Musing...
“All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.” —Carlos Castaneda
Kate's Turn:
Here are some ideas from my summer reading about creativity. The prominent Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, coined the term synchronicity a century ago, believing strongly that we are all intimately connected via a collective universal consciousness. When we see something over and over again, is it a message for us to pay closer attention to the infinite amount of information that is right in front of us, just waiting to be acknowledged? Are these unusual and unexplainable patterns really the universe’s way of trying to communicate with us? I agree with Carl Jung; I view synchronicity as a cosmic sign that I’m headed in the right direction. I notice more synchronicity when I’m being true to myself and it seems to fade when I step out of alignment.
Meditation helps with alignment. The practice of meditation is a great ally in the development of our creative potential. Your innate creativity becomes the avenue through which you relate to life. Imagination is a great tool for stimulating the inner creative resources. It involves opening your eyes to new things, like creating shapes out of random patterns, or consciously bringing to mind images that help to amplify our capacity to see beyond the obvious. It calls us to be warriors and capitalize on that synchronistic moment.
Get Fired Up:
Now let’s put these ideas into practice. Identify a dream or a goal….and put it out there. Start trusting the universe to help bring this thing forward; this helps open the floodgates of synchronistic messages. It’s almost like the universe is saying, “Okay, now that you’re going to put this out there, you need to start paying attention.”
