Next week I’m starting a 5 Part series on Creative Intelligence. It is essentially a “how to” implement the awareness that is discussed in Book 1. Here’s a take from Part 1:
What would happen if we lost our attachment to who we think we are, and what we think? Wouldn’t we ‘see’ who we really are? Not only that what we previously thought was transient, ever-changing, but that our true essence which is doing the observing is both unchanging and pure intelligence. Who we are, in other words, is creative intelligence. It isn’t constrained by any self-concept. It doesn’t need to struggle to achieve anything at all. It is pure energy, as is everything else.
I think it somewhat supports John’s contention of using what we already have within us. Instead of common sense, however, I’d call it tapping into source, and the reason to tap into source, is to discover, utilize and enjoy our creative intelligence.

Cory

I kept your comment unedited because I would like to see how others respond to it.

I see your point of view. Alot of self improvement is driven by money and not about truly helping people. There are good and bad in every industry.

However, even if these concepts have been around for ages, such as the Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale as I mentioned in this post, coming out over 50 years ago, have an impact in someone’s life, who’s to say that it is wrong?

I have been critical of The Secret in the past because I felt that they didn’t push the fact that you have to take action, not just spend your time visualizing. I know tons of people that have been changed by The Secret, so if it helped people, even if it is a concept that is obvious and been around for years, what’s the harm in it?

Most tv shows are the same rehash of other shows! That doesn’t mean you can’t find it funny or entertaining. Also, I don’t think self help material makes you dependent on them. On the contrary, most of the self improvement I have come across actually pushes you to take action and think for yourself. But hey, that is just my opinion on this.

Would love to hear what others have to say about this.

Often their only contribution to society is introducing some exotic sounding, new age philosophy. However, they often cleverly form an incestuous group of like-minded “experts” who cross-promote each other by swearing their success is due to following the beliefs of another member of their “cult!” All the while, they ply the airwaves jockeying for an ever-larger audience by appearing in the national media to garner third-party endorsements.

The Self-Help Movement has become the Self-Destruct Movement by diminishing or destroying our critical thinking skills to choose and evolve on our own. We have given up the freedom to build healthy lives, marriages and families based on our unique history and life experience. Instead many victims, blinded to the value of their own life experiences, are attracted to the latest secret in self-help, in an attempt to find out what they should think, feel and how they should act… this is the definition of a cult.

The solution is a return to our (common) senses! The best way out of this learned “self-helplessness” is to go cold turkey. Stop following ALL self-help gurus now. Begin, instead, to reclaim your natural, God-given ability to think for yourself. The common sense that was once readily available to all of us is still there free of charge and waiting to be applied to just about any challenge we might face in life… all you have to do is use it.

Please, let’s all work together to stop the flock of “sheepeople” who blindly move from one UNPROVEN concept to the next, looking for the answers to life’s challenges that you already possess and that is the OBVIOUS!