The
Source – The Creative Intelligence
Unfolding your unlimited potential
We have the potential to consciously connect to the intelligence
that created this
wondrous universe. I experience this creative intelligence in so
many ways in my life and I am in awe and wonder how this all works.
In this article I love to share some of it with you.
Let me start with an example on a small scale. A den of little ants
(about 3mm long) was located approximately 10 meters from my
bungalow on the beach of a paradisiacal island in Malaysia. If we
compare the size of the ants with the average size of a human being,
this distance would be 6km for the human being. I put a little piece
of non smelling sweet on my balcony and after 1 minute the first
group of ants started arriving, and after 3 minutes it was crowded.
How are these tiny ants so precisely acting by their natural
intelligence? Isn’t this amazing in every way? They have a brain
smaller then a pin-head and we have these huge very well wired
brains. I was thinking: being creatures from the same source of
intelligence, would it be also possible for us to be so precise and
natural in our action? What would be the force… the source in all
this stunning intelligence? The view had really caught my
attention deeply.
Sitting on my porch in that paradisiacal environment, after that
seemingly simple occurrence , I listened to audio books of Wayne
Dyer and Deepak Chopra. Wonderful and inspiring!
Especially Wayne Dyer’s the power of intention inspired me greatly.
Wayne Dyer succeeds in putting it all together in an amazingly
brilliant way. What I was listening to, just pierced my heart and
was flowing right through me. So timely!
I want to share with you some of the insights I got about:
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How
to consciously connect with the Source
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A
vision of our unlimited creativity and potential
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What
are the main characteristics of the Source
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How
to apply it in our lives.
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The
importance of meditation
All the great beings (Spiritual
Masters/Teachers), emphasize the importance of meditation.
Meditation is a powerful method that may open consciousness right to
the moment (free from past and future), and its boundless
potential…. and even beyond….. We may experience something much
greater then yourself. Our awareness may expand and by grace realize
the oneness with the Source and therefore we are a ‘co-creator’ with
creative intelligence. Where we may have been grasping in the dark,
a ‘guiding light’ may come to our awareness like an inner guide.
From here, the law of God Action starts working in its awesome ways:
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When
you follow the Law of God Action,
you
will naturally use the law of attraction
to draw
into your space everything you need
in
every moment
without
even trying to.
That is
because the universe has a plan for you
and by
aligning yourself with that plan,
you
will synchronize your actions
with
the divine flow of events.
You
will find yourself doing the right thing
at the
right time, in the right place
where
the resources or opportunities you require
are
already arranged to be there.
You
simply step right in.
Quotation from Law of God Action by E.Tan |
Doing the right thing at the right time
This doing the right thing at the
right time and in the right place is very important. I have written
an article about spiritual
astrology, which shows that everybody has his/her own unique
potential and their lessons to learn in life. The cosmic energy,
influencing us, is changing all the time; in astrology we call that
the transits. In this way there are benevolent periods in which all
seems to flow and our creativity is abundant, but also times in
which we can learn important lessons (easy lessons if we go with
this cosmic energy, difficult if we try to resist the necessary
changes in our lives).
I
have given several examples on this website, but this subject is so
important that I will give one more example on how this worked out
during these last days. Jivanjili asked me if I could do
something with the many pictures she had from her spiritual journey
with her students through Egypt. Although I had other chores, like
filling out my tax papers, I immediately felt a strong ‘yes’ inside.
I made a selection of the many pictures she had provided and started
to enhance them. Sorting out the many images went like ‘by itself’,
no doubting, picking or choosing, all went just in one flow. From the
pictures I made a slideshow, in every step I felt so guided. I
worked from 9 AM in the morning till 1 AM at night at the computer
and I felt as fresh as when I started.
The
next day I finished and uploaded this show in the same flow of
action. See:
Sands of Time.
Note:
external links will open in a new window (tab)
I
ended this slideshow with photos of Mount Sinai in Egypt, the place
where this whole website started more then a year ago. Looking back
at how this website started, I stood again in awe and wonder. When
this voice asked me to start writing I was thinking: "Me? And
about what?" etc. But look now what has manifested since I
started listening to that inner voice. Yes Patanjili is absolutely
right; see the quote next with the picture below.
Looking at my own cosmic energy of that day (my transit) it was
exactly a spiritual journey transit, which has to be
expressed (Jupiter sextile Mars) and I uploaded this slideshow
exactly at the minute precisely at the maximum of this transit. I
felt so excited and incredible blessed and everybody seems to love
it too!
