What Are These Things We Call Creativity and Intuition?
Who couldn’t use a little dose of creativity to enrich their lives? Whether you are a writer, scholar, plumber, parent, physician, volunteer, researcher, unemployed, retired or anything in between, creativity becomes essential in infusing our life with meaning and problem solving abilities. If you are an artist of any sort then creativity is even more essential and becomes your lifeline.
Creativity is that intangible source of ability of making “something” seemingly out of “nothing. It’s a source of power, beauty, miracles—and answers. Whether it’s a painting, a written story, a sculpture, or an invention, creativity is the source of new, reconstituted or unique outcomes. But what happens when the reservoir to our creativity becomes inaccessible, hard to tap into and dry? When our flow to creativity seems stagnant or non-existent, our ability to live a fulfilled and joyful life becomes the biggest challenge with unnecessary complications. This is the ideal time to tap into our intuition to free up the access into our creativity flow.
Intuition is a sense of knowing, an accurate and reliable combination of inner and outer insight, wisdom and guidance. It is listening to our inner creator. Some believe we have an interconnection with the original source of creativity known by many names; the Field, Infinite Intelligence, the Collective Unconscious, Divine Intelligence, Tao, All That Is It, etc. This source can be distinguished from the inner critic or ego because it provides is benevolent truth and direction and is often associated with what we call gut feeling or 6th sense.
All of us are endowed with intuition which carries us through our lives. Some people have it more fine tuned than others. These persons can be called psychic, clairvoyant, fortune-tellers or simply gifted but in fact, it’s a skill that can be developed by anyone who is interested and dedicated to this very personal and powerful process.
Sometimes the incentive for accessing our intuition is when the use of logic, analytical thinking and the rational mind becomes insufficient in reaching our goals and aspirations and our access to creativity becomes blocked. That’s when accessing our intuition becomes necessary. It simply takes a desire and plan to kick it into action and heighten its use.
Finding Your Own Personal Crystal Ball
One of the most successful ways to tap into your psychic/intuitive skills is to go into this journey with loving intention. If this process is encouraged and cultivated it also helps tremendously. I recommend for those who are interested in harnessing their intuitive skills to enhance their creativity to first decide exactly what they want and then move from there. I also strongly suggest you go into this endeavor with the purpose of making decisions for the highest and greatest good of all. Creativity by its very nature and in its highest sense adds beauty and love to our universe. So if you would like to fire up your creative juices for the best reasons, you will see how incredibly smooth and lovely the process is.
One of the most powerful ways to increase intuitive skills aside from having an open mind is to “look out for signs”. This requires paying attention. In our busy world this takes practice but can be done. It is no wonder that those who go into seclusion and meditate constantly find psychic awareness more accessible than the average 9 to 5er. But since it isn’t practical for most of us to go to the mountains of Machu Picchu or the Himalayas, I suggest a few more doable ways.
- Get Physical. Do things that are physically healthy for your body and mind. This could be simply drinking more water, engaging in some type of physical exercise even if for as little as 5 minutes a day. What you do is up to you. Strength training, yoga, light cardio, tai chi, gentle stretching, dancing, boxing, martial arts, the list goes on so you do have choices. Reducing stress any way you can is also recommended.
- Breathing. Be aware of your breathing whenever you can. Simply notice your in and out breath as many times as possible during the day. Set an alarm if you need a reminder to observe your breathing. This in of itself can be considered a form of meditation, which leads to more expanded forms of meditation.
- Meditation. Consider starting or strengthening a mediation practice. Mediation takes many forms. Meditation is an ancient practice of quieting the chattering mind and an activity that has endured for centuries. Both Eastern philosophy and Western thinking agree that meditation has healing effects. Some types of meditation are very simple and yet others are so complex it almost seemed to have been created to turn people away from the process. I suggest the simple. Start short, 60 seconds of observing your breathing. Then progress to more sophisticated types if you wish. Meditation can be learned my reading books/magazines, speaking to folks who do it, reading online articles, and by just doing it yourself and seeing what works for you. Exploring meditation types can actually be joyful and is one of the most reliable ways of enhancing your natural intuitive capabilities.
- Synchronicities. Looking for those signs mentioned above. These signs take the form of synchronicities. These are meaningful coincidences that simply are too obvious to be ignored or passed off as mere chance alone. There is much literature on this topic available. Just the other day I was thinking of a dear high school friend I had not heard from in over fifteen years. I wondered where she was, if she was married and if I would ever hear from her again. Two days later, I get an email from one of the social networking websites notifying me of a friend request. This friend was, you guessed it, the person I was thinking about two days earlier. Even though I do intuitive work regularly, I was still extremely excited at the wonder of synchronicity. You have probably heard of this popular type of synchronicity where you are thinking of a person and suddenly you get an email or call from that person when you normally would not. Or you open a newspaper and see an ad or article of an object/animal or insect that isn’t that common, say a ladybug, and suddenly see a live one later, a song plays on the radio about a ladybug, and later you see a woman across the street wearing a dress with ladybug design. There are so many examples and I imagine you may be remembering one or two instances of your own by now. That’s the power of creativity coming forth. This can be transmuted in many aspects of your life if you allow it.
- Trust. Believe that what you feel in your gut is real and trust it. I have had clients who have had a premonition or dream of something “bad” happening. For example, she or he may dream that a person they know passes away. The client may feel they are somehow responsible if something negative happen to the person in their dream and as a result may feel anxious and fearful. However, it simply may mean that the person who dreams or perceives this event is highly sensitive to the process of dying, and that is to be honored, not feared. I found that many people ignore their intuition because they erroneously feel they can make bad things happen just because they sense it. This is not so. It is a loving way of preparing you for life’s unexpected and often unavoidable events. In some cases, it may help prevent an incident if your gut, your magical compass/crystal ball, is followed.
There are other ways to increase your intuitive abilities. As with anything else, use common sense is highly recommended. If you are committed to this process, your creative ability will inevitably increase and inspiration will come more strongly and frequently. Look out for the increase in creativity in various forms. When you do, take that very moment, no matter how busy, or sleepy you may be to make a note of in on paper, computer or other recording device (unless you are operating machinery or doing something that requires your attention, of course, a.k.a. common sense).
Some of the new or enforced forms of intuition which will unleash your creative goals may include the following.
A) Your dreams may be recalled more easily and be more vivid.
B) You may get “flashes” and images in your mind’s eye, sounds in your ear, and feelings in your skin that are undeniably lucid and clear.
C) Synchronicities will be more common, and easily identified, verified and evoked by your desire.
D) You will find yourself encountering like-minded people who will support your journey.
Once personal evolution happens, it is up to you to act upon your creative inspirations and make this world the beautiful place it was meant to be.
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