the traditional Quakers, say that it is wrong to take any life even taking a life under the laws of the state or as a military representative of the state. If called upon for military service many Quakers will claim a conscientious objector status. They are willing to work in the hospitals and such, but will not bear arms against their neighbor. So too within our own being. We may be taught a certain set of principles and moral codes that is reflective of the general culture in which we live, but we have a deeper inner code that fits our preferred way of being and existing in the world. There are several questions in this area. For example, “What is your individual code of honor?” “How effectively are you able to live it in the world in which you live?” “How willing are you to live your Code of Honor even if it goes against the society in which you live?”

Wether or not these social ethics and morals violate our personal Code of Honor is another questions. Sometimes our personal Code of Honor goes well beyond the of the society in which we live and at other times, we may find the social morals actually violate our Code of Honor. Your code of honor are those principles and beliefs do you hold sacred that you will not violate. These are not principles that you have been taught or give to you by some tradition, spiritual or otherwise. Rather, they are the principles that you yourself must follow or you feel you will violate the deepest parts of your being. It is your code of honor that had been violated as a child such that you lost your innocent childlike play and created the defensive way of being in the world to protect yourself from the pain and hurt that you would feel in living your truth. Many will have to go back to a state of spontaneous and innocent play to understand what their personal Code of Honor truly is and how they have compromised it.

To create anything, other than exploring your unlimited creativity, almost any Code of Honor you select will be adequate except for the fact that you need to understand the Code of Honor will set up boundary conditions that will limit the potential options open to you. So it is recommended you look to a Code of Honor that is as broad as possible. It is recommended it is one that respects the other and that you will not intentionally harm another in your creative efforts. However, in seeking an experience of the unique expression of your creative life energy by consciously creating, any Code of Honor will not do and there are several recommendations to consider.

It is recommend that one principle that you included within your Code of Honor is that you do not violate the truth of your being. That is, you live your truth. The reason for this recommendation is quite simple. If you are a unique expression of the creative life energy of the universe, you have to be the embodiment of that energy without denying it in any way so as to have the experience of that energy. If you deny it for some reason because it seems to be taking you away from external social or ethical principle, you will be denying your own being. Somewhere, sometime, you will need to give yourself permission to follow that unique creative life energy that is within your being if you wish to truly know what it looks like. It does need to be understood that in doing so, you are also taking full responsibility for where that energy takes you. For you to say, “I am not responsible because I was following my unique creative life energy, is a denial of your truth and in turn is a denial of the energy itself.” You are responsible in every way, especially to surrendering and follow the flow the energy.

A second principle recommended you include in your Code of Honor is that you will hold your creativity and flow of your creative life energy sacred and that you will not give your creative power and ability to any other, animate or inanimate, seen or unseen. To hold your creativity sacred and not give your creative power away may require you to go back and visit any vows, oaths or loyalties that have been given implicitly or explicitly to another or to an organization.

In looking at your Code of Honor, it is recommended that you identify and write out your Code of Honor to the best of your ability. You can add to it or change it whenever you wish. However, you do need to be aware of what Code of Honor you will be following when you make this or any other journey.

Your code of honor becomes essential when you face the suffering and pain of the past and any new situations in life that cause you to run away and activate the defenses you designed to protect yourself in the past as a young child. Part of your journey is into the cause of the pain and suffering of the past and unless you have a strong code of honor which includes not denying the truth of your being and hold your creativity sacred, you will again be overwhelmed by the pain. Part of you code of honor may be simply to swear a loyalty to living in the wholeness and oneness of your own being and to no longer live in separation within your being. Such a loyalty would honor the truth of your being for you are already whole and complete. You have just give your creative power and ability away. Similarly, when you explore the true depth and breadth of your creativity, you will find you are living in wholeness and oneness.

A creation story for understanding the inner and outer Creative Powers (Top)

To help you better understand how it is possible that you can access the Creative Powers of Creation from within after harnessing your ego, a Creation Story for the Creativity Perspective is provided for you review. It is built on the relationship between energy and consciousness and it provides a way of looking at Creation that ultimately provides a way to unite what both the mystics and scientist have found about the nature of the universe.

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