Jivanjili sent me a brilliant and so far unpublished
article of ShantiMayi about spiritual love and the shift of
consciousness on this planet. I asked ShantiMayi for permission to
publish it on this website, which I got immediately. After
illustrating and uploading the article I looked again in my transits
and saw exactly at that moment the maximum of a spiritual love
transit (Jupiter conjunct Venus) had occurred. I didn’t know before
that I had these both transits, because I don’t want to be mentally
influenced by it. The energy itself must call me (and did!) and I
listened to it and that is the whole secret.
The next day I ‘heard’ the Source saying: "And now write about this
creative intelligence" and here it is.
A
new, great, and wonderful world
Being in such a creative flow and knowing that these articles may
reach millions of people all over the world fills my heart with an
overwhelming feeling of gratitude.
This is a striking example of the uttermost importance to follow
immediately your inner voice or divine guidance. If you do it, this
guidance will become clearer and more precise. It also shows that everything needed
will show up at the right time. There are unlimited
possibilities.
I like to give some quotations of Pantanjali, Rumi and the
Upanishads, which give a vision of these unlimited possibilities.
Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras,
expresses these
unlimited possibilities in a magnificent way:
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“When you are inspired by some great purpose,
some extraordinary project,
all your
thoughts break their bonds:
Your mind transcends limitations,
your consciousness expands in every direction,
and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful
world.
Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive,
and you discover yourself to be a greater person by
far
than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” |
This is
my ‘leitmotiv’ on my ongoing spiritual journeys.
Divine guidance – How may I serve?
Wayne
Dyer mentions several times in his writings that it is important to
ask the Source sincerely from your heart : “How may I serve”
And if you stay open and receptive, without expectations, you will
start receiving this divine guidance. Also in its turn the Source
will ask you: “How may I serve you?” And whatsoever you ask
for is given mostly immediately and in abundance.
I highly recommend Wayne Dyer book:
The Power of Intention. He guides us step by
step in finding our destiny and fulfilling your potential, as this
poem of Rumi (a famous Sufi mystic) expresses so
beautifully:
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You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly.
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The Source will be of help in everyway. Therefore if we think
that something is not possible, then it will not be possible.
According to Wayne Dyer Rumi’s poem will then change in:
You are an accident of nature.
You are subject to the laws of luck and chance.
You can be pushed around easily.
Your dreams are meaningless.
You were meant to live an ordinary life.
You have no wings.
So forget about flying and keep on crawling the earth.
(Wayne Dyer)-
Note: slightly changed by Deva Deep.
So it
is all up to you.
The
Ultimate Adventure
For the last quote of these series I like to give one from the
ancient spiritual wisdom of the Upanishads1, which seem
to come to us from the very dawn of time. These great seers (Rishis2)
have spoken to us to inspire us.
What makes a human being dare the impossible?
What fires the will when we glimpse something never done before
and a wild urge surges up to cry: "Then let's do it"?
The sages would say: "Just to reach for the highest”.
Human beings cannot live without challenge. We cannot live without
meaning.
Everything ever achieved we owe to this inexplicable urge to reach
beyond our grasp,
do the impossible, know the unknown.
The Upanishads would say this urge is part of our evolutionary
heritage, given to us for the ultimate adventure: to discover for
certain who we are, what the universe is, and what is the
significance of the brief drama of life and death we play out
against the backdrop of eternity.
In haunting words, the Brihadaranyaka3 declares:
You
are what your deep, driving desire is.
As
your desire is, so is your will.
As
your will is, so is your deed.
As
your deed is, so is your destiny.
(Brihadaranyaka
iv.4.5)
(Quote
from the book The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran).
1. The Upanishads are ancient, sacred texts that form
the final part of Hindu religious thought. The Sanskrit word
‘Upanishad’ literally means ‘to sit at the feet of a master to
receive instruction’.
2. A rishi denotes an ever exploring representative
of God, a "seer of Truth" or "shaman" to whom Wisdom has been
revealed" through states of higher consciousness.
3. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is one of the older,
‘primary’ Upanishads.
Some of the main characteristic of this Creative Intelligence
If you want to be consciously connected to this creative
intelligence and be a co-creator with it, then it is important to
understand and apply some of its main characteristics in your life.
1.
Creativity
This
is of course VERY obvious, because this creative intelligence
creates all phenomena at all times in abundance everywhere and all
around. Therefore
being creative is becoming a co-creator with this divine creative
force. I have mentioned this on many places on this website, but
this article of Osho about Creativity is a great culmination of it.
Quote:
Each man comes into this world with a specific destiny –
he has something to fulfill,
some message has to be delivered,
some work has to be completed.
You are not here accidentally –
you are here meaningfully.
There is a purpose behind you.
The Whole intends to do something through you.
A single creative act has the potential to feed a continent (C.P.
