The Direction of Intention

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All creative limits or blocks originate from some form of separation: you have cleaved a part of yourself and locked it away in the closet. Or, you have put manacles on your impulses and fear what might happen if you release the restraints; what will people think of you if you give full voice to your thoughts, ideas, perceptions, dreams and desires. What part of you fears annihilation if you show up as you are? What part of you fears being seen?

Fear has a lot to do with the need to control and control has a lot to do with your access to power (your creative impulse). Fulfilling your creative potential begins with allowing yourself to be seen – not as you think you ought to be but as you are.

Spend a week gathering information about the story you tell yourself and mining your assumptions. Recognizing where you are, identifying the mountain of belief upon which you stand is a necessary first step to bridging the separation. Watch out! Separations are slippery and express as false comparisons (with whom do you compare yourself? Why?), false expectations (do you need to be perfect? Do you have to do everything yourself? Why?), and false investments in stories (what achievement will make you valid, valuable, or whole? Why?). What stick do you use for self-measurement? Just gather information, without judgment, and see what you discover.

Is there a gap between the life you live and the life you think you live? That’s the first separation to bridge.

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