Opus VI – Paying Attention to Your Intuition: Creativity is a learned skill
Pay attention to your enthusiasm, your intuition is talking to you.
You receive your intuitive information through your feelings, and your thoughts.
Spend time thinking about what you want.
Trust yourself and pay attention to your enthusiasm and your intuition by asking your intuition questions.
Remember that developing your intuition – like creativity – is a learned skill.
The secret to paying attention to your intuition is to be bold, to think big and to pay attention to your enthusiasm.
Paying attention to your intuition takes time — time to listen and learn to trust yourself.
Like your creativity, your intuition is a learned skill that may cause you some distress.
Here are some questions that when answered may give you some direction.
Do you trust yourself?
Is your life all that you want it to be?
Is your life your number one priority?
To take paying attention to your creativity, your intuition to the next level you must choose to…
…get out of your comfort zone.
…invest in yourself.
…make a difference.
…take yourself seriously.
…use a proactive approach and ask “what is my purpose in life?”
By being open to and trusting your intuition and your creativity you are able to change your life into one that is extraordinary.
[This addition posted on December 25, 2008]
Intuition is being used here as spirituality, and spirituality is defined as “the quality or state of being spiritual” and is being used in this book as a “connection to something ‘greater’ than
oneself.” [Source : Wikipedia.com]
Are you a spiritual, intuitive, creative being in physical form or are you a physical being searching for your spirituality, your intuition, your creativity?
You are all of the above. You are spiritual, intuitive, creative and physical.
Your aspirations are spiritual, intuitive and creative; your safety and comfort are physical.
Your spiritual aspiration, your intuitive aspiration, your creative aspiration is to grow; and your physical aspiration is to keep things as they are.
Knowing what you want to achieve plays a critical part in achieving either aspirations.
Here are some ideas to consider…
Your spirituality, your intuition, your creativity are aesthetic concepts, not religious ones.
Your spirituality, your intuition, your creativity is rooted in universal human awareness.
Religion has rituals, spirituality, intuition, creativity does not.
Your spirituality, your intuition, your creativity come to you in different ways at different times.
According to Deepak Chopra, M.D., when you stay in the present moment without fear and judgment you let go of your self-image, and experience your spirituality, your higher self.
You experience your higher self, your intuition, your creativity in situations when you feel a level of contentment and peace.
You experience your higher self, your intuition, your creativity in all of your activities when you are mindful of and know your perception of the work, your belief system and your attitude.
Bottom line…
Get out of your comfort zone by focusing on what really matters to you while asking yourself these questions…
What do I want to achieve and reach?
What thoughts do I have about myself and my ability to achieve and reach what I want?
What feelings do I have about myself that may influence my ability to achieve and reach what I want?
Do I really want to achieve and reach what I want?
At the end of the day, your intuition makes your heart sing.
[This addition posted on September 1, 2009]
Paying attention to and tapping into your creative intuition, your inner voice resource — is setting your intention on what you want, and goes like this…
Create a quiet environment, free from distractions and begin to think about what you want. Focus on and set your intention on what you want help with, what you want to create in your life.
Keep your breathing open and let your body relax as you think about your intention. Do this as long as you feel comfortable, and continue to do this exercise whenever you want.
The length of time and frequency is your choice.
Do not force nor expect anything right away. Just become aware of the changes in your life.
So put your creative intuitive intention out there and see your desires and goals arrive when they are suppose to arrive.
This exercise works for many, experience this for yourself and notice that creativity, intuition and you is about having the ability to create; being creative.
By definition, creativity is…
…being imaginative rather than imitative.
…causing something new to happen.
…investing with and in a new form.
…making and bringing into existence something new.
…producing and bringing about by a new course of action
and behavior.
…producing through imaginative skill.
…setting up new opportunities.
…thinking outside the box.
By changing the way you look at things — see yourself achieving and maintaining your peak and effective creative performance in your daily life.
Looking forward to encouraging and supporting you on your creative and intuitive journey.
[This addition posted on April 30, 2010]
Creativity and intuition
Several clients questioned that since each one of our inner resources is unique as are we — our creativity and intuition must be too.
Still under consideration is this thought that even though “there is nothing new under the sun” — everyone’s creativity and intuition is unique, and therefore is new.