Estes)
C.P. Estes symbolizes creativity as a great
underground river,
which finds its estuaries and branches in our
psyche.
A single creative act has the potential to feed a
continent. One creative act can cause a torrent to break through
stone. For this reason, a woman's creative ability is her most valuable
asset, for it gives outwardly and it feeds her inwardly at every
level: psychic, spiritual, mental, emotive, and economic.
(Quote from
C.P.
Estes: Women who run with the wolves. This book is like books of
Wayne Dyer a million-copy bestseller. It addresses the women, but
also for man there are a lot interesting subjects. It helps also us
man to understand women better.
Creativity emerges from
a wide open and loving heart. Such a heart is ignited by an
unspeakable non-dual potential and expresses in infinite ways,
shapes and forms. Such a heart is simply overflowing and expresses
itself choiceless and completely impersonal.
Creativity is not a solitary movement. By this is
meant… creativity brings about a chain, a flow of creativity, ever
changing, ever evolving. That is its power. Whatever is touched,
whomever listens, sees and senses, is fed by this creative power.
Ever coming, ever going…. Like the waves in the ocean, on and on….
2.
Kindness
The insight of the quality that brings about
kindness has been very important for me. It is an example of even
one sentence that is able to penetrate ones heart profoundly. It
changed my life, so to speak. This is the sentence: “Do you want
to be kind or do you want to be right?” (Wayne Dyer)
After hearing in Malaysia a part of Wayne Dyer's
audio book about kindness, I made a conscious decision to be as kind
as possible. And wow this turned out to work miraculous. It is a
self reinforcing process. Because what you send out will be
reflected to you. Experiments have show that every act of kindness
boost your immune system and increases your serotonin (happiness
hormone) level, but not only yours, also that of the receiver and
even of the watcher of an act of kindness. Wayne gives some heart
touching examples in his book, how seemingly small acts of kindness
can cause great effects.
3.
Love
I recommend this
brilliant article ShantiMayi:
Love Changes One And All Here a
quote from it:
When we consider what we truly want,
and that desire leads us to our heart
then everything that you need to know
comes streaming into your awareness.
Be patient and tenacious,
the world is being initiated into
higher states of consciousness…
You are part of the circle of life.
To fearlessly open your heart,
is a leap into participation.
We are, right now, in the midst of
a shift in consciousness on this planet,
love and gratitude are the sure keys to
success.
(ShantiMayi)
Meditation on Loving-kindness or Mettā meditation.
To experience these qualities of love and kindness in your life, I
can recommend the Mettā meditation.
Mettā
has been translated as loving-kindness, friendliness,
benevolence, amity, friendship, good will, kindness, love, sympathy,
and active interest in others.
The object of mettā meditation (taught by the Buddha) is loving
kindness (love without attachment or unconditional love).
Traditionally, the practice begins with the meditators cultivating
loving kindness towards themselves, then their loved ones, friends,
teachers, strangers, enemies, and finally towards all sentient
beings.
To put it into its context, Loving-kindness is the first of a series
of meditations that produce four qualities of love: Friendliness,
Compassion, Appreciative Joy and Equanimity.
The quality of 'friendliness' is expressed as warmth that
reaches out and embraces others.
When loving-kindness practice matures it naturally overflows into
compassion, as one empathizes with other people's difficulties.
The positive expression of empathy is an appreciation of other
people's good qualities or good fortune, or appreciative joy.
These series of meditations comes to maturity as 'on-looking
equanimity'. So, ultimately you remain kindly disposed and
caring toward everybody with an equal spread of loving feelings and
acceptance in all situations and relationships.
It is generally felt that those around a mettā-full person will feel
more comfortable and happy too.
Radiating mettā is thought to contribute to a world of love, peace
and happiness.
If you are interested (this is also the source of the text above),
you can find more information here:
Mettā (Wikipedia),
Overview of Loving-kindness Meditation and
Loving-kindness / Audio Instruction
4.
Expansion
It is amazing that there is indeed no end to the
discoveries and adventures in the inner and outer world (so to
speak). We are always finding newer creative ways of expressing and
sharing these discoveries.
The
whole universe is expanding and expanding and so are we. We are all
on this endless and beginningless journey in eternity. All and
everything is in complete intelligent interrelation. Changes of
perspective or paradigms through the ages have been a sure sign that
things are changing, however, as always, the vested interests may
attempt to prevent it. This is ‘all in the game’. A striking example
is Galileo and the Catholic Church. Nowadays movies as
“What
the Bleep do we know” shows us how
science (quantum physics) and spirituality are merging together in
one unified (or zero) field.
