Deepak Chopra: The joy in what I do is mostly creativity. I think creativity is an ecstatic impulse that we all have. And there's nothing more joyful than having a moment of creative insight and actually creating, or rather manifesting or incarnating your creative insight into actual, physical reality.
The struggle is part of the creative process, and it's very enjoyable to have the struggle. Without the struggle, there would be no joy in creativity.
The one thing that is not enjoyable is if you get attached to the outcome. And if you're constantly looking for approval and you are not immune to criticism, then you are in trouble and you will continue to be struggling and never find the creative impulse.
Yes, I have a creative process. It has nine steps: intended outcome, information gathering, information analysis, incubation, insight, inspiration, integration, implementation and incarnation. I could talk all week about it. Through my own experiences, I came to realize that all creativity goes through these steps that I just mentioned. And that includes scientific creativity, creativity in art, of music, of storytelling; but also biological creativity, which is healing.
Recorded on: Aug 17, 2007
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dennis ilic on February 1, 2008, 10:46 AM
Is not seeking approval similar to: removing ego from creativity or not taking your creations personally?
dennis ilic on February 1, 2008, 3:46 PM
Is not seeking approval similar to: removing ego from creativity or not taking your creations personally?
Sergei Vasilyeu on December 13, 2008, 1:28 PM
well, as usually, it is somewhat treaky conveying an openion in words. Deepak is a great mind. However disecting the process of creation into stages is only a symbolic approximation of how energy gets trasnformed from one form into another. Do we have the creative power? Yes, We are the creative power. How do we create? With structuring our conciousness and then from that construct living that what has been created.
One needs to learn how to go beyond the current mind to see the concsiousness contents, change the contents, integrate, recategorize, etc.. then come back to the mind and live the amended construct of concsiousness. By the way, Avatar Star’s Edge with Harry Palmer brought the cutting edge tools for living life deliberately.
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