What Do You Want to Create? Perhaps the greatest myth about creativity is the idea that it’s a rare gift or genetic endowment possessed by only a few. We see an original painting, feel moved to our core by a piece of music, or read about an incredible scientific discovery and mistakenly conclude that some people are born with creative talent while others are not. In reality, each of us is infinitely creative. In our essential state we are pure consciousness. We are an inseparable part of the field of pure potentiality, which is the ultimate source of every idea, creative act, and everything we see in the physical universe. In every moment we are using our intentions, thoughts, and attention to create the world around us. Given our inherent creativity, what stops us from fully expressing and harnessing our creative potential? The greatest obstacle is certainty. When we’re certain that we already know all the answers, we’ve convinced ourselves of our limitations, and we are sure of what is and is not possible, we prevent the birth of new possibilities. Sometimes experts or authorities are the most vulnerable to the trap of certainty. Consider these pronouncements by experts past: In 1962 Decca Records turned down the Beatles after an audition, declaring, “We don’t like their sound and guitar groups are on their way out.” In the 1970s Hewlett-Packard and Atari Corp. rejected Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s ideas for the world’s first personal computer. Jobs and Wozniak went on to found Apple Computers − the fastest-growing company in U.S. business history. Author J.K. Rowling was turned down by editors at twelve publishing companies before her first Harry Potter manuscript was finally accepted by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:36:34 +0000
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