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Misfortune in the
creativity perspective
The
story
Misfortune is a
judgment of mind
Within the creativity perspective,
all perceived misfortune is only a judgement of mind for we really
don’t know what the outcome maybe. What we judge as a misfortunate
event may only be part of
the price we need to pay for our desired creation to unfold.
In reality they are only opportunities for us to exercise our
creativity in one way or another. The reason for this is that in any
creative endeavor, our mind cannot anticipate what needs to occur
for our creation to unfold. Often there are things that we can
anticipate and are rather obvious as to what needs to occur relative
to a specific aspect of a creative endeavor. For example, to build a
house never before seen, one often needs to clear the land and dig
the foundation. Yet, There are many events whose relationship to
what we desire may not be obvious. There are especially those
unexpected events whose consequences are seen as something that is
undesirable but may ultimately have a favorable outcome. This fact
is probably best reflected in a old story.
The story
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The story is told about a old
farmer with a prize horse, a few animals and some rather good crop
land. One day the farmer’s horse ran away. The other farmers and
villagers were sympathetic and gave their condolences to the farmer
expressing how unfortunate it was that his horse ran away. The
farmer replied, “Not, necessarily so. It could be good and could be
bad.” A few days later, the magnificent horse returned with four
mares. The other farmers and villagers were elated and commented on
such good fortune. The farmer of course replied, “Not, necessarily
so. It could be good and could be bad..”
A few days later, the farmer’s son was working with the magnificent
horse and it kicked him and broke his leg. The other farmers and
villagers of course commented on how unfortunate the farm was now
that his son’s leg as broke. It was pointed out how the farmer would
have no help with the farm for weeks. Of course the farmer’s reply
was, “Not, necessarily so. It could be good and could be bad.”
Two days later a general and his army entered the village and took
all the able bodied young me to go off and fight. - some of whom
were eventually killed in battle. Of course, since the farmer’s
son’s leg was broke, the general left the farmer’s son. The farmer’s
reply at this good fortune was of course, “Not, necessarily so. It
could be good and could be bad.”
Misfortune is a judgment of the mind
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All misfortune is only a judgment
of the mind. Mind is what keeps our creativity bound, not any
external Creative Power. We have to look beyond mind. We have to
trust the Creative Power of Creation to sufficiently to step out of
mind. You are already in the care of the Creative Power of Creation
and it is sustaining your life either directly or indirectly by
suppling what you need to live which comes from the external world.
You are already protected. It is taking care of you. It is just your
mind has judgment and expectations as to what you think this
protection should look like. You will still suffer what you think in
means to be human. But it is your mind that needs to be overcome or
transcended such that you can flow with
the
intention behind your life.
The question is, “What is that we wish to experience and does what
happens ultimately serve your creative goals.” Often what we judge
misfortune is only preparing the way for something different and
more beneficial to enter our life. This issues with what we call
misfortune is to look and see why we are calling it a misfortune and
exactly how and why it is considered undesirable and what we can do
about it.
In any event we judge as a misfortune, there always will be lessons
learned so that we don’t repeat it. However, rather that protecting
the way things are so that we don’t repeat the misfortune, we may be
better served to change our life so that such an occurrence is no
longer possible. To build a house on a flood plane of a river is
inviting it to be flooded. To build the house higher and strong does
not negate the flood. The river will still flood although you may
not suffer as much loss with a higher, stronger house. However, if
we move the location of the house outside of the flood plane, we no
longer have the possibility of the river flooding the house. Now you
may give up the scenic view or ready access to your boat on the
river. In most cases, there always will be trade offs that you will
need to make. That only returns us to the question above and add one
additional part. To the question, “What is it that you really wish
to experience and does what happens ultimately server your creative
goals?” we need to add and
pull the string on, “Why do we want what we do?”
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