Osho On Creativity
Creativity is the quality that you bring to
the activity that you are doing. It is an
attitude, an inner approach - how you look
at things....
Not everybody can be a painter - and there
is no need also. If everybody is a painter
the world will be very ugly; it will be
difficult to live! And not everybody can be
a dancer, and there is no need. But
everybody can be creative.
Whatsoever you do, if you do it joyfully, if
you do it lovingly, if your act of doing is
not purely economical, then it is creative. If
you have something growing out of it
within you, if it gives you growth, it is
spiritual, it is creative, it is divine. You
become more divine as you become more creative.
All the religions of the world have said God is the creator. I don't know
whether he is the creator or not, but one thing I know: the more creative
you become, the more godly you become. When your creativity comes to a
climax, when your whole life becomes creative, you live in God. So he must
be the creator because people who have been creative have been closest to
him. Love what you do. Be meditative while you are doing it - whatsoever it
is!
Osho A Sudden Clash of Thunder Chapter 4
Commentary:
From the alchemy of fire and water below to the divine light entering from
above, the figure in this card is literally 'possessed by' the creative force.
Really, the experience of creativity is an entry into the mysterious.
Technique, expertise and knowledge are just tools; the key is to abandon
oneself to the energy that fuels the birth of all things.
This energy has no form or structure, yet all the forms and structures come
out of it. It makes no difference what particular form your creativity takes - it
can be painting or singing, planting a garden or making a meal. The
important thing is to be open to what wants to be expressed through you.
Remember that we don't possess our creations; they do not belong to us.
True creativity arises from a union with the divine, with the mystical and the
unknowable. Then it is both a joy for the creator and a blessing to others.
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