Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Creativity and the Nonlocal Mind


Esteemed physician, researcher and author Dr. Larry Dossey kindly agreed to allow me to excerpt a portion of his latest piece published in the Huffington Post entitled, Where Does Creativity Come From? In it he posits that our creative impulse may be derived from a broader spectrum of information; a field of sorts of which we have an intrinsic connection.

I had the pleasure of perusing this compelling post just yesterday and was particularly struck by his myriad examples that would lead one to truly contemplate the idea that our unique creativity may not necessarily originate with ourselves, nor be generated by our brain but rather gleaned from an infinite field of information that some refer to as the quantum field.

I’ve often contemplated this notion, wondering whether original creations are instead channeled from an all pervading and omnipresent source.  This is an intriguing concept and one that allows us all to consider the true access we have to information based on the idea that we are innately hard-wired to this field.

Before we get into Dr. Dossey’s compelling piece, allow me to quote Intuition expert, Sonia Choquette whom I interviewed earlier this year about how we are indeed connected to this quantum field and how “invention” may not reside solely with the individual personality.

Choquette states…

“The heart wisdom of you is an intelligence that actually precedes your brain. It is a profound informing intelligence that works on a number of levels. First, it works on connecting you to information in this realm. So you can actually have telepathic crossovers. This is how two people discovered and argued for quite a time over who discovered the AIDS virus, an American or a Frenchman, because they both did…They were actually telepathically sharing information. We also have souls that have access to far more than our local brain consciously contains and that’s why when all of a sudden you start a new project and you just know how to do it. Get on the ski slopes, I know how to ski. I start renovating a house –  all of a sudden I’m designing stained glass windows. How do I know? I don’t really know. Because we access the quantum field.”

…And now, let’s delve a little deeper in to where creativity comes from with Dr. Larry Dossey:

My online dictionary says that "create" means to bring into existence something that is new, something that did not exist before. We often imagine creators as solitary individuals struggling against great odds, trying mightily to craft new inventions, music, or art that is novel, fresh, unique. We assume that prior training and skills are crucial in the creative process. Someone who doesn't know arithmetic will never be a great mathematician. A tone-deaf person will never compose majestic music. Someone who is not grounded in the classics can never be a great philosopher.

So much for logic.

When developmental psychologist Joseph Chilton Pearce was in his early 30s, teaching humanities in a college, he was engrossed in theology and the psychology of Carl Jung. Pearce describes himself as "obsessed" by the nature of the God-human relationship, and his reading on the subject was extensive. One morning as he was preparing for an early class, his 5-year-old son came into his room, sat down on the edge of the bed, and launched into a 20-minute discourse on the nature of God and man.

"He spoke in perfect, publishable sentences," Pearce writes, "without pause or haste, and in a flat monotone. He used complex theological terminology and told me, it seemed, everything there was to know. As I listened, astonished, the hair rose on my neck; I felt goose bumps, and, finally, tears streamed down my face. I was in the midst of the uncanny, the inexplicable. My son's ride to kindergarten arrived, horn blowing, and he got up and left. I was unnerved and arrived late to my class. What I had heard was awesome, but too vast and far beyond any concept I had had to that point. The gap was so great I could remember almost no details and little of the broad panorama he had presented ... He wasn't picking up his materials from me. I hadn't acquired anything like what he described and would, in fact, be in my mid-50s and involved in meditation before I did ... My son had no recollection of the event."

Events like this pose deep questions for creativity. Where does the wisdom come from that makes creativity possible?

Baron Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, the renowned German physicist who was a contemporary of legendary physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr, thought deeply about creativity in science. In any great scientific discovery, he said, "We find the often disturbing and happy experience: 'It is not I; I have not done this.' Still, in a certain way it is I -- yet not the ego ... but ... a more comprehensive self."

What is this "more comprehensive self"? I propose that it is a domain of consciousness that is nonlocal or infinite in space and time, in which all information resides. Throughout history it has been called many names -- the Source, the Absolute, God, Goddess, Allah, Universe. My favorite term is the One Mind, in which all individual minds come together.

The web site of Dr. Larry Dossey

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Changing of the Tides – The Shift is Here!



Are earth-shaking signs of the shift rocking your world?
Recently, I received this sobering and yet insightful message from PMH Atwater, author, researcher and visionary, about the current cosmological and evolutionary shift we are experiencing.  At first glance, I was alarmed.  Upon closer examination, I understood and could relate.  Ultimately with some unbiased reflection, I acknowledged that this is what the shift is bringing and if we understand the nuances and signposts, its opportunities for evolution far outweigh the challenges.
This is a short read but it packs a wallop.  PMH has an uncanny ability to convey powerful information in a concise and succinct manner – flowery rhetoric need not apply.  This is a well summarized analysis from the purview of someone who has experienced, felt and seen the Universe with a 360 degree perspective!
And now, guest blogger, PMH Atwater…
Astrologically we are dealing with powerful squares and T-squares that will not go away any time soon.
All of 2013, 2014, 2015 - every day - is like Mercury Retrograde on steroids. You start something, everything goes swell, and then suddenly, a crash or a twist as the energy turns on you. Easy to forget things.

This can be noticed upfront with human/animal dispositions, skin sensitivity and rashes, driving or even walking, a flux of bacteria/viruses that go up and down in spite of medications. One day you're energized; the next day is a wipe-out. Same with politics, finances, banking, jobs. Swing time. The old and the new are clashing with increasingly powerful resistance. Weather is just as confused as people and animals are, so are plants. While our nation (the U.S.) is blessed with fuel from oil sands, our groundwater and deep wells are slowly becoming poisoned with small quakes on the rise. You really can't call "negative"/"positive" anymore. What seems worrisome, actually inspires and uplifts people to take charge and find new ways of doing things that work out better.
          "I am a child of God, perfect in every way and nothing and no one can interfere in my life without my permission."

I was asked by "New Dawn Magazine" in Australia to write something uplifting for 2014 (predictions for the New Year). I couldn't......at least not per se. All I could do is describe the territory - the good and the not-so-good and then show what people are actually doing about it - turning energy around. As more and more people decide to make substantial changes in their lives, businesses and governments change, too. Not always pretty what happens because of this, but there's no stopping the squeeze play. 

What I've found in my life that makes a difference is using stress relief measures fairly often. When energy starts to spin or dip, I stop what I'm doing and zone in to what's true: "I am a child of God, perfect in every
way and nothing and no one can interfere in my life without my permission."  Sometimes I'll do a little dance, walk up and down stairs, spend time outdoors, or splash some water around. Always some deep breathing and some laughter. Amazing what such a stress break will do for you. 

Remember, the human race as we think it to be, is evolving. It isn't just our world, our universe that is changing. We are, too, and on a fundamental core level.

For details of this, including datelines, read
CHILDREN OF THE FIFTH WORLD (Bear & Co., 2012).

P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
www.pmhatwater.com