Did you know that your intuition and your creativity come from the same source? In her book, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert makes a case for ideas having a life of their own. She says ideas seek out people to inspire and who will commit to the work to bring them into form.
We live in an interconnected universe. Everything, everyone is made up of the dust of the stars and the energy of creation and is forever part of the indivisible whole. We humans are not disconnected from Source. So, too, ideas have a life of their own, are part of creation. It is only we who think we can own ideas or imagine that we are separate beings. Both beliefs have their root in scarcity and fear. They hold us back from fulfillment of our purpose and from collaborating to fulfill the purpose of Source. When an idea’s time has come,
it often crops up in several places at once.
Elizabeth Gilbert shares her experience
of ideas having a life of their own. Earlier in her career she was inspired to write a novel but life circumstances intervened, she lost inspiration and moved on to other projects. The idea moved from her to another writer. Both writers knew each other, but never
discussed the project until it was published by the second writer (I will leave the details for
you to read in her book). It was only when they compared notes did they realize the magic idea originated from elsewhere. Of course there were differences in the details, the final product included the unique voice of the publishing author. I absolutely adored Elizabeth Gilbert’s wonder-full attitude about this experience.
Our creativity belongs to the creative vortex of the universe itself. When we take an idea, tend to it with our blood, sweat and tears, we do an act of service. There is a reason the Greeks imagined muses as the inspiring force behind creations. Whatever they believed about muses, they understood the creative
Creativity, Your Birthright and Opportunity to Shine While in Service to Creation
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