By Maggie Batts
What motivates us to create? Let’s face it, most of us cannot just pick up a pen or paintbrush and go. We need to set a mood and create a sacred space. It is like putting together a recipe. You bring all the ingredients together, often becoming inspired along the way to add a little more spice or sweetness to the mix.
Let’s stop and look at Creation for a moment. The procreation process, for example, stems from our ovaries or testes—the seeds that we plant and watch grow. However, it is not just bringing a baby into our world, but a course of fertilization on all levels. As an energy healer, I perceive creation as beginning in the second chakra (belly or sacral chakra), which is being fueled by the primordial energy of the first chakra (base of spine or root chakra), which also governs our abundance. This is abundance on all levels, not just at the financial end of the spectrum. The seeds of creation gestate in the second chakra, and then need the energy of the third chakra (our will power center or solar plexus) to manifest the creation.
The upper chakras also are affecting this process as our fourth chakra (the heart) has opened up to be completely absorbed with unconditional loving energy. Then our fifth chakra (the throat) begins opening to communication with our guides, while at the same time we tap into the knowledge contained in our higher self (through the third eye or sixth chakra). While gaining divine inspiration or channeling, the seventh chakra (the crown) filters information to fuel our whole creative process. Whew!
Creativity really is a whole body experience. As a result, our entire being needs to be working optimally.
We don’t need to be an artist or writer to be creative. Creativity can come in many forms: decorating, cooking, gardening, teaching, dancing, how we pay the bills, how we get to work each day, etc. It is all about getting from point A to point B. Ask yourself, “Are you regimented with a schedule and self-imposed deadlines or do you allow things to be completed based on your energy levels and your needs?” We each must create at our pace and flow.
We are truly being creative when we allow the information to flow through our being and not stifle it. If we receive a creative spark, we need to manifest it rather than suppress it. Maybe we don’t have the time or believe we are not creative as a result of low self-esteem. Moreover, it is imperative that we spend some time in the creation mode for the sake of our health. For example, I find women who are disconnected from their creative seeds often form abnormal ovarian cysts and have other reproductive problems.
Getting in the Mood
So what DO you need to get in the mood for creation? If you lack energy, do things to activate your third chakra at your diaphragm. Try lifting this area as you inhale, exhale, and release. Repeat this at a fast pace while “sniffing” air in and out. Spend some time upside down in “downward facing dog” yoga pose or by simply letting your head hang off the edge of the bed. Let the blood flow to your brain. Play some music that fits your mood or the mood you want to be in. Light a candle and pray for Divine inspiration or invite the Muses into your life. Cleanse yourself and your working space with white sage, lavender water, or the Space Clearing Australian Bush Flower Essence.
In the stages of Creation, you don’t always need to know the final result or how you are going to get there.
Set the mood and just do whatever your being feels inspired to do. That’s Creation….being in your body at the present moment, not planning ahead or focusing on past failures.
So turn off the television. Get your doodle pads, coloring books, or journal, and tap into that right side of your brain. Make room for growth!
Reverend Maggie Batt is a spiritual and holistic health consultant, certified TriYoga® teacher, herbalist, Certified Advanced Kahuna ARCH® practitioner, Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master, and a Certified Karuna Reiki® Master Teacher from the International Center for Reiki Training. She has been practicing and teaching her knowledge for 11 years. Maggie’s yoga teaching paths are Hatha Flow, Kundalini, Kids, Parent/Child, and Prenatal. Her other practices and studies include meditation, ear coning, flower essences, holistic health and natural medicine, feng shui, natural childbirth, natural mom counseling, and magic. In 2003, she was cast in “Health Cops: New Orleans.” for the Discovery Health Channel. She also appears as an alternative practitioner helping to change someone’s life in 12 weeks on the FitTV channel. For more information, email info@wheelsoflight.org or visit www.wheelsoflight.org.