|
The concept of God in the
creativity perspective
God, creative
power and free will
The creativity
perspective on God
Give yourself
permission to explore “God”
There is a set or type of issues
related to the passion and energy that you need for your creative
endeavors. These issues arise around what you believe about the
source/Source of Creation, the source of your own being and the
inner and outer
creative powers/Creative Powers of Creation. These issues center
around whether you can give yourself permission to surrender and
live in the flow of energy manifesting your desired creation and
experience the passion it may cause to arise within your being. The
beliefs about the Creative Powers of Creation often takes one into
their concepts and beliefs about God. The two are related but
actually very different. One is about facing the truth of what is
and the other is about what mind thinks and believes about the truth
of what is. Unraveling how your creative ability and power is, or is
not, tied to your understanding of God is probably the single
greatest issue you will face in accessing the creative ability you
need to create whatever you desire.
It is here a word of caution needs be noted. In the same way the
principles of science caused many to review their beliefs about the
nature of creation as compared to what is taught in many religious
and spiritual traditions, the principles and concepts one faces in
exploring the source of their creative power will cause one to
bridge the physical and the spiritual and the seen and unseen. As
such, what you will discover in, or through, your creative endeavors
may cause the you to seriously evaluate your beliefs about nature,
the nature of reality, about who you think they are, how we create
and how we are, and are not, responsible for creating the reality we
see before us. Whether or not you choose to change how you view
reality will be, as it always has been, your choice.
There is an old Arab proverb
“trust in God but tether your camel.” The proverb can be understood
two ways and applies to this discussion in both ways. The first
interpretation and way it applies is the manner in which it was
meant to apply. The issue here is that there are things which are
out of your control. There are things for which God is responsible
for doing and things for which you are responsible for doing. You
can’t confuse the two. You need to explore if you are asking God to
do what you need to do and attempting to do things that God need to
do. What needs to be explored here is how your concept of God is, or
isn’t, confused with the external Creative Power of the Universe
that you need to access and utilize for your creative endeavor and
the unique aspect of the Creative Power that lies within your own
being. However, from a creativity perspective, there is a another
and deeper issue this proverb presents and what you believe about it
is extremely important.
God,
creative power and free will
(Top)
The deeper issue is, “What makes
you think that the external Creative Power you experience in the
Universe, which many call God, is interested in your camel?” What
makes you think that God has a personal interest in you and what you
want in your life and what you do. Where did you get such a belief
and such thinking. Did you have a personal experience that gave you
such a believe or did someone tell you God cares about you
personally and you believed them. Then again, maybe you are just
afraid and hope and long that God cares about you. Many see God as
Santa Claus. That is, they create a list of things they want done
and expect the list to be delivered much the way a child expects
Santa Claus to bring them their list of presents. Still other see
God almost as a servant who is suppose to answer to every beck and
call we make. Few see a God giving us a
free will to create whatever we choose to create and Who stands
back without any judgment whatsoever on what we create. If there
were any judgement on what we created we would not have a free will.
We would not be free to choose and, in many ways we would only be
puppets on a string.
It needs to be remembered, the sun shines equally and without
judgment on both the good and the bad. Hurricanes show no preference
and neither do earthquakes. Of course, you will say these are things
of the earth and physical plane. God is of the unseen and world of
spirit. Yet the energy within an earthquake, hurricane or which
comes from the sun (other than visible light) is unseen. As
discussed in the topic “Energy
- the Invariant in the Creativity Perspective” energy and
consciousness can be seen as equivalent and spirit is just another
form of energy - the capacity or the ability to produce an effect.
All we experience, seen and unseen, arises as a form of energy. The
more you explore the nature of Creation and creativity you will come
to find there is no separation between the seen and unseen. There is
only a oneness. But that does not answer the question.
The question is, “Why makes you think the Creator or the external
Creative Power that you need to access to create what you desire has
any interest in what you desire to create and/or want in your life -
what makes you think It has a personal interest in you?” Many may
say they feel it. But even if they feel this is true, that does not
necessarily means their mind accepts what they feel such that they
can live their life in the assurance that they are cared for. Here
again, most interpret the meaning of “being cared for” as giving me
what I want and desire. Many perceive God abandoning them when they
don’t get what they want, have pain or trouble in their life, or
suffer come misfortune. Yet, they are more that willing to say all
that is good in their life is from God. Yet everything arises from
the same “stuff” of Creation.
What is interesting is that
there is a way that can help us understand how the Creator has a
deeply personal interest in its Creation. But, the problem is the
creative powers and creative forces that are the logical and direct
result of that understanding do not work the way most individual
want them to work. This problem is what the Releasing Your Unlimited
Creativity seeks to address and help the reader understand.
The
creativity perspective on God
(Top)
A
creativity perspective does not embrace or hold any particular
concept of God. Quite simply, all concepts of God are created by the
mind of a human. Whether or not you wish to believe this is another
issue but it is nevertheless true. The concept of God is an attempt
to describe something beyond what the human mind can understand. But
the concept itself , whatever it is, is only a construct of the
mind. It is not a description of what is. As discussed in under the
topic “The
problem of mind and the experience of the Source of Creation -the
trap of mind” our mind is finite trying to describe an infinite
creative power which it experiences.
