Allowing Inspiration

This week I am going to share about - Inspiration and allowing inspiration.  I have purposely chosen allowing as inspiration doesn't come from within us. An inspired thought does not come from sifting through what you already know. Inspiration does not come from the old thoughts, the old patterns or the old beliefs that you hold in your mind. Inspiration comes from something outside of yourself. The collective consciousness, Source, God or what ever you are comfortable calling it - the wisdom of all. 

People like Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci or anyone who has had an amazing idea gets their inspiration by creating space in their in their lives to allow these ideas to come to them. They tap into and go beyond their own minds to create space for something new to arrive something to arrive in from this collective consciousness that we're all connected to. Napoleon Hill talks about this in his book Think And Grow Rich.  To receive inspiration you need to connect in to collective consciousness and allow inspiration to find the spark in you to ignite the memories in you that are relevant to what it is that you’re hoping to get inspiration for. 

The key is learning how to create space for allowing. In a world where we are so focused on “Doing” and very little on “Being” (although things are starting to shift with practices such as meditation, yoga and mindfulness) this will take conscious effort from you.  

There are many ways to create this space. Although what I am going to share with you is not a prescription as what I am talking about is a state of being, a receptive state of being. You will need to play around with what I share and see which allows you to be in the most receptive state. 

Some things you can do are;

• Walk out in nature, in a park or even along the road. It does have to be somewhere where you don't have to be thinking all the time. You need to be in an environment where you can be present with where you are. Get out of your mind, out of your thoughts, out of the craziness, the busyness, the juggling, the manipulating and manoeuvring that goes on in your head. And where you can sink into the all that is you.
• I also love to run on my own and have found that if I do it right this can be a fabulous space for me to get inspired thoughts. I have found that when my mind is occupied working my body, the rhythm and watching where I'm going it has a focus and then it is easier for me to step out the noise of my thoughts. In the past I have had some of my most inspired thoughts when I have been running. I do not think it is just running that works but any sort of exercise where your body can find a rhythm and you do not need to use your mind too much. A team sport would not work I don’t think. 
• Meditation is wonderful for creating space although there are different types of mediation and if you want to create space for inspiration you will need to ensure the one you use is one that is not a led mediation. The most important thing when you meditate for inspiration is to get out of the thoughts in your mind. Whatever you find that works for you make sure it does that.  You can find lots of free mediations on the app Insight Timer. I have been dabbling with a couple of things recently which have really helped me to get into a space of inspiration. One of them is the Silver Mind Control Method. It is a really old-fashioned mind control method and Jose Silva the creator has now past. The other thing that I've been doing more recently is listening is a mediation that was shared on a Abraham Hicks podcast. They spoke about listening to the background noises of where you are.  Esther talks particularly about air conditioners because I think she lives in a hot part of America, but if you're living in England then that is not something that you will easily find. However you if you are in a room with an electrical appliance you will often hear a low humming sound. The meditation is so simple it is just to focus in on this low constant background noise. If your mind wanders just bring it back to the noise and focus on it with all your attention for 10 - 15 mins.  Or if you listen very, very carefully most of us have a very faint or ringing sound in our ears and you can also focus on that. This is what I tend to do as I do not have electronics in my bedroom and that is where I do most of my meditating. The more intently you listen to this sound the more space you allow for source / the collective consciousness to flow through you.
• Daydreaming allows space for inspiration. Allowing your thoughts to wander without control without direction and just seeing the beauty in the magic of what comes up is a way to create space. 
• I think (and I don't have any proof or evidence of this whatsoever) that Albert Einstein got his inspiration when he was playing his violin (so playing music is also a way to allow space but it would have to be without words) because he was so at one with the instrument and playing the instrument and so present that he wasn't in his mind. And I think those moments would create the perfect space to allow that pure thought, that inspiration to come into him.  
• Create art of some kind can also allow this kind of space. I used to do a lot of painting and there was a space I could access where my brush seemed to have a mind of it’s own. In this space I know I was not the one inspiring the painting. 
• Intuitive writing is another way. I cannot give you too much information on this as I do not know that I can do it although I do sometimes look back on things I have written and wonder that I did them :) From what I understand for this to work is to come to your page with a question and then allow yourself to write without censorship. Just allow the thoughts to flow out of you and onto the paper. To more freely you allow this the more true the response is. 
• Long drives are also a favourite of mine and when I lived in Africa I often found I had inspired ideas when I was on a long road trip. 
• One final one is gardening. I love to garden and when I do it is a time for my body to be busy and for me to be very present with the earth ad the plants this is way to create the space I am talking about. 

You might find that even when you make this time doing some of the things I have suggested, that your mind is just too busy and you struggle to get out of your head. I have experienced the same thing with my mind being too busy on a problem that I've got with work, one of my kids, my family or something else. And I can feel that my energy is in my head working on that problem and not being present with what I am doing.  To bring myself out of my head I bring my focus onto my breathing. When I know that my focus is there and I am present with my breath and my body I take my focus out into the world and a space that I happen to be running in. Personally I love running outside I don't do running in gyms it's too claustrophobic for me and I find I am more able to find inspiration when I run outside.

I am sure that there are many other ways to create this space and please feel free to experiment I hope that the list above has given you some ideas. The energy of inspiration is around us all the time and all we need to do is be open to allowing it to flow through us unhindered. 

Inspiration is the source of conscious action and this is so incredibly important because quite often in our world we still rely too heavily on motivation. I can see that we are shifting and that humanity is becoming more conscious and more aware.  The things that I am talking about are so much more important to people than they ever used to. That mediation and mindfulness have become mainstream. In the past we used to rely on motivation primarily to get anything done. Motivation used to be a big part of our lives and now it’s becoming less and less so as people understand that having an inspired thought and following it and allowing action to come from this inspired thought is a much more productive way to live. The results that you get from following inspiration are so much greater, faster and more exciting than by following motivation. However my next blog is going to be on motivation versus inspiration so I am not going to say anymore on that subject now.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog on allowing inspiration and I hope you found something you can use in your life. I have lots of resources including some free courses on my website and I will share the address to that in the first comment below. ​

So much love from me to you XX

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