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Conceptual formation
Exploring the thought we have
Exploring the origin of the thought
Related and influencing topics
dissatisfaction with what is -
masculine thrust (phase I - choosing to act) -
mature inner masculine -
programming and reprogramming -
rainmaker -
blueprint -
clear intention -
establishing the foundation for internal harmony -
internal seed condition -
creating a seed crystal
From the
creative/creation process the first step in the creation process
is stated as: conceptual formation [dissatisfaction with what is
- masculine thrust (phase I - choosing to act)- mature inner
masculine - programming and reprogramming - rainmaker - blueprint -
clear intention - internal seed condition - creating a seed crystal]
Conceptional formation is about creating the
seed condition for creation
or the blueprint for our creative endeavors. The seed condition is
one of two things. One form of the seed condition is to create a
seed if planted in the correct soil will germinate, grow and unfold.
The second form of the seed condition is to create all the necessary
conditions that are needed that lie within one’s power. When the
appropriate complementary aspect is found and the two parts a
brought together a seed is produced much the way sexual reproduction
works
For most of our creative endeavors, the conceptual formation will
occur in, or as,
the unseen for that is
the role of the unseen realms in the
creative/creation process. Or, maybe better said, most of what
occurs in the conceptual formation step is done in unawareness and
unseen by us because of
the perspective we hold. Most of us become aware of the
conceptual formation step when we have a creative thought and/or
play with that thought. It exists up to the point were we choose to
act on the thought we have and look to see what kind of space we
need to create or action we need to take to manifest it. If you look
at the
Rain-River Analogy for the creative process, the conceptual
formation spans the evaporation of water from ocean through the
cloud formation.
Conceptual formation is about three things. One is about finding,
accessing and characterizing an energy into a creative thought. This
part is almost always done in the unseen. The second is to explore
the creative thought we get and the energy which gives rise to the
thought. The other is to structure the thought in the way we wish to
manifest the energy we access. This is more often done in a
subconscious way than a conscious exploration.
Exploring the thought we
have (Top)
All creative activities arise from
a feeling. How we characterize that feeling is another question. But
the essence of that feeling is such that it causes us to desires
something other than what is. As humans, we translate that feeling
into a thought, in particular, a desire. Often the thought or desire
seems to arise from a nothingness but in reality it arises from the
unseen energy we sense and is characterized by our
mind based on our past experiences into a thought.
Once we capture that thought, we have a choice. The choice is to
act, or not act, to manifest that though as an experience. If we
chose to manifest that thought then have the choice as to how we
will do so and we move into the
next step of the creative/creation process, creating the space.
However, we can also choose to not act on that thought but rather
play with that thought and explore the options it provides.
Exploring the options the thought provides holds us in the
conceptual phase until we choose to act to manifest the thought.
However, many find they have
lost the freedom to explore their own thoughts and find it
difficult to play with their thoughts to look at other options
because of the experiences they have had in the past.
One option is to act on the feeling as opposed to the thought. It is
to realized there is a significant different to act on a thought as
opposed to acting on a feeling. All our experiences arise from a
flow of energy. Any feeling we have that is characterized by
mind as a thought is significantly influenced by the past. That
is, mind only knows the past and will characterized whatever it
experiences based on that past. In essence, by definition to have a
thought is to recreate the past. To have the awareness of a thought
is to have the past imposed on what we experience and leads to
recreating the past.
To act on a feeling is to not impose the past. To act on a feeling
without a particular thought about the feeling as to what we are
perceiving or a thought as to what that feeling represents is to
remain in the unknown. Such an action leads to a more creative
endeavor and is much more challenging for
mind to embrace. Acting on a feeling opens the door to many more
possibilities than acting on the thought we have about the feeling
we have.
To choose to act on the feeling as opposed to the thought is to look
to see what feeling the thought carries. Then lock onto the feeling
and use that feeling as an
internal compass to guide our action. Then act as lead to based
on that feeling.
The other options is to explore the thought and the energy.
Exploring what the thought/energy has to offer is to understand
energy goes where consciousness focuses its attention and awareness.
The longer and more passionately we hold a particular focus of our
attention and awareness, the greater the possibility of creating an
actual experience of what is held. As we hold focus, the improbably
becomes possible, the possible becomes probably and the probable
becomes a certainty. Exploring the thought/energy is about looking
to see if a deeper more passionate alignment is possible.
It is to look to see what the thought and/energy really mean. It is
then to look and see if there are not other ways and options to
achieve what the thought/energy would create. Each thought we have
or energy we follow will have consequences. Sometime the obvious
consequences are not desirable. So the question becomes, “Is there a
way to pursue what this thought/energy represents without the
consequences we see or perceive to exist?
One note of importance here is that often what we perceive to exist
is not necessarily a real hazard of consequence. Rather, whenever
mind perceives something that looks like the past where it was
harmed, threatened or thwarted, it will project fear and/or enter a
defensive/protective posture. So before we reject an thought/feeling
because of perceived consequences, we may need to explore the
consequences to see if they are real or just projections of the
past.