A creativity perspective embraces any concept of the Creative Power
of Creation, which many call God, that allows the individual to
access and fully and
freely experience the full depth and breadth of their creative
power and ability that is possible to obtain. Whatever concept of
God that one would use would be a God that allows one to create
whatever they desire since each individual’s creativity is held
sacred and we each have a free will. To deny our free will would be
to deny the Creator of Creation. As discussed in the
Creation Story for the Creativity Perspective we each are an
aspect of the infinite consciousness discussed in this story. It is
free to do as it wishes and as an aspect of it, we too are free. Do
deny our free will is to deny that infinite consciousness.
Any concept of God that would rob one of their creative power would
not be seen as holding creativity sacred. Rather it would be seen as
controlling and hold creative power unto itself. As such it would
not be a concept that allow the individual to fully and
freely express their creative power and creative ability.
You are free to choose what God ever you wish. Most hold and/or
choose their concept of God from fear of choosing wrong and whatever
consequences they may suffer from that wrong choice. The only real
issue you will face is whether or not your concept and belief about
God allows you to create what you desire. Some concepts of God can
hold one’s creativity captive. Other concepts allow it the freedom
to unfold.
From a creativity perspective it is essential that you understand
how your concept of God is related to how you view the Source of
Creation and the Creative Power or Powers of Creation. As most are
probably aware the concept of God has changed and evolved over the
course of human history and you may need to evolve your concept of
God that allows you to fully embrace the depth and breadth of your
creativity.
The earlier concepts of God in human history were either of a God or
gods. As gods in mythology, primitive religions and the like, a god
was seen as one a variety of being, often male, seen as immortal and
embodying a particular quality or principle. In this case, they were
seen as either personifying the principle or quality or controlling
it. Such principles or qualities could be the experience of love,
courage, strength and the like. Or, the god was seen as controlling
a particular element or phenomenon of nature. For example the god of
fire or the god of wind. In any case the god was seen as having
special powers or influence over some phase or aspect of life. It
time, a god could be anything, a person or thing, that becomes the
chief object of one’s love, interest or aspiration. In fact, it was
not uncommon to say a person influenced by a deep passion or
enthusiasm was possessed by a god or a god like entity. That is,
they are controlled by some power or force that resides outside the
individual.
When monotheism arose, God was seen a the single self-existence and
eternal creator and sustainer of life. Some versions of God saw God
very involved in Creation as the ruler of life and the universe.
Often this God is also seen as being the source or embodiment of
specific attributes, principles and/or virtues but not others. Some
see God as Love, Truth, and Life. Some version of God are seen as a
divine Mind or Spirit. But God is normally not seen as the embody of
Evil, hatefulness or be enslaving. Those qualities were reserved for
evil forces such as the Devil. Any one particular concept of God may
or may not see God more inanimate and as the creative principles
that govern the universe.
Within the creativity perspective presented here, the
concept of energy consciousness itself gives rise to an
awareness or a
consciousness/Consciousness within Creation and a creative force
lies within Creation. For lack of better worlds, when fully aware
and awake it can be called a Cosmic Consciousness. A way to view
exactly how this Cosmic Consciousness lies behind Creation and Its
role in Creation is provided under the topic of “Creation
Story for the Creativity Perspective.” Whether you believe this
Story is a correct interpretation of Creation does not really
matter. The Story is presented only as a way (metaphorically or as a
pedagogical device) as to how it is possible that you have an
unlimited creativity ability within you to creative the experiences
you have and the entire world of those experienced. All we do is
create it collectively with others. The Story provides away that
gives the greatest creative power and creative ability to the
individual and a way to experience what is the true depth and
breadth of one’s creativity. The phenomenon of the pair production
provides the starting point as to how we can create our reality but
do so collectively.
The question is not whether or not you believe the
energy consciousness model for
Creation Story for the Creativity Perspective for the creativity
perspective that is given is “The” correct view of Creation. Rather,
the question is whether or not you are willing to use the
understanding and act on it with realization it is the best
description offered that begins to describe the depth and breadth of
your creative power until you find something better.
The recommendation is made to not accept it or deny what is
presented here. Rather it is recommended you experiment with its
implications. Many of the implications are presented within the
Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity applications web site
information. It is recommended you explore them to see if many of
the implication are true for you. Then
use what is effective in your life to create what you desire.
In fact, a better recommendation is to write your own Creation Story
that reflects the truth of what you know about Creation. What you
write should not reflect what you have been told but what you
believe. It should reflect your truth about Creation and your truth
about the inner and outer creative powers as you understand them. It
should reflect your truth and your understanding, not the
understanding of others. You can use another’s story but it should
reflect your story and what you are willing to live and embody as
your truth. You may want to explore many of the Creation Myths and
Stories to see which Myth or Story best reflect what you believe and
know based on your experiences of life.
