Creativity requires us to start using our inner resources. To be creative we need to tap into our soul self, our heart center. It does not matter how we use our creativity. Mostly we think of creativity in the form of the arts like painting writing and music. But creativity can be used in every part of our life. We are creative when cooking, we can be creative when doing day to day tasks like cleaning or gardening. All entrepreneurs are creative to start a business. CEO’s needs to be creative to handle the business and its workers. A teacher needs to be creative to inspire the students. Actually, whenever we are solving a problem, we need to use our creativity. So, what is creativity?
Creativity is a way of thinking for us to come up with a new solution or a new way of doing something. We look at things from a new perspective or angle. We get away from following the same way and come up with solutions not previously explored. This kind of thinking is required in all parts of our life. It leads to innovation and progress. Our mind has neuro pathways that we usually follow because they have been visited before many times. To be creative we need to willfully move away from the familiarity of previous ways of doing things and create new neuropathways. We are not able to do so, unless we tap into what we call your vigyanamaya kosh. That part of us that uses our soul self for inspiration. Usually, we think of it as our heart center or our feeling of empowerment, self-worth, love, empathy, compassion, joy etc. The source of creativity does not come from the ego mind, but from the intuitive mind. The intuitive mind is a vast storehouse of knowledge and energy.
The beauty about creativity is that we are required to use our inner feelings and knowledge. Creativity allows us to dig deep into our consciousness and release the beauty within. We are moving beyond the learned experiences to create new. When we are using this part of ourselves, we feel full of energy and joy. It makes us feel alive and gives us a feeling of accomplishment. We all have an unlimited amount of creative energy. When this energy is not used it begins to boomerang back to us. Energy must be used! Energy can not be idle. If we do not use our creative energy, it will become our destructive energy in the form of self-judgment, depression, boredom, hatred and many other negative emotions.
Creativity is an essential for our life. If not used it will slowly destroy the beauty of living. So, if one feels any negative emotions, one needs take up something creative. Something that inspires. Some may say “nothing inspires me”, that is not true. Everyone has something wholesome, that they love. One may say “I do not have time”, that is also not true. Check and see how much time is wasted away. If we really begin to love something we make the time. It seems that negative habits that one loves, like smoking, one always finds time for. Search into the soul and find our passion. Let us break away from the box that society has bound us into. It takes effort. It is much easier to be a couch potato and allow life to just go by. But know that the energy needs to be used. Do not allow that energy to steal your health and create unhealthy thoughts and body.
There are courses for business professionals in creative thinking. You do not need those. In all daily routine tasks, try to look for a more efficient way of doing them. Experiment which is best. Creative thinking is a way of thinking. It will become a habit, rather than just in your creative endeavors. Any time, that we use a new way of doing something, we tap into our intuitive selves. We are not following the neuropathways that have been previously programmed. All negative emotions are due to a lack of inspiration. To change any of our negative emotions we need to think “outside of the box.” We need to utilize our energy creatively. To do so we have to willingly to be open to new ideas.
If we keep doing what we have always done, then we will get only that which we have always had, the same pattern. Nothing different. The more one uses creativity, the more one has energy to create more. It can not be used up. Creativity is the catalyst which drives innovation. To keep any system moving forward. In art, in science, technology, and society, creativity is something to we should nurture and promote. By valuing creativity in all its forms, we can find meaning, solutions and peace in a challenging world. In work and home life let us set up a natural environment for the free flow of ideas and inspiration.
Creative thinking allows us to be an eternal student of life and every day is an opportunity to learn or experience something new, even in the very mundane aspects of life. But the minute we think that we know, we shut down that inner wisdom. We create a box. This life was given to us to create and enjoy. We can either create heaven on earth, or hell. It is up to us. Let us explore, let us analyze, problem solve, organize, communicate with an open mind and find the true joy of our Soul’s expression.
