The process of creativity and genius are inherent in human consciousness. Just as every human has within himself the same essence of consciousness, so is genius a potential that resides within everyone -- it simply waits for the right circumstance to express itself... Genius and creativity are subjectively experienced as a witnessing; it's the phenomenon that bypasses the individual self or ego.

Are you concerned with the progress you are making in your development of consciousness, or in your spiritual journey. When you see yourself not ‘making progress’ do you think there is something wrong or that you are failing? And when you are ‘making progress’ do you usually have a pride of achievement? – perhaps a sign that you have not attained the assumed state of consciousness or enlightenment. In fact, pride of achievement is antithetical to the soul journey.

By Dr. Sheri A. Rosenthal -- We lead very busy lives these days, and our attention is pulled in so many directions. It is so easy to walk through our lives absolutely asleep. This lack of awareness and the tendency to put the computer of our minds on auto-drive, helps create life situations that are not pleasant, not beautiful... That is where the retreats and journeys enter into the picture! You get to experience life in a totally different way to see with different eyes.

"Writing about spirituality and highly gifted adolescents is a daunting task. It has often been said that individuals at the high end of the intellectual continuum vary from each other more than any other group, regardless of age. Extreme variation is true for abilities, passions, personality, temperament, social/emotional issues and life experience. It may be especially true about spirituality, which partakes of all those other differences and is so fundamentally personal."

By Jerome Bernstein -- "Everything animate & inanimate has within it a spirit dimension and communicates in that dimension to those who can listen." // "I felt the mystery that was unfolding my life to me. I mused: 'What is a fat little Jewish boy from southwest Washington, DC, doing at this ancient holy place at the edge of the world, immersed in Hopi and Navajo religion and healing?'"

By Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D., A.T.R. --  When you create you lose yourself in your creation. Time seems to stand still and all else is forgotten. You participate in the divine play that is creativity. These moments offer a glimpse of who you really are: a being fashioned in the image and likeness of God. Like the source of all creation, you are a creator, too. It is your divine birthright. The person who says "I'm not creative" is uttering blasphemy. The truth is that you are the Creative Self expressing through the human vessel of your body, emotions, mind, and soul. Creativity flows through you as a universal life force, called by many names throughout the ages: chi, prana, shakti, the Holy Spirit. It is this energy of love flowing through you that also gives life to your creations.

By Mary Rocamora -- As we go deeper into the field of awareness, we encounter the mutable, seemingly paradoxical nature of the structure of the inner world and our movement through it, going from trapped states to free states. What used to feel true now feels like it's just an old story, repetitious and confining. Awareness, we begin to see, is less and less interested in the known than it is in exploring how life could be experienced in the vast unknown of now.