Creating a New Product the Mind-Brain Link

What is creativity and where does it come from? I’ve been reading a few posts lately that have debated if creativity is inherited or developed. If is inherited there where did it come from in the first place? Was the original person just born with that capability or did they develop it?

Whether you believe in creation or evolution, man originated with just a single couple at some period in the far distant past either way. Therefore we all have inherited it from the original source or it’s a learned component.

Personally I believe it is a learned skilled like anything else. What I believe the difference is resulted from a person’s upbringing. If as a child you are scolded for day dreaming and told it’s a bad thing to do then you will try to hide it and bury it and not develop it. If, on the other hand, you are taught it is a good thing and to embrace it you will develop it and nurture it.

So where does creativity come from and how is it developed? The answer to this question I believe lies in the mind and how it communicates with you, the world and the universe at large.

There are many debates over the source of the mind and whether it lies in the brain or outside of the brain. Is the brain the mind of just the physical mechanism that allows the mind to interact with the physical world?

Science has shown with quantum physics that the world is more than just the physical world we see every day. The most popular example is the results observed when experimenting with light. Depending on what outcome you are looking for when you conduct the experiment you will either see light as a particle or a wave.

Through the experiments in quantum physics it has been shown that the physical world is influenced by those observing it, the question now is it the mind or brain that causes the influence?

Another fact that has been proven is that the body is made up of billions of cells which communicate with each other, with the entire body and the brain. It is also know that the body has electrical impulses flowing through it and that communications from the brain reach the rest of the body by this method.

From what I have read I believe the mind is our true self and uses the brain to communicate with the body. The mind also operates on many levels, the conscious level that is the method in which we communicate with each other, the subconscious which is the level that controls the body’s functions on an automatic mode (heart beating, breathing and the upkeep of the physical body), and the superconscious level the level that communicates with each individual’s subconscious, the universal consciousness.

From the superconsciousness is where I believe all creativity lies and the ability to tap into this level of consciousness is what determines whether a person is considered creative or not. This level is not accessed directly by the conscious mind but by the subconscious and passed on to the conscious by hunches, dreams and intuitions.

What determines the level of creativity is how open you are to these hunches, dreams and intuitions. If you tend to live in what people call the “real world” you’ll brush them off and never act on them, but if have been encouraged to embrace these you will excel in what is termed creativity.

When seeking to develop something new you need to be open to hunches, dreams and intuitions. Look at what is there and see how they can be improved, expanded, combined, or used in a totally new and completely different way.

Creativity is nothing more than letting your mind free and accepting the “unacceptable”.

In many cases a “new” product is not really new but a repackaged older product altered and improved.

James Darren Davis