Thursday, July 19, 2012

Manifestation


Our lives are a continuous series of creative acts. From the moment of birth to our first few steps, from our childhood friendships to our life partnerships, every act, every relationship is a creative construction, a manifestation of choice.

In the early phase of manifestation, we are usually consciously at play. We paint the grass red then blue, then a brilliant fuchsia. We are creating. Anything is possible.

As with all manifestations, what we create takes form, solidifies, and—without attention to our creative construction—becomes rigid. We chose a job which provides learning and growth and at some point both the learning and growth stop. We chose a relationship which is passionate and filled with love and then one day we find the passion has faded and the love atrophied.  Somewhere along the way, we have lost sight of our continuous, creative process; the ongoing cycle of change and choice.

It is easy enough to do. The world is one in which stability, structure, repetition are reinforced. And yet nothing remains the same, especially our consciously creative selves. Even unconsciously, this energy of creation is inside of us. Without being given ample movement, it begins to bang insistently at our door. The creative self, the bountiful life spirit, is screaming to be let out. And with good reason. It is through our creativity that we are most closely connected to the divine.

Play is at the root of any manifestation. Imagine you are floating down a river on a raft, basking in the afternoon sun. Or grab a bathing suite and a blowup mattress and head out the door to make a beach of the local parking lot. Put up an umbrella; make a pond out of a plastic tub and some water. Either way, you are consciously creating. What are the sights, sounds, sensations that you experience floating down the river of your imagination or lying on a mattress in a parking lot in your best bathing costume? What could you add or adjust in your life that would bring in more of these sensations everyday? What could you create in your relationships with family, friends, your partner that would surface this sense of pleasure and playfulness?

When we cease to create and we become focused on accommodating the angles and hard surfaces of our lives, we have lost touch with our power of manifestation. Without a connection to this power we become victims of our life circumstances. But we are only victims to the degree that we ignore our power of conscious creativity. Take this moment now. What are your creating in your life? Does it bring you pleasure, playfulness, joy? If not, then paint the grass fuchsia, go on a river rafting tour. Anything is possible when you connect to the divine, the creative life force inside of you.