We are creative beings. We live in a creative universe. Creativity surrounds us, and is in us – in all of us, not just the gifted few. Although at its core, creativity is a mystery, the creative process is knowable, and we can use it as a template for living a more fulfilling, aware, meaningful life. If allowed, the cycles of creativity become the enduring flow of our lives, bringing with them the freedom to live life sourced from our passions instead of our fears – from our life’s true purpose rather than from our ego’s vision of security and prosperity.
Creativity Rises Up from the Unconscious
Creativity rises up from the unconscious, moves toward definition, and finds completion in the outer world. This movement is never static and, in the early stages, it passes through enormous chaos. In fact, the early phases of the process are sometimes called “the great chaos”, or “the seething sea of the unconscious”. But chaotic as it is, this is the fertile ground that gives rise to our dreams; it is the place of gestation. Governed by mystery and intuition, possibility abounds!
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Creativity Rises Up from the Unconscious
Creativity rises up from the unconscious, moves toward definition, and finds completion in the outer world. This movement is never static and, in the early stages, it passes through enormous chaos. In fact, the early phases of the process are sometimes called “the great chaos”, or “the seething sea of the unconscious”. But chaotic as it is, this is the fertile ground that gives rise to our dreams; it is the place of gestation. Governed by mystery and intuition, possibility abounds!
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