Meditation for Greater Creativity

Meditation for relaxation is very good for you. But did you know that it can also help you be more creative? And creative people are generally pretty healthy. So even if you want to be more creative in your regular life, to be a better gardener with a pretty landscape, or come up with a killer business plan, meditation can help.

They used to think meditation calmed down the brain. Now they think it activates little used areas of the brain and increases brain function. It can even help people with obsessive thoughts, like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I know I feel happier when I make time to listen to my meditation CD and I even found the motivation to lose weight.

Some people like perfect quiet to meditate. They sit or lie quietly and still their thoughts. They might use guided imagery like a looking at a crystal or flower. Some, like me, prefer guidance of a CD. You can get alpha or even theta brain waves more active by listening to certain CDs.

All of this is simple and effective. Simply rest your thoughts and listen to a CD and you will have thirty minutes of refreshment that will ease your troubled mind and free your inner creative genius. Brenda Ueland wrote If You Want to Write and talks a lot about the importance of relaxing and being present, which is a form of meditation, and even out right meditation and sort of meandering through a garden to find inspiration.

Eckharte Tolle, who wrote The Power of Now, talks about living in the present, which bypasses the thinking part of the brain. Which can do wonders for those who suffer from a lack of inspiration. Jim Carrey was inspired by his teachings and did a movie inspired by him. I have found it helpful to live in the present to avoid worrying, which Jesus says is bad, but didn't tell you how to over come it.

Overall, I think meditation and living in the now, very good for finding the peace inside and to spark inner creativity. It can make living more bearable when you used to constantly worry and annoy people with your complaining. I find that most people have some problem that can be helped by meditation. And since it can make you think better and more clearly, I recommend it to those who want to be more creative or even think better. It can help you relax and be in a better state of mind to be more creative.

It is fairly strait forward, and even if you want to get guided imagery, it doesn't cost a lot and you can greatly improve your state of mind.