1) Ideas, Art, Inspiration (even just fleeting images) don't come to us from the outside, they come from inside - from our internal response to the outside world.
(... so, no flashes of divine light here, no great "outer power" giving some lucky "chosen ones" the power of genius. Its all within us all. We just need to look inside).
2) This type of Meditation doesn't aim for introspection, its aim is to open us out.
~ So that thought bubble turns into a whole world ~
On a very basic level, as far as Art's concerned, its Hallelujah for anyone wanting to take it up but cowed by the fear that they won't be "good enough" - everyone's capable of creating great Art, it just takes looking in the right place: inside oneself.
And as far as this Meditation technique is concerned we can put aside any fears that we may turn into introspective reclusives. Quite the opposite. Having looked inside we'll then be far more capable of relating to and dealing with the outside world and what it chucks at us (such as big changes in our lives, shocking diagnoses, the deaths of a loved ones etc).
"So that's all good then" (thank you Hue Bonneville from "W1A" - and if you haven't yet seen it: Do! its a scream!)
Right, breakfast.
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These ideas aren't new - but what is? - and they've been propounded by some great thinkers, I'm looking forward to re-focusing on them. I came up with similar theories when I began teaching - was lovely to find others had thought, and do think, the same. You can read how I described it, on my website: http://www.katenewlyn.com/
Breakfast calls...
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