Consciousness & Creativity

 

Many of us live and work within an analytical world. Unless we are an artist, much of our daily life is spent in analytical thinking. If you look at a  typical school day for a child, you will note that the majority of their day is spent in analytical learning and thinking, especially as they increase in grade levels. The creativity of kindergarten is left behind and  progressively replaced with more and more analytical learning and thinking.

In esscence we are taught not to be creative, and the older we get the less creative we get to be. In the day to day business world, there are few opportunities to participate in and use creative thinking.

An interesting result of this is that often times in business when things start to go off track and there is a call to action to come up with some creative ways to get business back on track, many businesses run into a brick wall and often have to call in a consultant  to help the business make a change.

I have been in many a conference room, with very bright leadership team members sitting around a table with that “deer caught in the headlight” look, when senior leadership asked them to get creative to help solve an issue. It’s very sad to watch a group that is so bright and so good at what they do day to day, struggle so much when they are asked or forced to be creative.

Can these business type people be creative, sure they can, we all can  be creative, we all have been creative, however, for many of us we have to sadly learn how to be creative again. We have to re-learn how to let loose and play. Sad, isn’t it that many of us, have forgotten how to play?

One of the key ways to tap into our true creativity is through our consciousness. For it is in our consciousness that we find our greatest level of creativity. One of the most effective ways to tap into our consciousness is through meditation. Meditation allows us to dive within and become more aware, to touch our self on a deep level. Out of this meditation comes clarity of thought. This clarity of thought is the catalyst for our creativity.

My suggestion to you today is to think about your creative process. If are not practicing some form of meditation, I highly suggest that you venture into exploring some form of meditation, you will be amazed at what effect meditating will have on your creative process.

Yesterday as I was surfing through the channels, I came across the last fifteen minutes of a lecture call “Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain”, one of the primary speakers was film director David Lynch. David Lynch is known for films such as the “Elephant Man”, “Blue Velvet”, “Eraser Head”, “Dune” and “Twin Peaks”. David Lynch has established a foundation for the purpose of bringing awareness to the need to establish programs within our schools to raise the consciousness of our children. Before viewing this short show yesterday, I did not know much about David Lynch, truth is I still don’t know a whole lot about him, however I did enjoy what he said. I encourage you to watch this video or visit the site for David Lynch Foundation. Note, stick through the first few minitues, the “good stuff” starts to come after the first few minutes, worth sitting through.