The rate of this expansion is accelerating fast,
like the expansion of the Universe itself also. This came as a big
surprise, contrary to the Big Bang theory in which this expansion
must come to an end. Just like a ball which we throw into the air
will fall back at a certain point. But that is not happening, just
the contrary it is accelerating and ever expanding!
There is no fixed abode… no where to rest and
completely boundless by nature.
When I take a moment to contemplate on this, I am
getting dizzy. Just imagine for a moment. Just mind blowing...
5.
Unlimited abundance
What is left after the former point?
Indeed, unlimited abundance… no boundaries in the
depth of creation.
This is always the most surprising experience for
me, this unlimited abundance.
If I ask something from the Source it responds
always is such an abundant way. I have said many times to my
friends: “Existence is overdoing again”. Whatsoever I wish
for is mostly immediately given, oftentimes so abundantly.
To give one simple example: I had an evening here
were I used to show spiritual DVDs. One day I had no more DVDs to
show. I asked the Source: “Please can you sent me a DVD?” Within
three days forty DVDs arrived in my mailbox. So I really had to say:
“Stop, stop this is too much”.
So take a moment to reflect about how this works
out in your own life.
6. A
cosmic plan - catch the signs
The law of God action tells us that the universe has a plan for you
and that it is important to align yourself with that plan. The
Source will guide you in its divine wisdom, just catch the signs...
and you will be amazed.
I love
the
book
The alchemist,
because it is all about finding your destiny and reading the signs.
Reading this book can be very insightful.
I highly recommend you to read the
essence of the alchemist. It is very revealing and invites
us to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the
way to find 'God', meaning happiness, fulfillment, and the ultimate
'law' of creation.
It is important to have a
sense of direction, a vision, a purpose, because that is the energy
which will initiate and propels the whole process. But then let the
Source take care of all the details. Stay away
from control after you have intended your vision. Control obstructs
the flow of creativity and is counter-receptive.The Source
knows much better in its divine wisdom. It is of uttermost
importance to be receptive to all these hints and signs, which you
will receive for sure. Stay open and trust.
I started this spiritual
journey website with these lines: Ultimately listening to your inner
voice will reveal your destiny in this life and you will become a
co-creator with infinite possibilities.
7.
Attraction
(click on the picture to enlarge)
Attraction looks to be one of the fundamental forces
of the Source or the universal intelligence.
Nearby and also on a cosmic scale it is
impressive to see how this attraction works. The baby is attracted
to the mother’s milk… the thirsty one is attracted to the water, the
cow is attracted to the grass…the sperm is attracted to the ovum,
etc, etc… All phenomena are interrelated by the laws of attraction.
Micro cosmos and macro cosmos are of the same creative principle. On
a cosmic scale, thanks to the Hubble Space telescope, many
great pictures are taken and secrets have been revealed. Our solar system has been formed by the attraction of cosmic dust
into rocks. These rocks colliding again became our planets.
Our moon, which is very essential to the life on earth, has been
formed when the earth attracted another planet, which exactly with
the right angle has hit the earth and melted together with the
earth. One massive part has been thrown into space
and that piece became our moon.
Several suns have a companion star like Sirius. This twin star
Sirius B can’t be seen by the naked eye, but old civilizations knew
about this double star. What is more fascinating even about a third
companion star Sirius C, discovered in 1995. These ancients also
described the properties of these three stars in detail and told
they got this knowledge from aliens. Read this fascinating article
about
Sirius.
On a real cosmic scale even galaxies with billions of stars are
attracted to each other. There are breath-taking images of the
Hubble Space telescope of colliding galaxies. Our own galaxy is on a
collision course with our neighbor galaxy the Andromeda nebulae,
which has hundreds of billions of stars. The Andromeda galaxy is two
million light years away, so this cosmic event will happen in the
distant future.
I
sincerely hope that this may inspire you to find and fulfill your
destiny.
It will
lead you to a most rewarding ongoing joyful journey in your life and
the ONLY reason worth living for. NOTHING else will fulfill you.
I just got this
BBC article as immediately response of the Source: "The
internet is the most powerful potential source of enlightenment ever
created." This is really amazing, not only that I get all
the help I need, but also mostly an immediate response!
At the same moment
"I" was writing this article, about the Source, Wayne Dyer wrote on his
blog: Since I did come from an invisible energy Source that some call
God, or Tao, or Divine mind, then I must be like what I came from.
My conclusion about my origination is that I came from Spirit, and
my true essence is that I am what I came from. I am a Divine piece
of God. I am first and always a spiritual being inextricably
connected to my Source of being.
This is a great example of synchronicity.
you will find a practical guide how to apply some of these
principles in your life.
you see the creative intelligence at work in the world,
expressing itself in vision, passion and greatness. |