If you don’t know what is true, say so. Do not deny the fact that
you may not know. If you find you must accept the Creation Story of
another, then consider its full implications and see if those
implications reflect what you have experienced in life. If the
implications are true, then the Creation Story you use is probably
an effective description of the origins of Creation. However, if the
implications are not true and there is information that conflicts
with the Story you chose, then, look to another Myth or Story that
more effectively corresponds to what you have personally
experienced.
Give yourself
permission to explore “God”
(Top)
What the concept of God tries to
describe and your creative power are related. However, you will not
understand the relationship until you do your own experiments and
have consciously experienced how it is possible that you are the
creator of your experience and the world you experience - all of it.
Unless you seen and understand in you own way the seeming paradox of
how you are responsible for all of it, yet responsible for none of
it, will you understand the true relationship of God, or rather what
the concept of God is trying to explain, and the creative powers of
the Universe. But, as you can come to see, there no paradox - you
are the creator of the experiences you have.
It is recommended that you separate these two concepts the best you
can in your own mind until you gain a sufficient set conscious
creative experiences to see how they two are interconnected. And you
don’t have return to actively study or contemplate this issue. The
understanding will come to you as you step into your own creative
powers and live true the truth of your own being. You will see and
experience for yourself the truth of what is said here.
It needs to be noted that depending on how you view and perceive
God, the Creative Power of the Universe, may or may not be related
to your God. If you look carefully and objectively, God, whatever
you believe and whatever you point to as the basis of your belief is
only a concept and belief you have that may or may not be correct as
it relates to the true Creative Power. You, of course, assume, or
have been told and believe, it is correct or otherwise you would
have a different belief about God than you do. You have also
probably had experiences that prove to you your belief about God is
correct. Yet, the Creative Power to which is referred here has
nothing to do with what you believe or what I believe. Rather it is
a power, a force, or energy that you, I or anyone else can tap into
to create whatever we desire and is often independent of what we
believe about God.
It can be shown that you, I or anyone else can develop the ability
tap into a seemingly nothingness and create an object in a variety
of ways if you know how to establish the correct conditions
regardless of your belief about God. There is nothing magical or
mystical about it. The key is simply to understand the conditions
that need to be created. On this note, it also needs to be noted
there is an inner and outer aspect to this Creative Power that is
connected through you and the conditions you create within your own
being. You need to challenge yourself as to how a finite mind, yours
or any other, could adequately and effectively characterize and
understand an infinite creative ability that many traditionally try
and capture in our concept, and beliefs about God and how anything
that is infinite, which God is suppose to represent, is limited by
what we believe about it.
The door way to your creative power, the source of your being and to
the Creation Power of the Universe that seems to stand outside of
you is within your own being. To be able to create anything you
desire, we each have to undertake an individual journey to explore
our inner world to find the doorway and step through. We cannot
stand midway between two worlds. You have to learn to dance between
two worlds. One world is a world where all the creative power lies
outside our being. The other world is where all the creative power
of the universe lies within our being. There are things you can do
and create only if you give all your creative powers away to the
power outside yourself. Then there are things you can only create if
you claim all the creative powers within your own being. Mind cannot
live simultaneously with both. Both are true but you can live only
at a point between these two extremes.
Unless you can get out of mind, you will not to learn to dance
between the two worlds. To be in mind is to try and live at a point
between these two extremes or at either extreme. It is to live in
the illusion of mind and you actually give your creative powers away
to experience what mind creates based on what it believe about
itself. Alternatively said, there are things God can do and the
human cannot and there are things a human can do that God cannot.
Unless you learn the dance between these two you will not access the
full creative energy available to you to create and you will live in
the illusion of mind and the limitations mind imposes on you. You
will become captured and imprisoned by what mind thinks and
believes. You learn this dance by consulting your intuitive
guidance.
The easiest and fastest way to enter this dance is to get clarity of
intention as to what type and kind of world you desire to
experience. Then, ask your intuition, “what do I need to do, what do
I need to become - what does it look like for me as I create this
world I desire?” Then honor the intuitive guidance you get. Do not
look for anyone or anything to change first or to act first. The
creative power lies within you. You and only you must act as your
intuition leads. Others may help but you cannot look for anyone else
to change first or ever to understand what you are doing. Hence
there will always be a loneliness that arises when you choose to
recreate the world you experience.
Yet, it is in that loneliness that you will desire a playmate. You
will desire some one with whom to share the world you are creating.
This loneliness is the door that opens to understand what God feels
and why it is said, “God created the world out of love to share Its
Creation.” To live and act from the perspective described in this
paragraph is difficult to do without practice and there are many
issues you will need to face that you have been enculturated to
believe as to who and what your are and what you are, and are not,
able to do. To explore your relationship with this Creative Power
and to learn how to improve it, you may want to ask your intuition,
“What do I need to do, what does it look like to gain a better
understanding and a conscious experience of how this Creative Power
functions in my life?” Then honor the intuitive guidance you
receive.
Related topics
Consciousness within, or behind, Creation
The consciousness which intended our life
Three aspects to being a human being
Flow of
Creation
The
Password
Protected Area provides access to all
currently posted
(click for current loading) Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity
related discussion files and applications.
Top |
