The Creative Process Blog

In order to be, there must be ‘the-power-to-be’; and how we understand this power determines who-we-are and how-we-live.

Power can be ‘originating power’ coming from within, or ‘manipulative power’ coming from without. The power that comes from within is spiritual, free and responsible, enabling us to transcend; the power that comes from without is mental power, controlling and coercive, conforming us to the commonplace and dull. Understanding power involves understanding the way in which we are situated in existence, how we are related to Being, or more forcefully said, how we are related to the Beyond. MORE

What has become obvious, I have had only one idea, and I still do not know what it is. Just when I think I have come upon a new awareness, or experience, I find that it is the same idea with new words, only increased urgency. I have read theology with an urgency similar to the way a mother reads a First-Aid Manual when her child is spurting blood.

A few years ago, having realized this, I said to myself, “I do not know,” and I still liked myself. The neurotic compulsion let go; I did not ‘have to know’. There was still an intensity; I still wanted to know, but I was freed up. The word ‘Mystery’ took on new importance; no idea would ever content me; my soul was able to soar and plunge more playfully, while still experiencing awe and wonder. MORE

“What alone can regenerate us? Envisionment of what is perfect.” Friedrich Nietzsche

The world is in trouble. When saying this, no one is able to adequately say what the trouble is. Duane Elgin in his book, Promise Ahead, offers extremely disturbing symptoms, he calls ‘adversity trends’. Will we ‘crash’ or will we ‘bounce’? MORE

‘Transcend’ is often thought of as ‘getting out of here’; while transcend can also mean ‘getting in here’ through creativity (i.e. transcend any situation with vitality: over, under, around, through, and beyond). Spirituality creates creativity with transformational processes; we aspire to transcend matter with life, life with mind, and finally, mind with Spirit. MORE

The ‘collective ego’ replaces the ego, which results in a mechanistic mentality . . . ‘conformity rules!’ . . . creativity dies, soul is dominated, and the environment gasps!

Expected to be what ‘they’ tell us to be (Mental health words are conformist) most people adapt, are well adjusted, fit-in, function, produce, consume, and ‘buy tickets for excitement’). However, there are a few who ’step out’ of collective consciousness (i.e. herd mentality); thereby, risking confrontation with a dominating economy that contains, coerces, and controls. The question they are asking, “How is it possible to be free in an unfree world?”

‘Realizing Transcendence’ is not usual; committed to security and comfort people are not prepared to be autonomous, courageous, creative, improvising, process oriented, self-trusting, etc. MORE

I say unto you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves. Alas, the time is coming when man will no longer give birth to a star. Alas. the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself.
Behold, I show you the last man. Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was misunderstood by endless numbers of people when he used ‘beyond’ (über) as the basis for the new humanity (übermensch). He sought to revere life with tremendous passion, living immediately in the Abyss of freedom, in order to ‘overcome the fallen power’ that seeks to dominate and contain life.  MORE