by Leslie Zeigler
In thinking about what to blog about today, I came across a book that I bought a long time ago but never really read. It is called Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra. I started to look through it and came across a wonderful chapter that speaks about the value of creativity. He talks about how the “deepest reality you are aware of is the one from which you draw your power.” He goes on to say that a more profound power than being aware of the material world is one’s creative power shaping mind and body. He adds that power expresses itself through your own personal creativity. When you are being creative, you lose track of time – “only the flow exists”
Here are seven traits shared by people who are highly creative and “know they are the source of their own power.”
l.They are able to contact and enjoy silence
2.They connect with and enjoy nature
3.They trust their feelings
4.They can remain centered and function amid chaos and confusion
5.They are childlike-they enjoy fantasy and play
6.They self-refer-they place the highest trust in their own consciousness
7.They are not rigidly attached to any one point of view -although passionately committed to their creativity, they remain open to new possibilities
I hope that this might inspire some thoughts and feelings about being creative. And perhaps offer something to think about as a break from the stress most of us feel in this new culture in which we are living where technology so dominates our life. We all need to take mini-vacations every day. even if only for a brief time (fifteen minutes is better than nothing), to not check our cell, our blackberry, and our email and to not let the culture determine how we spend our precious free time.
I will blog in the future about how to develop and strengthen these traits.