250115 What I learned in my studies this morning 5

Today's Meditation(s):

Today's mantra is . . . distraction. 

Distraction as tool to allow unthinking thought. Like a mantra aids in distracting my conscious mind and allowing deeper thoughts to percolate, deeper truths, Taos, to be glimpsed.

This is the first lesson from The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin which I've found intuitive and easily digested. It resonates and was immediately clear in my mind what he was talking about.

The other lessons have been a bit woo for me and I've struggled to grasp their better meaning. I know I've benefitted from the difficulty: exploring new ideas is instructive and has broadened my point of view, whether or not I ultimately accept them.

And I'm enjoying the challenge.