The
Keys of Creation
Create we must. It is our very nature to create. We cannot make
ourselves not create. However, it is also our privilege and
responsibility to have a measure of control as to the quality of the
fruits we bare. In other words, we must exercise our capacity to
create consciously. The ten principles listed below are guidelines for
conscious creation.
1. Speak the word
2. Make a joyful noise
3. Rhythm and music
4. When two or more are gathered…
5. Your biggest weakness shall become your greatest strength.
6. Thankfulness
7. Bless it as it is
8. Pray for others and you will be healed.
9. Creation is a dance of opposites.
10. Forgiveness
*Each month we will focus on one of these principles
and describe simple ways of applying it.
*
This month features an overview of all ten principles.
Overview
Speak the word
Our thoughts and beliefs are the templates that shape our physical
reality. Our words are the carriers of our thoughts and beliefs. One
important way of practicing conscious creation is to speak words that
1. are honest
2. reflect our true intent.
Make a joyful noise
We usually wait for something good to happen and then we clap our
hands and cheer. One way to create consciously is to reverse that
order. In other words, if we clap our hands and cheer, something good
is likely to happen.
Rhythm and Music
We are more likely to accept an idea if it is expressed with rhythm
and music. Ideas expressed in plane prose, are evaluated by the
intellect. Ideas expressed with rhythm and music affects us
emotionally and therefore reach more deeply into the subconscious
mind.
Where two or more are gathered…
When we come together as a group with a common intent, we invoke the
quality of synergy. Synergy simply means that the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts. When two or more are gathered we amplify
and multiply the creative power of individual mind. This is one of the
main reasons for having a church service, a prayer meeting and a group
meditation.
Your biggest weakness shall become your greatest strength.
This ancient principle, found in the bible and other scriptures, is an
important key for realizing our human potential. This principle tells
us we don't create good stuff by trying to get rid of the bad stuff.
The bad stuff is the very substances from which we create the good
stuff. Our "lead" becomes our "gold."
Thankfulness
Thankfulness is one way of applying the previous principle. When we
give thanks for what we have, the bad stuff tends to become good
stuff. The bible says, "He who is thankful in all things shall be made
glorious and the good things of the earth shall be added on one
hundred fold…and more."
Bless it as it is.
If thankfulness is too difficult or not appropriate in a given
situation, we can simply bless the situation as it is. We don't have
to like it, but we can still bless it. There are two ways of doing
this. We can simply say something like, "I Bless ____ and encompass it
in love." Another way of blessing something is to just tell the truth
about it… call it as you see it. These two methods work together very
nicely. When we allow ourselves to speak the uncensored truth, we set
the stage for being able to honestly say, "I bless it."
Pray for others and you will be healed.
Sometimes praying and visualizing for oneself doesn't work, but
praying for others does work. And then, the blessings come full circle
back to you. Therefore, when you're feeling sorry for yourself and
don't know what else to do, you can spend a few minutes silently
blessing those who seem to be having the same problem or a more
serious problem.
Creation is dance of opposites.
The life within us is dance of opposites. When opposites are balanced
and integrated, life renews itself. In practical terms, this
translates into physical health, mental clarity and emotional
serenity.
In order to create anything, we must have an understanding of its
opposite. If we endeavor to create something in a way that rejects or
denies its opposite, we end up creating the very thing we reject. This
is why affirmations sometimes seem to backfire.
Life becomes more harmonious as we cultivate the understanding that
all pairs of opposites are partners in the dance of creation.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is often difficult because we inadvertently place it at
war with its opposite. The opposite of forgiveness is revenge. When we
stop trying to push away the desire and revenge and endeavor to
understand it, we invite forgiveness. When we look deeply into the
desire for revenge, we see that it stems form the soul-level desire
for equality. That's why revenge is called "getting even." When we
have looked deeply enough into the desire for revenge to see the
primordial desire for equality, we can also understand forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the is the remembrance of equality.
Next Month:
Speak the word
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