There is a thread of certainty that runs through most lives. It
is sensed as a measured and anticipated rhythm of predictability
built upon our notions of how things have been and how they will
continue to be.
While this is comforting and provides a sense of continuity to
our lives, it is also limiting and not conducive to unleashing
our creative selves. Here are five steps you can take to break
the mold of predictability and expand your horizons in ways you
never imagined.
1. Acknowledge And Release The Past
The mundane concerns of existence that propel us through our
days often leads to a deadening of exhilaration; a striping
away of the possibility for anything out of the ordinary.
Walking in a haze of memories, expectations, assumptions,
guilts, worries -bombardments on our psychological and
emotional centers - we are often oblivious to moments of
complete amazement and wonder. We are wholly unaware and
uninterested in seeing what is already there, but not yet
recognized.
By bringing the preceding moment into this moment, you are
unfairly coloring the outcome of this moment to look the same
as before. Creating true change in your life begins by
acknowledging and releasing the past, whether it be good or
bad.
In fact, see the bad things for what they really are:
revelations of what is truly good. For if life were all rosy
and nothing bad ever happened, how would you know things were
rosy? You would have no reference point; nothing to compare
rosy against.
Release the past and you are free from a linear, pre-ordained
future.
2. Say Thank You
Appreciate your life for what it has been. Give yourself a pat
on the back for everything that brought you to this exact
moment. Congratulate yourself on doing the best you could.
Give thanks to yourself, for the people around you, and to the
source of life that allows you to say, "Here I Am!"
Practice sincere gratitude several times throughout your day.
In this way you are able to stay connected with your creative
energies and recognize abundance in the world.
3. Create Your Day
Imagine yourself awakening each morning to exclaim, "This is
how I shall create my day!" How many people aspire to create
moments that shape the day around them, rather than allowing
the moments of their yesterdays to serve up the ordinary menu
of today?
When you awake each morning, start out by deciding on the
outcome of the day. We have been taught from an early age that
the outside world determines our actions and our state of mind.
This is not true. You have freewill. Use it.
Decide for yourself how you will feel and what you will
accomplish. Do you want to be happy that day? Do you want to
begin writing a operatic ballad? It doesn't matter what it is.
Just declare it. Simple as that.
If you don't know what to declare on a given day, always start
with happiness. Affirm your decision to be happy. Remember that
happiness is a state of being, not a reaction. Don't allow
outside events determine whether you will be happy. Create the
commandment in your mind and you will find that happiness
exists in the strangest of places.
Fully expressing your creative self takes practice, especially
if you are in the habit of reacting to the moments of your day.
You are rewiring the neural connections in your brain. You are
breaking old connections. With practice, creativity becomes a
habit.
4. Expect The Unexpected
Consider the clarity and simple freedom that comes from being
unattached to the unfolding of a moment in your life. How does
it feel to be an observer; an inconsequential witness? Most of
us have experienced these special moments to some degree. Can
you recall such moments? Do you remember how it felt to be
completely in the world, but not an immediate player within it?
Simply watching. Uninterested. Non-judgmental.
At these times it is not unlike staring without prejudice into
a fish tank. It makes no difference in what direction the fish
swim. It matters not the size of the bubbles percolating from
the bottom. It's of no concern the manner in which the water
ripples on the surface.
If the moments of your life were observed in such a manner, you
could then decide the meaning of circumstances in your life with
fresh eyes. Moments would exist within the space of a moment.
The meaning of the next moment could then be nothing, or
anything. There are literally no limits.
Therefore, aspire to be an unattached observer each day. This
doesn't mean you can't feel things. By all means, feel things
with passion. Yet, be the observer of your passion. Be in your
emotions, but not swept away by them. Watch your reactions, say
hello to how you feel, and watchfully move on under the creative
mandates you set for yourself at the beginning of the day.
What happens when you let go and be the observer? The
unexpected happens. The clarity of purpose you defined at the
beginning of the day is ever-present around you. Now you are
free to notice, from among the thousands of pieces of
information entering your brain each moment, the meaning of
things which encapsulate your purpose.
5. Believe
What if the meaning of your moments was like the first flush of
rapture found in the eyes of a new-found lover? Can you imagine
such wonder and amazement, such endless depth, in the moments
of your day?
When moments are free of preconceptions that have been brought
forward, then the possibility of infinite futures take form.
These are the times when you can indulge the ending of your
story however you choose.
What is the ending? It is no more or less than the extent of
your belief in what is possible. It is the ending that holds
meaning for you; void of conjecture that your environment might
not relinquish the prize of your choice.
It is an illusion to think that the environment around you
exists without you. The environment exists because of you. You
are the master. The stimuli that enters your brain through your
senses is timeless, formless, and meaningless. You bring to your
environment the meaning of your choice.
Your environment is like sand on a beach, smooth and
undisturbed until your footprints change its landscape. A few
come to build castles in the sand, while most simply wonder the
water's edge while their footprints wash back into the sea.
The universe listens to those who ask. And of those who ask, it
is those who expect to be answered who will receive. Do not say
you want the thing you desire. For the universe will deem your
request already answered. To want is not to have. Do not say
you will have it. That is the same as wanting.
Instead, have the thing you desire. Make up your mind it is
already yours. Believe it is so because it is so. There is no
elaborate, complex formula. It is as simple as breathing.
Now watch. Your desire has been granted. The universe has
delivered it. With your new, unfiltered, of-the-moment vision,
your steps lead right to it.
Putting it all together, here are the steps to fully expressing
your creative nature:
1. Acknowledge the past and release it from this moment.
2. Give thanks to yourself, all things, and all persons.
3. Create your day on purpose. Decide and resolve.
4. Be watchful and expect the unexpected.
5. Believe.
Do you know the most wonderful thing about creating your life
on purpose?
You are in fact changing the world in no less significance than
the achievements of the greatest teachers through all the ages.
For when the masses transform the beaches into glistening and
interweaved towers of sand then the world will change in
indescribable ways. The unknown becomes infinite. Chaos becomes
opportunity. Improbability becomes possibility. Certainty
becomes purpose. Creativity becomes boundless.
Brett Krkosska is a freelance writer and
syndicated columnist. Visit his site, http://GodUnplugged.com
for perspectives and commentary on the issues of life.
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