A Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity discussion topic

Copyright 2008 by K. Ferlic,   All Rights Reserved

Background

Becoming a visionary leader is not about being an individual with a mental understanding about creativity and what is involved in the creative process and sacrifice and chaos of creation in a creative endeavor. It is about having the experiential understanding to go with the mental understanding.

The good news is that most individual already have the experiential understanding but they are unaware of having it. What is really needed it the mental knowing to go with the experiential understanding. That is, there is the need for a different perspective to raise from our nonconscious mind the information that we already have. Making aspects of our nonconscious mind conscious is, of course, easier said that done. Not because it is hard to do. Rather it is about our own mind standing in the way of what we need to see. If we are willing to leg go, or at least suspend our opinion, judgments, biases and the like we can make the journey relatively easy and playful.

To access what we already have, we need to shift our perspective through a shift in consciousness. This is accomplished by understanding our belief structure and how and what we think and believe and why we think and believe what we do. The approach provided here assumes the creative power we need to create what we desire we already have. We access it through what we feel and we experience as a flow of energy or passion to act. However, it is currently raveled, entwined and/or otherwise entangled in the life and world we currently experience and the experiences we have had.

All that we ever have been is reflected in who we are now and what we are now experiencing. That is, all that we had or do experience biases how we approach life and make our decisions about, and in, life. On this point, each of our worlds is very different and very unique as will be the ultimate work we need to do .　

The approach is to proverbially "pull the string" as we would a string to unknit a knitted sweater. It is to release or untangle a sufficient amount of our creative power from our existing world to create the new experiences we desire. To create what we desire, we need to "undo" the creative steps we have taken to create what we now experience to free the energy and ability to create what we desire. Hence the need for the sacrifice of something that currently exists in our life and the chaos which comes with the changes that sacrifice brings. In facing the sacrifice of creation we will experience the freedom of freeing our bound energy. In this freedom, we are then free to create whatever we desire. Here again, the "undoing" process is unique to what we have created.

To begin to access this information, a "work-up" is completed to one degree or another for all creative efforts whether for an individual or organization. This approach includes discussion of our response to each of the items to explore where we need to call back our creative spirit and creative power so as to become free from, and "undo," our existing creation.Whether for an individual or an organization, the following types and kinds of information need to be reviewed.

The "work up" process - Part 1

The recommendation is as follows. Answer each of the questions in writing. Become aware of, and note, any thoughts or feeling you have about the question and what you write in response to the question. If you have a feeling, be specific in what you are feeling It may be anger It may be frustration. It may be sadness. It may be a pain in your right foot. If you feel a response in body be specific as to where you are sensing the feeling. For example, "I feel sick in the stomach," "I experience a headache," "I experience a sharp pain in my thigh," and the like.

Shared your response to each question and the feeling and thoughts you had with two or three other individuals. List to what each other has to say and see what they say compares to the types and kinds of things you wrote. Notice similarities and differences. After all have shared, writing up the observations and any general conclusions you can make as to what you have observed about your self and what you think and believe and in general about others. Keep personal information out of your summary comments unless they are specific to you. Respect the privacy of the individuals in your group.

Questions　

What do you desire to create and why?

What is your intention? (Organizational - What is the mission or objective of the organization)

What do you seek? That is, what do you want in your life (This may or may not be what you wish to create or what you intend.　 For example, your intention may be to make money but you seek happiness.)

Your eulogy - what would you like said about yourself as you leave this life? (Organizational - What would you like said about the organization you served as you move onto other aspects of your life)

What do you wish to create with your life? (Organizational - What do you wish to create with the life the organization has? This is not the same as the mission or objective. For example, you could say a country’s army and marine force both have the same mission - to protect and defend the country. However, the organizational life they create will be quite different.)

What is your reason for pursuing this particular approach to access your creative spirit?

What do you hope to get from this material and/or this approach as opposed to any other? (Alternatively said, "What do you see as the difference provided in becoming a visionary leader as compared to other organizational approaches?")　

What do you wish to create in your life now- what is your intention, at this time? (You are not bound by what you write it, as your life changes you will probably desire to create something different in your life. Here we only want to know your intention for your life now, but, nevertheless, you should be thinking about your entire life.)

What part of your life is not working and what is your basis for this judgment? (What part of the organization is not working and what is your basis for this judgment)

What part of your life is working and what is your basis for this judgment? (What part of the organization is working and what is your basis for this judgment)

Is there a part that you don’t know if it is working or not working? If yes, state the part. If no, say why you think everything in your life is known (Is there a part of the organization you don’t know if it is working or not? If yes, state the part. If no, say why you think everything in the organizational life is known.)　

Characterize the starting point. Look to understand what has been created to date. To do so, provide a short　 history and the inner and outer environment in which you find yourself spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically, or the organization.

