Imagination precedes creation. I imagine that I can write an article. Then I use will to sit and write it. As I write, more ideas come to me. That is the evolution of the creative process.
I had an experience during meditation. I was in a fog. There was nothing to sense. Just the fog. It was very peaceful. Soon I was bored.
Is that how creation started? Was the Creator bored?
If you were bored, what would you do? We know that humans create games.
Think of football. You imagine a field with goals. You imagine a ball and players. Teams are formed and the ball is kicked toward a goal. As you play you imagine that the game would be better with more rules. You create lines around the field and boundary rules. One day someone pickups up the ball and throws it to another player. That is fun. So, you change the rule. Then you realize that a pointed ball would pass better than a round ball. American football evolved from European football (soccer).
Alan Watts talked about being the Creator. His imagination went along the following lines. He imagined creating a world. He would have delicious meals. He would have wonderful romantic encounters. He imagined that after a while he would be bored. He imagined danger. He imagined battles. He imagined having his life at risk. That would be fun too.
You and I are living a game. We can choose to take control. Or we can allow our neural programming to run out of control. Many people run out of control. They replay the day’s events. They think of how they have been insulted. They allow their imagination to create fears and possibilities. They become trapped in a game of their own making.
They often want to expand the trap to include others. Be afraid. Join me in my game of fear. Remember the saying, misery loves company.
Are you in a mental trap? You can leave. You can decide to think differently. Instead of seeing the bars, look for a way out. Look for evidence that you can escape.
My wife and I are watching the TV series, The Count of Monte Cristo. A prisoner is tunneling to escape and finds another prisoner. They tunnel together. They have imagined a plan. The night before escape, one prisoner dies. The other imagines a different plan and escapes.
Often that is the case. We press forward with a strategy and find that we must change course to reach our goals. Some will continue without changing. A few will succeed. Many will fail.
We must go around the storm. We must imagine a new route.
I find that to be fun. As I sit writing this, I start a sentence then think of something else. I backspace or delete a paragraph. I allow creation to work through me.
A few people might see this as boring foolishness. Many won’t be interested. A few will see genius. A few will take steps to free themselves. This is for you.
Free yourself. Create your game. Live your life. Don’t let others take control of you.