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Law #20

Position Yourself To Be Creative

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Some Definitions

Moment - An indefinitely short period of time; instant. A definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture. A particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc..

Infinite - Immeasurably great. Indefinitely or exceedingly great. Unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless.

Creative - Resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative. Having the quality or power of causing something to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.

Universe - The whole world, esp. with reference to humanity. The totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.

Endlessly - Having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant.

Bountiful - Liberal in bestowing gifts, or favors; munificent; generous.

Clear -Free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness. Easily seen; sharply defined.

Enough - Adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire.

Request - The act of asking for something to be given or done, esp. as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition.

Everything - All possible; the greatest possible degree of.

Heart - The center of the total personality, esp. with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion.

Desires -A wish or longing. A request or petition. The object of longing.

Must - To be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement. Mandatory. To be required or compelled to, as by the use or threat of force.

Come - To approach or move toward a particular person or place. To arrive by movement or in the course of progress.

Source: Dictionary.com

What Is Meant By Being Creative?

To me, “creating” means making something come into existence that was not there before. Creativity results from originality AND from being willing to express our ideas.

Creativity Is The Most Powerful Force There Is In The Universe

Nothing is more powerful than creativity. The ability to create something that previously did not exist is unbelievably powerful. It is amazing what we can accomplish, ONCE we cultivate and unleash our creative abilities.

Creativity Is A Two Step Process

Those two steps are CULTIVATION and UNLEASHING.

Cultivating Your Creativity

Cultivate - To promote or improve the growth of something by labor and attention. To develop or improve by education or training; train; refine. To promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.); foster. To seek to promote or foster.

To me, cultivation (or a lack thereof) is one of the greatest problems in our society. It’s funny, as I happen to believe we live in a society where possibilities exist that never existed before, YET, for some reason, our society also does things that stifle creativity.

For example, many people are afraid to express their ideas, as our society sometimes punishes people who like to “think outside the box.”. Yet, those are the people who ultimately turn out to be the greatest achievers.

Cultivation is key. You need to create an environment around yourself that cultivates creativity. IF you have children, you need to create an environment around them that cultivates their creativity. You need to do EVERYTHING you can to cultivate creativity EVERYWHERE you can.

Unleashing Your Creativity

Unleashing - To release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will. To abandon control of.

Setting things loose. That’s not always easy to do when you live in an “uptight” society. Please don’t misunderstand me, I think our society is about a free as it gets, but I also think that sometimes our society is so “uptight”, that it prevents us from getting things done. We spend so much time and energy arguing about whether or not something is right, when instead we could spend that time and energy actually accomplishing, NEW and GREAT things.

Letting go and actually unleashing our creativity is key. You need to create an environment around yourself that unleashes creativity. IF you have children, you need to create an environment around them that unleashes their creativity. You need to do EVERYTHING you can to unleash creativity EVERYWHERE you can.

What Is My Point?

My point is that we all need to let go.   If we simply will let go, and let things happen, we will naturally be creative and we will naturally unleash that creativity upon the world.

The largest problem I often encounter is that people are afraid.  Our society is afraid.  Everybody is all too often afraid of something that is different.

Different is NOT necessarily bad.  Open up.  Unleash your creativity and make sure you allow others around you (your family members, your children, your employees, your acquaintances, etc.) to unleash their creativity too.