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When talking about creativity the
issue of spirituality and/or mysticism and their relationship to
creative, our creative power and creative ability will arise. It is
inevitable. Although they are closely related, there are differences
between them and some of the differences are quite significant. The
issue of creativity and spiritual is somewhat addressed under the
topic of “The
Creative Spirit and the Spirit of Spirituality/Religion.” That
discussion covers some of the basis point relating to the concept of
spirit. However, the relationship of creativity and mysticism takes
us to a much deeper level of understanding about the unseen nature
of the Universe. As such it is appropriate to talk about the
relationship of creativity and mysticism.
Mysticism is that aspect of humanity whose focus is on access and
developing a relationship with the Source of Creation. It needs to
be remembered that creativity takes us into the unknown. The unseen
realms of Creation in which mystics deal is part of the unknown for
most individuals. We should not be surprised if we stumble into a
mystical experience as we explore the depth and breath of our own
creativity. Accessing our unlimited creativity takes us to the
source of our being. It is almost inevitable we will stumble into
the Source of Creation.
Mysticism is typically characterized as a belief that through love a
man or woman can achieve a direct and immediate consciousness of
God, Divine Truth or whatever you may call it, without the use of
reason or any of the ordinary senses. It affirms the idea that
truths about the unknown and unseen elements of Creation may be
directly apprehended by intuition and/or meditation. A mystic is one
who embraces such an understanding and have had experiences of this
truth.
As we can come to see, such truths can be gained. We can be accessed
these truths through relatively simply techniques using out
intuitive guidance and they contribute quite powerfully to any
creative effort. In fact, accessing the
deep undercurrents of Creation can give, but not necessarily
will give, what many call mystical experiences every time they are
entered. This is why it is recommended we are in a state of
spontaneous and innocent childlike play of discovery and exploration
when we enter these deep undercurrents. If we are in this state of
creative play and access the Source then we will be in the
proper state of being to explore what we find.
Because the heart is usually associated with love and/or mystics and
the heart is symbolic of the flow of energy that lies at the source
of our creative powers, we can see why conscious creativity as
described within the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity technology
can be called applied mysticism. Applied mysticism is not about
becoming a mystic. Rather it is about becoming a conscious creator
where we access the truth of our own being through our own heart.
The heart is the symbol of the flow of our creative life energy. In
it and what we feel lies the source of our creative powers.
Conscious creativity is to consciously act on what we know to step
into the world and change the world based on the intuitive
understanding we gain.
It needs to be noted that an increased observation is made in this
area and it found there is a piece that has been missing in almost
all mystical traditions. Most mystics have not learn how to step
into the truth of their own being and explore why they have an ego
in the first place. Similarly, they usually do not step into the
truth of their own heart provided by their intuition and act on that
truth in the world. Rather, they follow someone else’s truth,
usually the truth found within the tradition or the path of their
teacher rather than their own truth.
From a creativity perspective, shamans come the closest to living
and being the truth of their own being in the world rather than
mystics. Most mystics withdraw from the world and their disciples do
the work in the world not them. There are reasons for this
withdrawal and it has to deal with the level of their creative
powers that they have, or have not accessed. The problem is that we
can’t live our truth from the mind and what it thinks and what it
has been told. It has to be done through the heart and through
feelings. Living a mystical truth in the world as the world
currently exists is extremely difficult. To do so is to ultimately
walk the
left hand path. It is much easier to withdraw from the world
than walk the truth of one’s being in the world. The intent and
purpose of the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity material provides
the doorway for you to enter this world if you so choose. If you act
to became a conscious creator you can expect to have mystical
experiences. However, if you become a mystic you will not
necessarily become a conscious creator.
On the point of becoming a mystic or a conscious creator an
important distinction needs to be made here. To mentally know we are
an
multidimensional and
infinite creative being as one discovers in the mystical
experience is one thing. To act on that knowing even when our
enculturated mind and society can not fully embrace what that
means is something completely different. Acting on that knowing will
result in a completely different experience of physical Creation.
The difference is a great as night and day. In fact, the proverbial
comparison of light being equated with awareness and understanding
(enlightenment) and darkness equated to unawareness and lack of
understanding is an attempt to bridge the magnitude of this
difference. But the issue is not about a mental understanding,
awareness and enlightenment as opposed to a lack of understanding,
unawareness and unelightenment. It is the difference between knowing
and not acting on what we know and knowing and fully acting on what
we know.
The issue is acting and, in particular, acting on the truth of our
being not the truth of another or a tradition. For example, to say
there exists a God within another is very different than living and
acting from that truth. To act on that truth is to realize we, as is
each individual, are the perfect expression of that God. We are
having the perfect experience desired by that God that resides
within us. There is nothing, absolutely nothing wrong with what we
are experiencing no matter how joyful or painful it is. It is what
the God within created and desires, for whatever reason, to
experience. More importantly, the individual who stands before us
whomever they be - lover, enemy or an annoyance and irritation or
the experience we have is exactly what this God within has chosen to
create an experience. To deny what is before us and the experience
we have in any way and/or to deny the role of the God within in
creating it and is to deny what is within our own being. So too each
aspect of our own life. He or she who stands before us, whomever
they are and whether we like them or not, is exactly what we have
asked to experience.
If you read and act on what is in this material, you will see for
yourself the truth of these words. For many, these words are
too much to be believed and just another impossibility to be
faced.
Related topics
The creative spirit and the spirit of spirituality/religion
Mysticism and the mystic
Shamanism and the Shaman
Bridging the seen and unseen
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