Creativity is the action of a fresh and free mind. With a fresh mind, whatever you do is creative. We have equated creativity with brilliance and dynamism, whereas it can be very ordinary. It’s like love—where something totally new comes from nowhere, where one is not overly concerned about results, and where one is not caught in mundane distractions. It's an expression of freedom and fearlessness.
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Questioner: Acharya Ji, how to develop a creative mind?
Acharya Prashant:
When one is not caught in mundane rubbish, then creativity just happens. You do not develop it. You just remove the obstacles that impede it. You cannot cause creativity, you can only invite creativity. And then it comes on its own.
Causing something is a bit of violence, do you see that? Creativity is like Love. You cannot cause. You cannot say, “I have paid the price, I have met the necessary conditions. Now let there be love. All the right conditions have been created, all the boxes have been ticked. So now, you have to love me.”
