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| Mystical Musical Meditations in Jerusalem |
Emulating the Creator's Creativity
Elul is the Creator's time of Creation and Creativity and the Ratzon
\ Will to Create, and our time to emulate Him
1. TZIMTZUM CREATIVITY
The Creator hid His Infinity leaving a void that was filled with all that
exists in Creation
Create in a way that you constrict yourself, or alternatively, take advantage
of an already existing constriction in such a way that a void is created, a
void that demands to be filled somehow. Allow this void to be filled. Notice
the new expansions and innovations that have come into being.
Example - when in a tight situation, focus on how things are insufferable and
intolerable and must change, then allow
the change\ birth process to come on its own.
2. PNIM D’PNIM CREATIVITY
The Creator set into motion the rest of the 6-day creation process by first
Creating a primal, all-encompassing Power Point that gave rise automatically to
the rest of the Creation process. In a similar way, all of Torah is rooted in
the very first part of it and all of our holidays are rooted in primal,
extraordinary historic acts.
Create a new plan or roadmap in a way that you go so deep, so essence-filled,
so fully self-expressed and so inspired that anyone else who experiences your
creative plan will feel that it is an offer that just can’t be refused. It’s an
offer they’ll jump out of bed in the morning for, an offer that they will be
happy to offer their most effective services for free of charge, an offer that
will free you up to invest all of your energy in the actual creative idea and
render the actualization and executing of the plan effortless for you because
others accomplish it for you.
Example - when you come up with an epic idea like “movie wisdom.com,” analyzing
the best movie themes and lessons in the light of Torah/ Kabbalistic wisdom, who
wouldn’t want to volunteer their best efforts?
3. FOUR WORLDS CREATIVITY
The Creator created in 4 different ways—paralleling the 4 worlds—the lower the
world the more separated from His fused input.
Create in an Atzilut\Emanating way by responding to the lacking or tension by
fusing with Hashem. Open yourself up to Hashem’s activation of all of your own
actions and speech and feelings and thoughts throughout the entire creative
process.
Create in a Beriayah \ Creating way by posing the challenge to Hashem and
allowing the resolution to come to you as something from the realm of
Nothingness.
Create in a Yetzirah \ Forming way by responding to the challenge using your
associative mind. Allow any and every idea that somehow relates to the topic to
come to the surface, and then process and analyze them all to discover what is
the essential point or answer.
Create in an Asiya \ Doing way by bringing all possible resolutions to a
natural completion and conclusion, so clearly that you can immediately act upon
it, then do so!
Example - Atzilut creativity is done by fusing G-d’s doing it through
you. Beriyah’s creativity is done by thinking out of the box. Yetzirah’s creativity is
done by allowing as many associative ideas as possible come to you. Asiyah creativity is
done by closure and taking action.
4. PRE-EMPTING PROJECTIVE CREATION GOALS CREATIVITY
The Creator envisioned a few ultimate future goals such as the chosen People
and the Torah and Shabbat, and then Created all else in order to enable these
goals to ultimately manifest.
Create by envisioning the ultimate end-goal that you want to happen in the end.
Now focus and direct all of your efforts and energies towards manifesting this
vision.
Example - Ratzon Counseling, a type of creative coaching approach whereby a
person begins the process by creating a graduation speech. It’s their Ratzon or
Willed-goal that’s elaborated and that they will make manifest when all is
completed. Then they come back to the beginning of the road-map and work their
way to the end, one step at a time.
5. EVERYTHING GETS PERFECTED AND RESOLVED CREATIVITY
The Creator created the Universe with a built-in mechanism and dynamic whereby
everything is constantly improving towards an ultimate state of goodness and
perfection.
Create by seeing that all that you create will bring you and your creation to a
better, purer and more perfected state.
Example – have an outlook that everything is getting better
all the time.
6. DARKNESS FOR THE SAKE OF THE LIGHT CREATIVITY
The Creator planted into Creation a dynamic whereby all light, goodness,
positivity, etc. can only come into being when they are preceded by, and
generated by darkness, evil and negativity.
Create by seeing that all the difficulties and negativities that happen to you
in the process are only there to prompt you and empower you to produce an even
greater and more positive and light-filled outcome.
Example – have an outlook that the descent is always for the
sake of the ascent.
7. SEFIROTIC CREATIVITY
The Creator creates according to a Sefirotic scheme. Every Divine creative
process has a beginning, middle and end. Every Divine process is balanced,
harmonized and aligned towards achieving a synthesizing effect. Every process
inter-includes aspects of all other processes.
Create in a way that you are always seeing the end of the process no matter
where in the process you presently are. Create in a way that you make sure that
the creative process is balanced, harmonized, aligned and centered. Create in a
way that every step that you take, is fully expressed. Create in a way that
every aspect of the creation draws into itself every other aspect.
Example - use the following one or two-word Sefirotic definitions to check the
level of your creative process, to see if you are incorporating these traits
fully and in a balanced way. Here are the definitions: belief, pleasure, will,
wisdom, packaging, knowing, saying yes, saying no, bridging, overcoming,
empowering, full self-expressing, and receiving.
8. INFINITIZING FINITENESS CREATIVITY
The Creator creates in a way that is conducive to his essence, which is infinite,
so everything that he touches and creates partakes of his infinite and eternal
power and sustenance.
Create in a way that your creative outcome \product will have staying power and
will never grow old, will even outlast you into future generations.
Example - improve the level of your present creative process
by adding expanse to it. Expand in the realm of time by foreseeing its level of
staying power. Expand in the realm of soul by fusing Hashem’s presence to your own
to move beyond your present capacities.
9. WHOLENESS CREATIVITY
The Creator creates in the most complete and holistic way possible, just as He
relates to others based on their past, present and future all at once, so too
does He create in such a way.
Create in a way that you constantly strive to see and actualize in a whole and
complete way, in a way that takes into account all possibilities at all phases
of the process—conception, growth and completion.
Example - examine every aspect of your creative process to
see if you are relating to all possibilities in an Allness type of way. If not,
readjust.
10. CHESED-THE WORLD’S FOUNDATION CREATIVITY
The Creator creates in a way that constantly promotes Chesed—giving, loving and
goodness. This is the foundation of all that Hashem does and creates. Those who
encounter Hashem in the deepest experiential ways report that the primary
feeling that they experience is Chesed—love, giving and goodness.
Create in a way that expresses your love, giving and goodness. Project the best
possible ways that your creative process and end-product can do good to others
and can express your love and full-hearted giving.
Example - examine a creative process that you are presently occupied with. Notice
how much love and giving is part and parcel of the process. Add a generous,
unconditional measure of love and giving to the process.
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