In any case and for whatever we choose to pursue, to consciously
utilize this principle of creativity found within
energy consciousness it is important to learn to control and
direct the focus of one’s attention and awareness. We must learn to
hold a focus with unwavering faith as passionately as possible for
as long as it takes. In time, what is held will manifest as an
experience in a way that experience is most easily manifested within
the environment in which your find ourselves. The exploration which
occurs in the conceptual formation step should be to find a way to
desire to hold our thought/feeling in the way described in this
paragraph. In essence, we should try and desire what we want with
the passion and awareness of a drowning person gasping for air.
Exploring the origin
of the thought (Top)
Exploring the thought/energy is
again to realized energy goes where we focus our attention and
awareness. But here it is to realized that the thought we have is a
result of our existing focus of our attention and awareness. It is
to realized because of the way we currently think and believe we
have this thought for the energy we are sensing within the
environment we find ourselves. It is to explore, “Why this thought
as opposed to some other thought?” It is to realize the thought
arises from an energy we sense and that energy can arise from many
different things. It is to realize it could be an energy who origins
lies beyond the particular environment and our being. It could be an
energy unique to our current environment. It could be an energy
unique to our being that we could be sensed by us anywhere. It could
be an energy that we can only sense within the particular
environment that arises because of the uniqueness of our being and
the uniqueness of the environment. Or, it could be one of the many
variations of these, such as, it is an energy that arises from
somewhere else but we can only sense it in the unique environment in
which we find ourselves because of the uniqueness of our being.
Here we explore the origins of the thought and
pull the string on the origins of the energy giving rise to the
thought. It is to realize our
body is an energy detector and can
function like an antenna tuned by our
mind and what we think and believe. It is to do both body work
to increase/change the sensitivity of our body and/or explore what
we think and believe. It is to explore how and why we think the way
we do and how and why we believe what we do. It is then to choose a
way of being and/or using the body coupled with a way of thinking
and believing that allows us to create something that
serves us in the way we need to be served to meet our current
desires. In the
Rain-River Analogy, exploring the origins of our thought is to
explore the origins of the cloud, the cloud formation and why the
clouds form where they do.
Related and influencing
topics (Top)
dissatisfaction with what is -
masculine thrust - mature inner masculine - programming and
reprogramming - rainmaker - blueprint - clear intention -
establishing the foundation for internal harmony - internal seed
condition - creating a seed crystal
Dissatisfaction with what is
(Top):
The first step in the creative process is a
dissatisfaction with what is. A separation of one’s inner being
to create something new. It needs to be realized we usually do not
consciously choose to create until we are dissatisfied with
something. If we are satisfied we have no desire to change what. We
many not be truly happy with what is, but we are satisfied. What we
do create is normally
subconscious or unconscious and/or as a result of the
constant changing Creation and happens in spite of what we think
The essence of all creation is the transformation of an existing
form of energy to a new form. Since all of our creative life energy
is already directed toward sustaining an existing creation, some
will need to be sacrificed and change to create something new. Since
we are satisfied with what is, we will not want anything to change.
The first part of the process a desire arises to close that
separation. Consciousness fragments and scatters its energy and
consciousness to create the illusion of creation. It is these desire
within ones being that causes the separation, that initial
fragmentation and scattering of energy. For example, as discussed in
the
Creation Story for the Creativity Perspective, Consciousness
became lonely and fragmented itself into an infinite number of parts
to create a Playmate. The fragmentation of Oneness of Consciousness
to create the illusion to manifest Creation was not the shattering
of Consciousness, that was the creative act. The separation and
fragmentation was the longing for a playmate. Consciousness
separated itself from wholeness in a desire to share Its Creation.
The same essential process exists at every level. Desire is what
establishes the initial tension for creation to occur. Believing we
do not have what we desire is the illusion that exists to cause
creation.
From the consciousness perspective, the
creative/creation process starts with an existing identity of
ourselves that will need to change. It can be an internal form as to
how we define ourselves such as by an occupation. Or, it can be an
external form like the physical location in which we live.
Consequently, more often than not, we starts looking at the creative
process as a result of some “disaster” or desperation when the
existing form has been, or is being, destroyed by forces seemingly
beyond our control. Most start looking to become consciously
creative as a result of a divorce, job termination, an accident, a
forced move or some other type of perceived setback. It needs to be
noted and emphasized, the problem we face in waiting to become
dissatisfied with what is is that where we start to look at the
process and why we start the process has a great influence what we
create.
Running away from something or running to something each provide a
different creation than standing apart from what is occurring. When
we choose to enter the creative process from the perspective of
running to or from something, we see an outside force of some type
pushing or pulling us. In essence we become a victim and assume a
victim consciousness. We run from our
pain. we run toward our
muse
or long for, and
seek the beloved/Beloved. When we stand apart from the process
we see the tension created by the separation of the
masculine aspect and
feminine aspects of creation and the energy that is generated as
the two seek to be rejoined. The ideal way to enter the
creative/creation process is to do so in the
most creative state of being with no intention other than to
creatively play. It is we can experience
creation/Creation for what it is, consciousness at play with
itself.
