Exploring The Creative Process
Gregg Braden presents in a clear, powerful manner. His discussion about the partnership between thoughts and feelings in the creative process is excellent. (Gregg Braden “Louise Hay Film” Interview 5 of 6.)
Some excerpts….
When thought and emotion combine, you can move mountains. This is a literal thing – not a metaphor!
Gregg asked a Shaman about his process for praying.
Shaman: “Our prayer is about creating a feeling.”
In the West we have lost the texts that originally told us that feelings are a ‘language’. Instead we began to think that the words themselves were the prayer. We learnt to say the words. But we were not taught to add the vital ingredient – feeling.
In so doing, we lost our ability to really pray – and thus to change our reality in an elegant way. We came to rely upon a benign “Father figure” to look kindly upon our requests and pleas for help.
What is the force that holds the universe together?
“Compassion”, the Abbot answered.
Compassion is a feeling that we experience in our bodies. So in effect, we have the ability to feel in our own bodies the stuff that holds this universe together!
Earlier posts have discussed the other segments of this series.
Posted: April 12th, 2010 under creativity, imagination, power of mind, self help.
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