In her article Innovation: The Classic Traps found in the November 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review, Rosabeth Moss Kanter writes “Every few years, it seems, managers rediscover innovation as a revenue-generating, profit-making pursuit. Unfortunately, they often make the same mistakes as their predecessors when executing their innovation efforts.”
In this article she offers ways “…to avoid the pitfalls and create breakthrough products and services for your organization.”
[Currently locating more information to complete the above citation]
When intuition is needed
Ron Schultz, in Unconventional Wisdom, interviewed what he termed “twelve remarkable innovators.” In their own words, they explained how intuition can revolutionize decision-making. Each of these respected executives combined awareness of the proverbial “bottom line” with the not-so-widely-acknowledged veneration of the “top line,” above the eyebrows.
Intuition is most helpful to leaders and needed
- when there are insufficient data, or not enough time to gather the
data - when there is too much information, or the data are conflicting
- when data seem to support several options equally
- when decisions have to be made on the spur of the moment, without time for data-gathering
- when a group’s vision has grown cloudy and/or its mission seems inappropriate or obsolete
That’s when all the logic, analysis and experience in the world are of little help, and when circumstances dictate that legitimate decisions be made and made now.
True leaders also find intuition of invaluable assistance
- in determining new and inspiring visions and the overall direction of a group or organization
- in recognizing and employing, to the highest effectiveness, the abilities of all individuals in that group or organization
Fortunately, the use of this enriching source of deep wisdom doesn’t require the lowering of shades, lighting of candles, gazing at crystal balls or burning of incense.
[This addition posted on December 28, 2010]
This past week has given us many frustrating moments in which we were unable to resolve any of our many issues that presented themselves in our lives.
This gave us the impetus to reflect on the lessons learned in the past from which we (and hopefully you) may gain some solace by choosing fascination over frustration in finding solutions to your frustrating moments.
After all, frustration “…implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts however vigorous or persistent” leaving you feeling helpless and not knowing what to do in certain situation.
Our colleague Kevin Eikenberry, in an exceptional article on choosing fascination not frustration that is motivational and inspirational, notes that frustration leads to anger, resentment and regret while fascination leads to improved relationships, results, knowledge, and understanding.
Notice that your state of mind has an effect on situations and the people around you. By being a partner with the difference of other people and their reactions remember that other people’s reactions will mirror you when you set the mood.
Start by looking at the situation and the people around you, and then set the mood by telling others how to act around you.
Initiate by being proactive.
Get involved at some level, and remember to use your body and your mind to maximizes your involvement.
Seek to be comforted and comfort others and yourself. Be remembered for the joy and love you give to others, and the quality of your life and love.
And finally, don’t question your partners’ judgment and suggestions, look rather at and with whom they are interacting.
After all, what we’re all here about is love, hope and possibilities.
And, we’re all in this together. The choice is yours.
[This addition posted on September 2, 2011]
Your intuition also known as inspiration comes from within making listening to your body crucial in the process of “paying attention to your intuition.”
By being present in the moment you become aware and conscious of your breathing. In this state of your awareness and consciousness your creativity appears and begins to flourish Making being present in the moment an important place to be.
You must get out of your head and into your body for creativity, inspiration and intuition to appear.
Have you noticed when you focus on your breathing, inspiration appears as you inspire (breathe in) and creativity appears as you expire (breathe out)?
[This addition posted on April 30, 2012]
What has happened to us on our way to being an adult? Where are our creative, and intuitive abilities?
Years ago, Eda J. LeShan observed that few people are concerned about children learning how to play. Few people are concerned about children learning how to use their abilities creatively, and intuitively; how to develop a sense of self-fullfillment through their curiosity, and their imagination.
This is no longer true today…
Quite to the contrary, experts all over the world are concentrating on teaching children to read at three, and to understand computer math etal at 9.
Traditionally creativity, and intuition has been related to tangible products such as art, literary, and musical masterpieces.
Today, the concept of creativity, and intuition has been enlarged to include decisions, ideas, problem solving. and relationships.
Traditionally creativity, and intuition has been regarded as a special endowment bestowed on only a chosen few.
Today, experts agree that almost everyone has a certain amount of creativity, and intuition.
Studies conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed that every one of us is born with a potential for creative activity. And, that this creative potential is not dependent on other mental abilities. Nor an effect of other mental abilities.
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