Book 2: Creative Intelligence (Part 5)
From Inspiration To Serendipity
The source is generative. It is pure generation, the life of all things. And of all creatures, man is endowed with imagination; man is therefore also endowed with an ability to tap into the source for generative inspiration. Creativity lurks deep within us. Within our soul.
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Albert Einstein
Among the Celts, “Imagination” means soul. Celtic scholar John O’Donohue points out that in the Celtic way of seeing the world, the “soul” is the place where the imagination lives. It operates where light and dark, visible and invisible, possibility and fact come together. “The linear, controlling, external mind will never even glimpse the gift that imagination is . What expands the soul, those revelations, comes from the cosmos, and not the thoughtful thinking.”
“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
Blaise Pascal
Imagination wakes us up from our slumber. Imagination is always bigger than reality, as a closed box always holds more than an open one. Imagination is liberation; liberating us from the here and now. Imagination is so vast, so large, so free that it allows us to contemplate grandeur. It transports us outside the immediate world to a world of infinity, to what if, a place of what-is-not-yet. It takes us to the realm of elsewhere.
“It is the pen which dreams.”
French Philosopher Gaston Bachelard
The sorcerer knows that by being in the Now, letting Flow course through him, all things are possible. He is an opening through which energy flows from the unmanifested source to the here and now for the benefit of all. The essence of source is within him, is him, it’s the fuel that fires his imagination, it energizes thought and enables him to connect with the invisible energy in all things. Imagination is the workshop in which his intentions are first visualized.
It isn’t a thought but a feeling. It is akin to experiencing the birth of light from the inside. It is the feeling experience of a sun rising within one’s deepest core.
We must be before we can do, we can do only to the extent that we are, what we are depends on what we think and feel. What we think, what we focus our attention on, and how strongly we feel, our desire, is what ultimately unleashes inspiration. It is through silence that we can hear. It is through intention that we control our attention. It is what we focus our attention on that grows within us. We cannot manifest what we want; we can only manifest what we already have. What is already within us is source. If we become conscious of the source within us, understand that we can tap into it, allow it to pave the walk ahead of us, serendipity follows.
Meditation Exercise: Vow to yourself to take one or more everyday activities and use them to bring empowerment and creative expansion into your life. When commuting or washing the dishes or whatever, let it be a time for alertness. Be absolutely present in that activity and note the alive stillness within you. You will then be noticing how the inner dimension of consciousness flows into what you are doing. This is the joy of Being