When we want to manifest our world we may want to employ creative thinking and alternative ways to think about the challenges of manifesting.

What is Creativity? Creativity is the ability to imagine something new. By combining ideas or thoughts in a different way. Now it has been said there are no new ideas under the sun but there are new ideas in the sense we take old ideas, include others ideas and rearrange them in a way that they are new to our world at least. Some ideas are brilliant while some are only common sense that has not been put together in that particular way as yet.

Believe it or not, everyone has substantial creative ability. When I was a child I was always inventing something. My creativity was not always encouraged, but I was alone a great deal of the time ;and that very aloneness nurtured my imagination. In adults, creativity has too often been suppressed through education, convention, and re ligion. But your imagination is still there and can be reawakened. To reawaken your creativity you must make a commitment to it and set aside a certain amount of time to it each day.

An Attitude. Creativity is a attitude. It is being grateful for what you have in this time while playing with new ideas of how to change it. It is also a belief in the fun of playing with ideas and liking the challenge of change. We are socialized into accepting only a certain number of ideas. If one can make play out of creating new ideas this process becomes a game. It is a game that has huge payoffs in the GAME of life.

THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIDE

Everything depends on the way you look at things. View every problem you encounter as an opportunity. There is always a good side to every situation.

The optimist sees an opportunity in every misfortune. The pessimist sees misfortune in every opportunity. The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole.

You ca n develop success from every failure to study failure is to learn from it.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

A Process. Creative people like the process of fiddling with an idea. They like to refine an idea to the last possible thought about it. They are not in a hurry. They know that on the spiritual plane there is no time. Very few creative ideas come in one rush they come from playing around with one idea or a group of ideas until one can go no further with it. Then it is good to have a group that is interested in the same ideas to bounce the idea off. The creative person knows that there is always room for improvement.

Suspend judgment. This is the most important rule. When ideas are brought forth, no critical comments are allowed. All ideas are written down. Evaluation is to be reserved for later. I know I have the tendency to analyze and throw the baby out with the bath water. One needs to let idea germinate and grow.

Here is an alternati ve idea one might try when making the effort to manifest your dreams.

Seek non-human assistance. Ask for a totem animal, to help you manifest your dreams and to show you the best way to proceed. Make a list of the skills you need, and announce to Spirit that you would like a "power" animal to teach you. Repeat the following statement: "I am open to communication with my spirit guides, and would like them to come to me in my dreams. I will remember these dreams in the morning."

Start a dream journal it may take time to have the dreams come just keep repeating the statement each night and have your dream journal next to your bed with a pen so that you can record either in the night or first thing in the morning all that you remember. Be sure and record the emotion of the dream as well as the physical aspects of it.

The animal may come in dream time or during your daily meditations. It may appear in your life. Personally, wolf is one of my most influential totems and appears a great deal when I am writing. I once manifested this totem animal in my life. I lived for a number of years with 45 wolves on 90 undeveloped acres in Oregon. That is another story for another time. Below you will find some things I have learned from my Wolf Totem:

The practice of using animals is of Native American, and Celtic shamanic, and tribal origins. Shamans believe that animals are messengers of the Great Spirit. They are on Earth to teach you something. The Great Spirit shares information with you through visions and dreams using animals to represent what you should do. Native American's say that Wolf is a teacher. For centuries people have sought out the wolf's way of being social, hunting, playing and studied them.

Wolf is allied with Sirius, the Dog Star, and it is said in many cultures, that our ancestors and teachers came from there. This is agreed upon by Australian Aborigines, and the Dogon tribe of Africa, as well as certain Native Americ an tribes. Wolf has much to teach us, if only we will listen.

Wolf is allied to the moon and lunar energies, teaching us to respect our emotions and unconscious urges. Respect for the wildness of our animal natures, and willingness to face the dark within ourselves is an imperative for Wolf people. Trust in the unspoiled nature of your Child/Wolf self.

Because the Moon rules psychic perception, Wolf people should work on learning to trust their intuition and psychic urges, to listen for the still small voice within.

The communal nature of Wolf's culture and hunting helps us to learn to cooperate to achieve a goal. It also helps us to learn about how to be in a family. Wolf people make good "team players" and are fiercely loyal to those they consider part of their pack. They often have strong leadership qualities, however they must often learn to balance their tendency leadership with the humility of just being one of the pack. The wolf taught me how to be an in dividual among the pack.

" As a predator, Wolf culls the sick and weak of the herd. Wolves are often quick to scent when a situation is "sick," and will work to change it. It is important that they learn to lead the situation gently, and without tearing others apart. They teach how to use aggression in a positive way. Wolf's capacity for communication suggests that Wolf people should learn to utilize the strength of their voice and to be aware of their body language. When dealing with Wolf people, listening for the nuances of vocal tone and watching their body language will help in gaining an understanding of them. Wolves often make excellent bards and storytellers.

Ritual is very important to Wolf. Both the little rituals of day-to-day conduct, and the bigger rituals of lunar howling. Whatever their spiritual beliefs, Wolf people will feel more in tune when they honor and re-link (the actual meaning of the word "religion") with the life force.

Now if this for you is a spiritual belief then you will have no trouble following it. It does not have to be a spiritual belief however it can just be an alternative way of thinking so that it gets you out of linear thinking.

What are some ways you get out of linear thinking?

References:

Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

By Donald Riggs E.

Crackling Creativity The Secrets of Creative Genius

by Michael Michalko

Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques

Michael Michalko

"Howling Wind" Lee Kroemschroder

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