Just the Dancer

You have among you, healers, artists, creators, and dreamers who bring their ideas to life. You look upon them with admiration. They have a skill that you lack (or believe that you lack). They have a confidence in what they do. It flows smoothly. They have earned their bragging rights.

Although, the best of them, do not brag. For they know where there talent comes from. They appreciate it, they cultivate it. They get out of its way.

Of course, there are those who brag. They believe (as their admirers do), that their talent comes from them. They speak often of the struggle of creation, how many years they have worked to get where they are. They talk of frustrating dry spells and some become addicted to substances.

Others, just flow. They pick up their pen, their instrument, or their paintbrush. It comes naturally, they are always, coming up with new ideas, exploring their craft, innovating and they love what they do.

They have discovered, that the secret to creation, is not in the struggle, but in the letting go. They learn to trust, step back and allow Spirit to create through them. This is not cheating, as we have been led to believe, but a true channeling of creative energy, as it was intended to be.

A true artist, has an air of humility about him. He knows that the creation does not belong to him. He is honored to be the creative channel, and he can usually create at will. Those who try to create from their ego, often struggle with the process. It comes and goes, or they toil away, until the joy is nearly gone from the process. Finally, in the midst of the struggle, they become exhausted, let go, and the energy comes through and something amazing is created. The creation comes, not from the work, but from the letting go.

When you get in touch with this energy source, the ideas come in so quickly, that you become frustrated that you do not have the time and energy to address all of them. You find yourself writing them down, while the energy is fresh, so that they are not lost. The creation itself, is an act of love, of lovemaking with the Divine; becoming the creator and bringing Heaven to Earth.

All of you have this power within you. Right now.

Close your eyes and breathe. Offer yourself as a channel, a mouthpiece, an instrument. Then ask, what Spirit wants to create, through you. If you do this with an open and trusting heart. Spirit will answer. For this, is what Spirit has been waiting for. You have answered the prayers of the Divine. ~Silas

Jinnzania's side notes: A decade ago, I joined a poetry group. I was blown away, at first, at the level of talent of the members in the group. My poetry, was technically good, but had a very generic feel to it. As I listened to the poetry of others, I began to find my own voice, and a few years later, entered and won a local poetry contest.

One of the judges was a man who had openly criticized my work. He seemed to feel that rhymed poems (like one of the poems that won the contest), were silly and lacked the emotional depth of free verse and stream of consciousness poems. He once wrote a poem that described the process he went through when writing. The "poem", that he was trying to write, was described as a troll-like creature that had to be wrestled to the ground. It made me wonder why he wrote at all. That was his choice. He liked the struggle. He enjoyed talking about endless hours of searching for the perfect word. Sweating and toiling over the editing process, talking about travels around the world that he seemed to need to inspire him.

If that's his process, and what drives him to create, that's fine. He wrote some amazing poems and it seemed to work for him. I prefer to dance with my words. Sometimes it's a dance of joy, painted with laughter and smiles, sometimes it's a dance of sadness or anger, it doesn't matter. If I dance, the words flow. They say you can work harder, or work smarter. I prefer to work with ease and joy. It's not about me anyway, I'm just the dancer.