"The only successful manifestation is one which brings about a change
or growth in consciousness; that is, it has manifested God, or revealed him more fully, as well as having manifested a form...."
- David Spangler, 'Manifestation'
"Imagination is the ability to create an idea or mental picture in your mind. In creative visualization you use your imagination to create a clear image of something you wish to manifest. Then you continue to focus on the idea or picture regularly, giving it positive energy until you actually achieve what you have been visualising"
- Shakti Gawain, 'Creative Visualization'
......and so I did.......
I decided to CREATE with what I had left of my miserable life. I decided to completely re-invent myself. THAT decision was made. But what was I going to create? Hmmmm.......
I had created some pretty good stuff over the years when I was employed, but, of course you get no credit for that. All part of the job! But I had started on a new Social Network thingie and so I thought I would concentrate all of my efforts on that. So I began reading. Bill Gates, Microsoft....Steve Jobs, Apple....Jeff Bezos, Amazon....Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Google Boys.....Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. And then I read about other Entrepreneurs like Mark Andreeson, Sean Parker, and heaps of others. And then the Venture Capitalists. Not only did I read about them. I studied them......intensely! I found out their strengths, their weaknesses, their motivation and their stategies. I know as much about them as they know themselves. I was a mad maven, a paranoic accumulator of knowledge. And then I used the knowledge to CREATE my own network. I call it DotsHQ, my "Facebook on Steroids". That is my creative visualisation. But it is BIIIIG. It is HUUUUGE, in fact. And to get there I have to get some of that 'money' stuff to trademark and patent before I show it to anybody. And I am not going to give the majority of the business away to Venture Capitalists to make them and their investors 'fatcats'. Nup. Uh uh. No way. Not gunna happen. I know how to fund it. And I will. MY way.........
I had created some pretty good stuff over the years when I was employed, but, of course you get no credit for that. All part of the job! But I had started on a new Social Network thingie and so I thought I would concentrate all of my efforts on that. So I began reading. Bill Gates, Microsoft....Steve Jobs, Apple....Jeff Bezos, Amazon....Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Google Boys.....Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. And then I read about other Entrepreneurs like Mark Andreeson, Sean Parker, and heaps of others. And then the Venture Capitalists. Not only did I read about them. I studied them......intensely! I found out their strengths, their weaknesses, their motivation and their stategies. I know as much about them as they know themselves. I was a mad maven, a paranoic accumulator of knowledge. And then I used the knowledge to CREATE my own network. I call it DotsHQ, my "Facebook on Steroids". That is my creative visualisation. But it is BIIIIG. It is HUUUUGE, in fact. And to get there I have to get some of that 'money' stuff to trademark and patent before I show it to anybody. And I am not going to give the majority of the business away to Venture Capitalists to make them and their investors 'fatcats'. Nup. Uh uh. No way. Not gunna happen. I know how to fund it. And I will. MY way.........
....peace calm quiet think.....CREATE
But this CREATIVITY stuff is weird. It seems that when you WANT to create something your MIND is blocked. When you are not thinking about creating anything but you are in a pensive mood, then the creativity thrives. See, the MIND is the SOURCE from which THOUGHTS eminate. These thoughts provide inspiration, insight, imagination and all of the necessary tools to CREATE. But there is a secret that I found out about CREATING stuff. You must BE ALONE with the thoughts in your mind. Your "ME" and your "MIND". I didn't know any of this stuff, even after reading lots of material about creative people like those I mentioned before. When I decided to write the book I don't know how many times I sat at the Library in front of the computer and tried to write. NOTHING. I did it day after day. There was too much 'noise'. Too many distractions. Then I would go back to La Chateau and lie there with only the sound of the waves from the surf and away my mind went. So every time an inspiration came to me I put my little reading light on, grabbed my exercise book and pen and documented everything I was THINKING. Then next day I opened the exercise book in front of the computer at the Library and away I went. THAT is how I wrote the book. The CREATIVITY came from my MIND, the source of my thoughts. And my MIND worked to the max. when I was alone, quiet, calm, and at peace with myself.
.........be MINDful...........
When I started to get the hang of how the MIND works and the secret to creativity, the strangest things began to happen, always when I had solitude, either in La Chateau or while meditating on the beach or going for walks along the beach. The book was happening, the design for DotsHQ was happening. I was starting to GROK (meaning to 'get it' so completely you 'BECOME' it) the evolution of creativity within me. Then the MIND unleashed the "GIFTS" I have so often talked about, the gifts which were always inside me but I never opened the door to let them out. It was during this time that I found Mister SomeOne Out-There and wrote the feature POEM for my book. I performed the poem in public. I wrote another poem "Let Go" which appears at the end of the book.
But WHERE did these gifts come from? I had no intention of writing a book or poems but they somehow entered my psyche through my thoughts which came from THE SOURCE, MY MIND. But the CREATIVITY wouldn't stop...........
In my book I wrote about the SONG I wrote called "Broken Man". I even included the lyrics to the song and even the script for the video I had visualised. But WHY did I write a song? I remember how it started. I was walking along the beach to get a free feed at Rosies. I was down and depressed. For some inexplicable reason I sang those words while wading through the water. Then I just kept going. I just added more words and then began to sing them. Hmmmm........ Funny thing is though that I have never ever written a song, never even thought about it. Never sung a song except when I was a kid. Never played in a band or played an instrument except when I was a kid. So.....aaarrgghhmm..... excuse me someone but where did all this stuff come from? Anyone? Heeello, anyone?
Now at this point I don't blame you if you think I've had one drink too many, a pill too many, had one bong too long or should be admitted to the local sanitarium. In fact I agree. It all defies logic. BUT IT HAPPENED..........
(continued tomorrow......)
But WHERE did these gifts come from? I had no intention of writing a book or poems but they somehow entered my psyche through my thoughts which came from THE SOURCE, MY MIND. But the CREATIVITY wouldn't stop...........
In my book I wrote about the SONG I wrote called "Broken Man". I even included the lyrics to the song and even the script for the video I had visualised. But WHY did I write a song? I remember how it started. I was walking along the beach to get a free feed at Rosies. I was down and depressed. For some inexplicable reason I sang those words while wading through the water. Then I just kept going. I just added more words and then began to sing them. Hmmmm........ Funny thing is though that I have never ever written a song, never even thought about it. Never sung a song except when I was a kid. Never played in a band or played an instrument except when I was a kid. So.....aaarrgghhmm..... excuse me someone but where did all this stuff come from? Anyone? Heeello, anyone?
Now at this point I don't blame you if you think I've had one drink too many, a pill too many, had one bong too long or should be admitted to the local sanitarium. In fact I agree. It all defies logic. BUT IT HAPPENED..........
(continued tomorrow......)
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