http://i-sorcerer.com within / without Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:21:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday we were discussing beginnings. Starting at the beginning. Yesterday is just that. Today is now. How are you going to start today? Like yesterday? In The Man of Destiny, George Bernard Shaw shows us the twenty seven year old Napoleon attacking all the courses ... http://i-sorcerer.com/ego/whose-talking/ When I was a little boy, I used to jump out of bed in the very early morning, and race into the day. I’d beat everyone up, and so had to entertain myself for an hour or two before pestering others. I remember summers, heading down ... http://i-sorcerer.com/intention/a-purposeful-day/ The ego asks how to make a situation fulfill its needs. The sorcerer asks how to respond to the needs of the moment. Instead of reacting against a situation, merge with it. A solution will arise out of the situation itself. Not out of your mind; out of your alert ... http://i-sorcerer.com/zen/entering-zen/ I’ve been reminiscing today. Normally I don’t spend any time at all thinking about the past, my childhood, things like that. I’m living in the present, after all. Its overcast again, a bit gloomy, I’d been writing for a while and graciously allowed myself a breather. ... http://i-sorcerer.com/now/time-out/ 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. ... http://i-sorcerer.com/creative-intelligence/book-2-creative-intelligence-part-5/ From Consciousness To Inspiration “Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” Pablo Picasso Remember earlier when we talked about whatever we focus our attention on grows? If we focus our attention on discovering our true self, then we will become increasingly aware of our true self. Yes, we ... http://i-sorcerer.com/creative-intelligence/book-2-creative-intelligence-part-4/ Here And Now Is What Is Letting go is the key step. In this way we become a magnet for everyone and everything we need: intuition replaces thought, knowing replaces questioning, serendipity replaces effort and peace replaces stress. As Lao Tzu advises, “Tao abides in non-action. Yet nothing ... http://i-sorcerer.com/creative-intelligence/book-2-creative-intelligence-part-3/ The White Space Between Thoughts Creativity is both elemental to being human and to the universe as a whole. From the big bang onward, creation defines. Geneticist Theodore Dobzhansky puts it this way: “The creativity of the evolutionary process follows the general pattern of all creativity. The ... http://i-sorcerer.com/creative-intelligence/book-2-creative-intelligence-part-2/ Creative Intelligence is the essence of Being. The reason to become the sorcerer that’s already within you is simply to be who you already are. If you don’t, if you can’t, if you won’t expand beyond the ego-driven dysfunction, you’ll die with the dance still in you. The sorcerer understands ... http://i-sorcerer.com/creative-intelligence/book-2-creative-intelligence-part-1/ Remember this classic gem from David Niven? “Tonight I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor’s fifth husband. I know what to do but how do I make it interesting?” What’s your script for today? “This is like making love to Joan Collins. You know it’s been done before many, many ... http://i-sorcerer.com/consciousness/whats-your-script-today/