Taking a step into the world of our Being

billyboy2674 · Nov 8, 2009

I've been in the creative arts all my life.
Music mainly although I've done other things.
You're probably getting mechanical.
Creativity is about stillness and letting go of fixed concepts.
When I reach for the piano,and I can listen to it,it writes all the songs for me.
When I am singing,If I can enter the dimension of becoming one with the song and stop worrying about technique,the vocal flows beautifully because I'm not restricting it to my pre-conceived idea of it.

Happy creating.

Eady · Nov 8, 2009

billyboy2674 said: ↑

I've been in the creative arts all my life.
Music mainly although I've done other things.
You're probably getting mechanical.
Creativity is about stillness and letting go of fixed concepts.
When I reach for the piano,and I can listen to it,it writes all the songs for me.
When I am singing,If I can enter the dimension of becoming one with the song and stop worrying about technique,the vocal flows beautifully because I'm not restricting it to my pre-conceived idea of it.

Happy creating.
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You are right I have a thing for order and doing things in a certain order I guess with time and consistent meditation I will be able to get this handled thanks billyboy that made a lot of sense

billyboy2674 · Nov 8, 2009

Glad it helped,just relax into it and play with it and you'll be fine.

pollyanna · Jan 6, 2012

Ta-tsu-wa said: ↑

Of course we've met before, in fact, we've never been separated. Not in any absolute sense. What feels so good to you is that you're coming back to an awareness of yourself, Irene. As soon as that process begins you start feeling those warm feelings about more and more people in your life because each one of them is a point of reconnection with yourself.

As far as understanding or not fully understanding the words someone speaks, that's not essential. It can be helpful, certainly, but of far more importance is to feel the sense of presence that supports the words. As an example, which of these makes more of an impact on you:

A) Hearing someone speak the words, "I love you," or,
B) Feeling the love deep within your heart that another person offers you?

It's a similar concept with spirituality. Better to feel the spirit of the words with your Spirit than to merely hear the words with your ears or read them with your eyes and know with your brain what they mean. It's great if you can do both, but if you have to choose between the two, choose the Spirit. Every time. नमस्ते
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WOW,
I have really enjoyed re-reading this amazing thread from two and a half years ago. So many caring and compassionate beings leave such wisdom here.

This particular post stood out to me personally because of the part about speaking/hearing the words "I Love You" and feeling the love deep within your heart that another person/being offers you. I am deeply grateful for all the love given and received in my life.

It brought to mind a scenario that happens each evening as I am sitting down, relaxing, I gaze into the eyes of my beloved dog as he sprawls out on the rug and feel the deep love I feel for him. He immediately gets up, walks over to me, places his giant paw on my knee, rests his head on my chest and looks into my eyes with what seems like adoration. This knowing that we feel for each other is a joy to experience every single time

Thankyou to all contributors to this wonderful thread and I wish you all, and those who read it an abundance of love, peace and joy

Saloman · Aug 22, 2013

Edwin said: ↑

Most feelings that we experience in our everyday life, are caused by thought.
Our mind causes cramp-like sensations in the stomach area when we feel fear.
Our muscles in our arms, belly and legs tighten during stress.

So, when living in the Now, thoughts stop, and the ego disappears. In this space that is left behind when it is not taken in by thoughts and fears, only love can exist. And with it come sensations of bliss, interconnectedness with God or the Universe, and a strong sensation of unity.

Meditation is like a practice to achieve that.
Even tho you could experience it right away, right here in the Now, and there is nothing to achieve, the ego will try to prevent you from realising this.
When you realise it, the ego dies. It doesn't want that, it wants to feed on your feelings, and feeds you with thought that bring you more unease, fear, tension.

In meditation you learn to, even momentarily, let go of thought and ego, by focusing on a mantra or breath, or whatever.

So, everything you describe you feel in meditation is like a prelude to enlightenment.

This interconnection is allready there. We are allready One. The mind is just giving it it's best to make sure that we don't see it.

Stress is tension, a thought-based illusion in our mind, that wants us believe that we are feeling stress. This is usually time-based:
Something that happened in the past, or something that will happen in the (near) future, like a deadline that is impossible to make. Immediately the mind starts to play scenario's in our mind what will happen when we don't make the deadline. We might get an angry customer, we might get a contract-based penalty, we might lose our job.
All speculation, and usually the problem is never quite as serious as the scenario's played by the ego.

Also, these scenario's keep you from performing your tasks in the best possible way, so they are actually slowing you down !

If the mind stops, the ego disappears, and all there is is this moment that you live in. Your creativity is at it's peak, and even if you don't make the deadline, and you do get a penalty, or lose your job, you accept it as something that happens, and could not be avoided. You did your very best, and you will find a better job, or earn back the money you lost in a different way. It is all just a play of form, your connection to the source fills you with bliss and all you need is this. Happiness comes from within, not from circomstances.
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Very Nice Edwin

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