Masculine thrust (Phase I)
- choosing to act (Top):
The act of choosing whether it be to act on the thought we have or
to explore the thought is to embrace the
masculine aspect of being. To choose to surrender to the flow of
energy and allow our feelings to lead is still part of the
masculine thrust and is representative of embracing the dance of
the
masculine and feminine such that the masculine surrenders to the
feminine lead. What needs to be understood is that creation is the
result of the masculine. To create anything we must embrace the
masculine aspect of being to one degree or another. The question is
whether or not the masculine is willing to surrender to the
feminine.
Mature inner masculine:
(Top)
The
mature inner masculine is about understanding the energy to
which we surrender and knowing what is guiding and directing our
life. The question here is “Does our consciousness seek to act on
the thought that arises from the flow of our creative life energy as
determined by the
intention for our life or does it act on a thought that arises
from some other energy?”
Programming and
reprogramming (Top):
The thought we have are determined by how
mind characterizes the energy we experience based on the
experiences we have had. To change our thought we have to reprogram
the past and/or create new and diverse programing through new and
untried experiences. At time we may need to employ “not
doing” exercises,
initiations,
rituals,
metatheatircs and the like so as to convince mind we are more
that it imagines us to be.
Rainmaker (Top):
The
rainmaker is creates the safe space for an individual to process
what they need to process. In explore our thoughts it is often
necessary to have another with whom to share and explore our thought
and/or act out what we think and/or feel but have what we think and
do accepted without judgement. The rainmaker creates such a space.
Blueprint: What we think and believe
about the thought we choose to act upon becomes a blueprint for our
conscious and subconscious actions. It is for this reason it is
important to become aware of what and why we believe what we do.
Clear intention
(Top):
Clear intention addresses two things. One is clarity of our
intention. That is, we understand what we want and why. We are not
nebulous in what we intend and our intention is not open to a
variety of interpretation by our subconscious.
The second thing clear intention addresses is addressing and
removing competing conscious,
subconscious and, as appropriate,
unconscious intentions. Unconscious intention tend to be related
to the reason for
our incarnation and the
intention for our life. Subconscious intention are related to
our subconscious programming that goes as far back as the early
views of, and about, life we assimilated from our early care givers
and enculturation. Conscious intention are those intentions, goal,
expectations and aspirations that conflict with the intention we
desire to manifest.
Establishing the foundation for
creating internal harmony - the importance of clarity of intent
(Top):
To create anything we desire it is essential that we have both
clarity of intent and
single point focus for our activities. Internal harmony is
having all aspects of our being align with what we desire to create
to help create that single point focus. When we undergo the
creative/creation process it provides an unparalleled
opportunity to
create an internal harmony. It is done in the easiest way
possible through a clarity of intention establish in the concept
formation stage and carried as a single point focus throughout the
creative/creation process especially into and during the energy
generation phase. Clarity of intention carried into the Energy
Generation step help us to create and “solidify” that single point
focus of our creative endeavors.
Internal seed condition
(Top):
The work that goes on in the conceptual formation is to create the
internal portion of the
seed condition for creation.
The seed condition is one of two things. One form of the seed
condition is to create a seed if planted in the correct soil will
germinate, grow and unfold. Here the seed is a particular thought
that just needs the correct conditions for one to act. The second
form of the seed condition is to create all the necessary conditions
that are needed that lie within one’s power. When the appropriate
complementary aspect is found and the two parts a brought together a
seed is produced much the way sexual reproduction works. That seed
then grows and unfold. In this second from there must be a marriage
or union with something external for the proper conditions for
growth to form The main difference between these two forms is that
in the first case, the seed is self contained and nothing is needed
from another. In the second case, another is needed to supply
something for the final seed to be produce that will unfold into the
desired creation.
Creating a seed crystal
(Top):
The conceptual formation can be seen as the step in the creative
process were we create the
seed crystal for our creative endeavor. When we move through the
creative/creation process we can see the process as a
supersaturated solution into which we insert a seed crystal. When a
supersaturated solution is cooled and a seed crystal inserted, a
crystal grows around the seed taking a shape and form determined by
the seed crystal. In our creative endeavors we will go through a
process described as the
cauldron of creation/Creation. It is much like a supersaturated
solution. We add all the ingredients to start our creation and
dissolve them into a chaotic solution. As we allow it to cool down,
we insert the intention for our creation and the mental image we
have as to what the intention will look like. Our intention and the
mental picture we have as to what it means acts as the seed crystal
for what will form. The symbolic use of
ritual and/or
metatheater can be effective to create a seed crystal were the
ritual/metatheater “acts out” in a symbolic or literal way the form
that one wants to create.
The next step in the
creative/creation process
Creating the space for creation - preparing the environment
The previous step in the
creative/creation process
Death and dissolution into component parts
Steps in the creative/creation process
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