Inspiration, the door to a more meaningful and abundant life
Inspiration is a door to a much more meaningful, fulfilling and abundant life. No matter what your status or education or situation, inspiration is a door that all of us can go through to a larger world full of hope and possibility. The thing is most people have no clue about this. They see glimpses of it when they have an impulsive inspired feeling or idea but they usually quickly dismiss the feeling as nothing more than just a passing fancy. They let what I call the ‘inner critic’ talk them out of it. The sad part is, that by not following this inspirational energy they have cut themselves off from the very thing that could get them out of their problems and to the life they really want. I see this happening all the time, I do it too but now when I recognize inspiration I have a reverence for it and I have learned to ignore the ‘inner critic.’ It is such a simple thing actually. What many people don’t understand is that this energy is everything. If they really knew what being touched by this energy meant they would jump up and down and thank God because to be touched by this energy is a true gift from Heaven. Step one is to understand that when you feel inspired it is so much more that just a good feeling, it is basically God coming over and saying ‘Hey want to play? But even if you understand this intellectually the real key is to know what it feels like because it is the feeling recognition of this energy that is most important. See, when you are inspired it’s an energy flow. This is again, not just a good feeling your body happens to be having that day. This energy is God’s creative energy, which is basically love energy. This conscious energy is creative and has intelligence. This is why when you feel inspired you feel pregnant, like you ‘just have to get it out.’ You also have a feeling that you can’t get it out fast enough and the reason this is, is because you are a channel for this energy, it is not coming from you but through you. All you really have to do is get out of the way. Since this is love energy you will feel joyous when you let this energy flow through you. This is why you feel so good expressing it. It’s similar to the way that a light bulb lights up as electricity passes through it. Inspirational energy is all ‘want to’ there is nothing you ‘should do’ or ‘have to do’ with this energy. All we ‘have to’ do is let it flow.
When inspirational energy is flowing you do not want to stop, everything in you wants to let it flow. Time stops as you enter the moment. You feel pulled by some invisible force. And you are being pulled, guided towards a higher destiny. The thing is that the smallest and simplest situation can be the catalyst for inspiring you. It is important that when you are inspired you go with it. Many times we judge the form of the inspiration not realizing that it will evolve into higher and higher forms. We let the inner critic talk us into closing off the flow.
For example, you might, while driving have a feeling to stop in a particular store, or to cook a certain dish or to pick up a pencil and start to draw something. One day you might get the urge to build something or make something, you don’t know why, you just feel like it. Well, that’s inspiration. But what usually happens? The inner critic steps in and says, all kinds of negative things like:
‘What are you thinking, you don’t have time for that.’ or
“You can’t cook’ or
‘You can’t afford to spend money making such and such.’ or
‘What makes you think you can do such and such.’
You get the idea. The trick is to ignore that voice and do whatever you feel inspired to do anyway. Follow the energy and let it flow and go along for the ride. Of course that will require faith and trust and for you to let-go of expectations but don’t worry it will be a wonderful adventure that will take you to exactly where you need to be.
But what is inspiration exactly?
To be inspired means to trust your instincts and to move into that space that is interesting, fun and alive! In other words inspiration is a state of pure joy! Inspiration is God’s creative energy moving though you, God using you, God playing you as the most beautiful and unique musical instrument that you are. The goal is to let go and let God make beautiful music with you and the best way for that to happen is for you not to block his energy as it flows through you. When you feel stifled, that is fear, which is an energy block. When you feel joy, then God’s creative energy can flow fully and freely towards its purpose and destiny!
Too many people in our world walk around thinking of life as this miserable joyless thing that must be tolerated and put up with. They are so far from the truth! The truth is no matter what our situation, God wants us to live truly happy and joyous lives. And this is the best thing we can leave our children in life because life is what joy is.
Inspirational energy is like electricity flowing though wires. It is not the electrons in the wires but the flow of the electrons that causes things to move and light up. So it is too with the inspirational energy of God moving though us, causing us to be powerful creative instruments in the world. When you get that energy flowing, everything else will fall into place. The more you allow this energy to flow the more joy you feel in life! And the more joy you feel in life, the more this energy can flow! Well that sounds easy, yes, but there is one problem – FEAR! Beware of fear, for fear is the true enemy! Fear blocks your connection to God and his creative energy! Love and fear are the two dynamic primal forces in the universe. God is love and love is God and inspiration is actually a higher form of love being expressed, from God to you and through you to the world! When you live your purpose by expressing inspiration to the world, you are creating in the fullest sense of the word and when you create in this way, you are an artist in the fullest sense of the word! None of this would be possible without God. For some this may come as a shock. But believe me, it is true. God, or whatever you want to call him – a Higher Power, the Universe, the Super Conscious – is the magic ingredient in our lives, and without him, true inspiration would not be possible.
Guest post by Tama Kieves
I want to introduce you to an artist in Seattle called Henry Ward. What makes him unique and an inspiration to us all and a true Dream Warrior is his commitment to his work, his art and the expression of it to help others. He was so committed in fact or moved or called, that he was willing to live in his car and work for free. He has painted over 60 murals around Seattle and is just now starting to become recognized in the city as a major influence. But I love the fact that he just gives, he does not seem consumed by what he is getting out of the deal. He seems so moved to paint no matter what. The thing about him is he listens, he listens to that voice within that says paint that wall! If we could all, including myself, listen, hear and act on that voice, what would our lives become? How many people would we touch? Who knows. Henry, is a master teacher in listening. I know he thinks he is an artist but his example shows us what it means to listen. Usually our over-thinking ego/heads talk us out of whatever inspiration just hit. Anyway, he has inspired me to listen more and I hope by doing so I can enter a world as magical as his. See the videos below for more about his paintings and murals in Seattle.
