Creative Imagination

Many times I am asked..”How do I connect with the Inner Self, or the Higher Self?”

It is really quite simple, once we know how to trust the process of Creative Imagining. Creative imagining is nothing else but thought patterns from the brain that indicates that we are in control of the babbling idiots.

If we look at the twelve major chakras, we see that they are divided into four categories: Physical, emotional, spiritual and ethereal. The ethereal chakras are the ones associated with our creativity. Creativity is the ultimate expression of our God Power. It is through the process of creativity, that we paint, compose music, devise marketing strategies, write poetry and books, develop transport systems, design spectacular buildings and grow food. It literally creates and supports life and society, on the many levels of necessary function.

When we look at composers like Beethoven and Mozart, we muse over their creative musical abilities. We look at the art of Renoir, and contemplate the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. And we wonder – where did they get that from? How could they create all of this, and we are seemingly unable to connect to the state of creative imagining that they had? Very often, Beethoven’s work is said to be spiritual, ethereal, and certainly some of his later sonatas have this quality, as does the works of Mozart. It is pure simple beauty. And very meditative.

And that is the key. Meditation. In order to detach from the conscious mind, we need to practice the art of meditation. Once the brain is still, it can access those realms of creativity that we sometimes think are not attainable. But it certainly is. Meditation is a discipline which is really very easy, once we get the jist of it.

There are three types of meditatitive states. Concentration, Active Meditation and Passive Meditation.

Concentration means that we will the brain to focus on one single problem – whatever that may be. Important though, is to remember that it is still a creative process. Through concentration we divise strategies, solve problems and connect to the inner resource of rational creativity. Here the mind focus is on the needs of the moment. The How and Why. And it all happens in the realms of imagining, or imaging. For instance, we take a brief from a client, and we run with it. That is conscious creativity. And in it’s own right, it is an art form that has the power to transform complete cultures.

Active meditation, on the other hand, is the conscious effort to still the mind in order to connect with the Higher Self, or the Ethereal realms of our spiritual existence. It is here where we discover the beauty of the Inner Self, and get messages from our Guides and other Inner Sources, revealing Universal Wisdom. Many will shy away from this statement, but true it is. In the stillness created by the meditative state, we are more open to receiving the gentle voice of our Higher Self, and with creative imagination, the discourse between ourselves and the unseen starts. Are we mad, we ask? Am I hearing voices? Why am I talking to myself? Truly, the experience can be a bit disconcerting at first, but just trust that all is indeed as it should be.

By ignoring these voices in the head, we discourage communion with the Self, and ultimately, communion with God. Here we mine the riches of our personal memory bank, which contains all the information from previous times, as well as our current existence. Mining these riches brings a better understanding of how we function and co-create our lives with those around us. We simply need to participate in the conversation. That is all that is required. Sometimes we do not even remember any of it afterwards, but be assured, it is stored and at the ready to be accessed when required.

Passive Meditation, is the state we easily reach once we have mastered active meditation. All that happens is that we connect intuitively with the creative source of the Universal Self. It is in this state that music, visual and literary art is born. It is here where we devise the stage design for a play. When we connect so intuitively, purely and honestly, with that creative force called imagination, we start producing truly astonishing results.

Passive meditation comes very easy, once the mind has been trained through concentration and active meditation. It involves opening and emptying the mind, and filling it with the creative imagination of our Higher Selves. We are intuitively guided by this inner force, to co-create, in a sense, the purist of thoughts and ideas, and put them down on paper for all to see, hear and enjoy.

Discounting creative imagination and meditation, robs us of one of the most important activities that we can perform. For that is the difference in either creating or not. And as we are creating all day long, we are doing it anyway. Maybe just a little misguided, or maybe just a little unconsciously.

Make it real. Still the mind. Connect with the miracle of You. You may be surprised what you find there. Off course, it takes discipline to go and sit down and do it. But it also takes discipline to go to the gym every day, or empty the trash can, or perform those mundane duties that we always have to nag ourselves to do. All that these activities achieve though, is to satisfy the daily need for existence or ego satisfaction.

Meditation asks none of that from you. It simply offers riches beyond your imagination.

And it does not cost a cent.

Love and light to you.