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There are three issues that arise
as a result of the nature of
mind
that affects our creativity. They are:
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Mind is a
creative living process
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Mind only knows the past.
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Mind does not feel. Mind only
integrates and interprets what is perceived by our body and/or
our being.
A
creative living process:
Mind
arises from an ongoing creative/creation process greater than
itself. It is a creative living process which will always be
changing as part of this process. As this process unfolds the
experience mind continually recreating itself based on the
experiences it has. Our mind is always changing by what we
experience for every experience we have changes how we view the
world. Either our experience reinforce what we believe about life
and we believe it more strongly or it slowly dispels beliefs that
are no longer valid or effective. We are always changing. We are
always entering the unknown each moment we live for we don’t know
what the next moment will bring. Yet whether we realize it or not,
by establishing patterns and habits our mind works to control our
world to minimize what the unknown brings to us.
Mind
only knows the past: Mind only knows the past and what it has
experienced. Yet any truly creative effort brings into existence
either some thing, or some experience, not previously experienced,
or one that is significantly different from the past. As such, mind
cannot guide us into the unknown of a creative effort. Our mind,
what we think, believe, and remember, is of limited value. The best
mind can do is explore, construct experiments, and discover what it
doesn't know about what we desire to create. Then, as we obtain the
minimum set of experiences and/or understanding about what we
want to create, the mind can take what it has found to manifest what
we desire. To obtain the minimum set of experiences to know through
mind what we need to do to create what you desire, we use our
intuitive guidance.
Intuitive guidance arises from the flow of energy we sense and
that flow of energy is characterized by
mind
as an intuitive insight. Intuitive guidance tells you the direction
you need to go to either (1) align with the flow of energy that is
manifesting, or will manifest, the desired object or experience;
and/or (2) the direction you need to go to gain the
minimum set of experiences to understand and/or experience the
manifesting form. Mind characterizes the energy we sense either as
an image or a thought. That thought or image will no necessarily be
correct. It will only be the best characterization our mind can give
based on our past experiences. Until we obtain that minimum set of
requisite experience about the energy we sense, we will not
characterize it properly.
From a
creativity perspective,
mind,
when used properly, recognizes the need to explore the intuitive
insight to determine the accuracy of the insight. Equally as
important, the mind can move us towards, or into, the flow of energy
to explore the nature of the flow and whether what it senses is
flowing into an experience
that serves or doesn’t serve us. Used improperly, mind simply
overlays the past into the energy that is sensed so that the energy
is not felt and experienced for what it is but is molded to fit the
past. In doing so, the awareness as to whether we are being served
or not is lost. When the mind continually overlays the past onto
what one senses a habit is formed and conscious control over one’s
creative powers is lost. If a response pattern to avoid feeling is
overlaid to not feel and/or feel good, the possibility of a thinking
addiction develops. That is, we think in order not to feel and
escape from what we feel.
Mind
does not feel: Mind only integrates and interprets what is perceived
by our body and/or our being. The memories mind holds carry no
energy of themselves. We give them energy by how and what we think
and believe about the experiences which give rise to those memories
and how attached we are to what we think and believe about them. We
have to look to our bodies to tell us what we are sensing and
feeling.
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