Who are you and how would you describe yourself? (Organizational - What is it and what does the organization do or don’t do?)

Drawing a life map - how did you get to where you are now.　 The life map is about the path you have traveled in your life. If you were to drawn a map showing the life that has been lived, what would it look like? (Organizational - What does the life map of the organization look like?)　

Provide a medical and health overview of yourself. What diseases, illnesses or accidents have you had. Have you become permanently impaired by accident, illness or disease. (Organizational - What is the financial health? Accident and/or illness rates. Lawsuits. Enforcement actions.　

Provide a family overview and if known, a pedigree. (Organizational - What is the pedigree of the organization and relationship with other organizations? From where did the organization arise and why? What is the pedigree of the industry)

Provide a family medical overview the best that you can, especially for your parents. (Organizational - What is the financial health of related organizations? What is the state of the industry?)

Religious overview - The issue here is not what God you believe in or how you think God works. The issue here is from where do you see the source of your creative power and energy originating and how do you access it and increase or decrease it? The goal here is to come to know how to increase the creative power available to you (Organizational - What is the source of the creative power and energy for the organization? Who or what is supplying the creative energy for the company?)　

Cultural overview - describe the culture in which you live. Describe how the culture increases or deceases your creative power. Remember, we access creative power through what we feel and we experience it as a flow of energy or passion to act. Where does our culture allows us to act or not act spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically (Organizational - What are the internal and external cultures in which the organization will function?)

Work place review - What work do you do, where do you work and what does the place were you work look like (Where is the organizational workplace located?. What does it look like?

Place of residence review. Where do you live and what does the place where you live look like. (Where is the organizational headquarters is the location. That is, were are the key decisions are made and/or the headquarters is located.)

Place of play/relaxation review - to where do you escape to "recharge your energy?" (Does anything exist organizationally to "recharge your energy" or is each on their own after work hours.)

Work up process - Part 2　

The following provide some items of consideration about what you desire to create. It is requested that you begin to think about and consider the following questions. Write down your response and observations in response question. Again note any thoughts or feelings you have about the question and/or your response to that question. If you are looking to create within and for an organization or as part of an organization, you will need to shift your perspective and include two views in your answers and responses. One is to think about your responses as if you are the organization. The other perspective is to look to see how you would personally answer the question. Become aware of any differences that may exist in your answer.

Items for consideration　

Spend time becoming aware of what you feel and don’t feel. Every environment in which we find ourselves is different. See if you can feel the differences. If so, describe what you feel in each. Visit five different types and kinds of locations/environments within a few miles of your workplace or residence and become aware of what thoughts arise and what you feel in each environment..

If you are creating within an organization, then also go to at least five different locations as to where your organization does business or its work. Become aware of what thoughts arise and what you feel. 　

Work on the ability to calm yourself. Find a way to calm yourself in whatever way or technique you choose. Become aware of any thoughts and/or feelings that arise when you being to calm yourself. Become aware of what you need to do to become calm. - A calming/centering exercise is provided if you have no such technique.

Think about what you wish to create with your life or accomplish in your life. Think about giving the eulogy at your own funeral. What would you say about yourself, the life that you have lived, and what you have created? What you wish to create is open to iteration so you are not locking yourself into something you cannot change

Think about the experiences in life and the feelings you had. Look for the experiences　 that (1) made you feel life was worth living and you wanted to get more of it and (2) those that made you simply overwhelmed and enthused with the splendor life itself that you could feel yourself wanting to explore because you are so full of life.　 If you have no such experiences, identify those that come closest to such experiences. List five such experiences in each category.　

Think about the key decision points or turning points in your life. Where were they, what was happening, what were you experiencing and whom were you with, if with anybody? Become aware and take note of the thoughts and/or feelings which rise. List at least five but it is recommended you list all such key decision points.

Be prepared to tell the story of your life. It can be a chronological listing. But it should be more about what happened and what you experienced than just a list of dates and facts.　

Think about the major setbacks in your life. What were they? Why do you think they occurred? What do you think was the cause of the set backs? List at least five but it is recommended you list all such key decision points.

Think about where there had been magical or mystical moments in your life. What were they and what were you doing? Was there a "magical" intervention of someone or something? List at least five but it is recommended you list all such magical points.　

In whatever way you understand God in relation to the creative power/Creative Power of creation/Creation, be prepared to do a short ritual, prayer or in whatever way appropriate, to contact this Power and gain Its favor and support in your creative efforts. You can do this ritual, prayer or whatever, with whomever you choose. If you don’t believe in God, be prepared to take whatever actions are appropriate to access the creative powers/Creative Powers as you understand them.

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The need for an inner journey and the so called "spiritual journey"

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