Fingerpainting On The Moon Writing And Creativity As A Path To Freedom – Peter Levitt

As you did before, notice every sensation, per¬ sonal association, and image that seeing from the heart brings forth. Notice which things change and which remain the same. Observe what happens to your breathing, to your entire psyche, as your hand moves from throat to heart. Be careful to avoid judgments of any kind at this stage. Only act; only see. When you have fully seen and experienced your hand from your solar plexus, lower your gaze down to the belly.

Allow your breath to deepen as you do this and feel your belly gently rise and fall in a natural way. This tends to increase the feeling of intimacy between your breathing and your hand. As your mind has gradually perceived your hand from eyes through throat and heart to belly, you have also shifted from linear and rational perception to intuitive and emotional knowing. You may or may not have words for what you are experiencing as you look at your hand now, but you will cer¬ tainly have some feelings involved.

Both vague and particular memories also tend to arise as we become comfortable with using this technique. To heighten your awareness of the differentiated-feeling quality of your experience, please continue to observe your hand while slowly raising the focus and placement of your mind from your belly past your heart until you reach your throat again.

This is a very powerful channel through the cen¬ ter of our bodies. As you do this, notice any subtle shifts or changes of feeling or perception that occur. Then, working slowly and with great care, bring the attention of your mind back to your eyes. Observe any changes as you do this.

After resting here a moment, bring your focus slowly back down to « 89 Fingerpainting on the Moor? the area of your solar plexus and continue to look at your hand. Do you notice how the quality of feeling changes again, how your way of knowing and the content and nature of what you know shifts as you locate the vessel of perception in differ¬ ent parts of your body?

Explore this for as long as you like before moving on, but remember to always shift your atten¬ tion with care.

shows us new ways to create and live from the spiritual source of our lives. “We were born to create,” he says. “It’s our birthright. Our nature. Remember: Everything is permitted in the imagination!” Based on Peter’s more than thirty years as a poet and teacher, this book helps readers to express and rely upon their deepest nature in creative work, whether it is writing, painting, music, or Just being alive.

“You are both deeply human and deeply Divine,” he tells us. “Only practice fingerpainting on the moon and you will discover how true this is.” Creativity of any kind requires risk—the risk of being a beginner, letting go of control, or revealing intimate or even unknown parts of ourselves. It can also be a source of tremendous joy: the joy of giving voice to our deepest needs and imaginings.’

Taking a gentle and freeing, approach to creativity, Peter Levitt shows- us the essentially spiritual nature of creative acts and helps us open our hearts and minds so we can express ourselves with courage, innate wisdom, and authenticity. No special conditions are required to create. We need not wait for inspiration to strike, or worry that it has abandoned us.

Developed over decades of work with writers and other artists, the exercises, stories, meditations, and other tools in this book will: . ’ •• YC T’-L . – ■ ; ■ • • Connect us with our inherent and inexhaustible creative and spiritual source •’ \ • • Quiet the inhibitions and doubts that’derail our I L- ■ . ‘ ; .

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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