Creativity vs Spirituality

Q : Is there any correlation between creativity and spirituality?

Answer The correlation is very well arranged and right in front of us that a non-meditative person cannot be really creative person. Now sometimes people are very allergic to this word “Meditation”. But just see a painter, when a painter is painting, when that is happening, they are lost to whole world and the world is lost to them. Have you ever seen a potter! When he is working on his wheel, and shaping up things from the loose earth & mud, the person is lost to whole world. Have you ever seen a scientist, when he is working in his laboratory, whole world is lost to him, as if it does not even exist. They are too much involved in that and this involvement shows the optimum level of their concentration.

The matured level of the concentration changes into, we have one word “Dharana”, the nearest word in English can be “Contemplative” and the mature contemplation changes into meditation. No painter or a writer or dancer or scientist can work minus the concentration, can they? Can anyone? No, Even if a doctor wishes to examine his patient and he is holding the pulse, he has to be concentrated else he will miss the beats. Even when a doctor is taking your blood pressure, has to be concentrated; now the degrees are less or more, but has to be concentrated, otherwise he will be making absolutely wrong diagnosis, he will be making a fool of himself, because of these legal medical cases, the possibilities are there, your patient will drag you to a court for giving wrong diagnosis and negligence in his treatment.

Every doctor, every nurse, every driver, whether of a train or a car or a plane have to be concentrated. But the levels are not very bright, so there are always chances of mistakes and when you make a mistake then you make a fool of yourself. No one will say that you are an intelligent person, but you have made a mistake. When you make a mistake, you’ll be called a fool. So if you don’t want to be called a fool, then be intelligent, how? By being concentrated; how can that be achieved? Do “Pranayama”, Do “Dharana”, so that consolidation of the mind happens.

So there is a very deep relationship in between your perfection and excellence in your outer work and in your mind. If your mind is not in an excellent form, you will be making mistakes. And sometimes those mistakes turned out to be very expensive ones, can really very expensive one.

"Dharma” is a part, a foundation of normal human beings. It's better humanity understands this as early as possible. So meditation is not just to feel good, “oh wow I am feeling so good, I am meditating”. Dear, if you just want to feel good, better go to a discotheque or have a drink, have a Tequila, shake your body, do the dance, go for hiking or mountain gliding or diving or para jumping, you will feel good in that also, why meditate!

Meditation objective is not just to feel good, the objective of meditation is to be in the right state of mind where concentration, contemplation and awareness is there, and when you are aware, when you are concentrated, then all good things happen to you and through you.

Gurumaa

Views: 16,450

Tags: awareness, concentration, contemplation, creativity, dharana, meditation, pranayama, spirituality