My Recipe for Epiphanies
People who know me would vouch that I am chalk full of BIG ideas, ranging from funny to practical to certifiably insane.
Some of these ideas have been actualized into reality, resulting HighExistence, RaveNectar, the Valhalla Movement, and some future projects that are even more exciting.
But the vast majority of them lay buried in a massive list on my computer. I am inundated with ideas and wish I had more time to attack all of them.
These ideas do not come from linear thought processes. Rather, they result from split-second epiphanies that come from seemingly nowhere. All of the details rush in at once in one rapid stream, leaving me grasping for a keyboard or pen before I lose my mental lock on the concept.
But I’m not special. This only started happening to me 7 years ago when I started taking walks.
You too can easily access these explosions of creativity. The secret is to place yourself into the grey area of attention.
That grey area is the delicate space between being focused and totally unconscious.
I am able to access this in two ways:
1) Walks
I take (almost) daily walks to plan my day, brainstorm, pose questions to the Universe, etc. Walks are amazing for accessing the gray zone because there is so much to look at. If you resign to simply observe objects and people that you pass by, you easily slip into a space of being mentally alert with ZERO conscious thought. This opens up the door for epiphanies to slip into your head.
You can steer the subject of these downloads by simply posing a question and thinking about it logically for a few minutes before you lose yourself in the observation of your surroundings.
2) Meditation
Any type of single-focus meditation will do the trick. Thoughts will inevitable bubble up, and some of them will be brilliant. If one comes to mind, have some way to quickly record it so you can dive back into the meditation.
Note: Lying down meditation will get you to the gray zone quickly, but will often push you too far from awareness and into sleep.
