Creativity & Life are One
Whilst living on the earth, the human being has many ways of expressing its energy. Some people express themselves through physical activities such as sport, others through mental activities and some use the hands to create through art, sculpturing, building, etc. Problems arise when the creation lacks the energy of the heart. Many things created by humans have a distortion in them and they lack a certain beauty and joy. These things have been created by the egoic mind which has not included love and inspiration. Creations from the mind are based on the conditioning and memories of the individual; they are creations of the past and they have nothing new in it. They are built to engage the minds of others and so real beauty goes undiscovered.
Most of us are taught to drop heart based creations when we are young. We are conditioned to believe that the mind is more important than feelings and educational subjects such as art, dance and drama are secondary to intellectual pursuits. Envy soon follows as we are taught to compete and become a ‘somebody’. We leave behind that innocent, intuitive being as we excel in that which is expected of us and we close down the natural inquisitiveness and the drive to find out the truth for ourself.
As we grow older the mind becomes more stressed as it is filled with complex language, data, facts and figures. The creative being inside has been bound and gagged and shoved into a corner as the intellectual conditioning takes hold. We move far away from our natural abilities to sing, dance, paint, draw, sculpt, observe nature and laugh and in its place we say, ‘I can’t’ or ‘I shouldn’t’. This beautiful intuitive, joyful aspect of ourself can no longer express itself as it does not know how to create something distorted, ugly and destructive, so it slowly fades away because it is not allowed to love.
True creativity is an expression of joy from the heart. This is not something that can be given to you nor can it be taken away. It can be covered over by the expectations from others and your own desire to strive to become something other than who you really are. What gift do you have inside of you, which you can share with the world? What was your childhood dream? This dream to express yourself through joy is what you came here to do, so what stops you from doing it? If you lost your job, your house, your car, your friends and your money, then what would be left? Only you would be left, which has all the inspiration and creativity ability that you will ever need.
If you are using your creative skill in your job, but you are not happy or it lacks joy, then you need to take action to change it, because before long you will stagnate in the idea of being safe and secure. Most people hold back from expressing themselves because they are afraid. They fear what everyone around them will say and think, yet most people have a deep yearning to break out of the confines of their conditioning and become the innocent care-free, creative, loving being that they really are. If you can do it, then everyone else can…Live a creative life starting from today. Look within and find out what would bring you the most joy from your heart…and then do it!
