Over the span of many years, I have wondered about this concept known as 'creativity' and if it actually exists. However, only a few weeks ago while meditating, a thought spontaneously entered my mind. The thought was my inner voice telling me this message: True creativity is not possible for any living entity.

There are several philosophical viewpoints and concepts that support this message. First of all, the majority of the religions that exist in the world today believe in the existence of a 'Supreme', whether they conceive of it as a Supreme Being, a Supreme Force or a Supreme Reality (or any combination of those three or even all three at once). It may be called by a variety of names, such as God, Allah, Yahweh, Buddha Nature, Brahman etc. but it's all essentially referring to one and/or all of those three conceptions of a 'Supreme'. Furthermore, two of the most common qualities given to that 'Supreme' is omniscience and an eternal existence. If a thing has an existence that is eternal, then its existence has neither a beginning nor an end. Also, if a thing is omniscient, then it has infinite knowledge. It knows all. So if omniscience and eternal existence are combined together, what implications does this have in regard to so-called 'creativity'? It means that the constituent thoughts responsible for every painting you've ever painted, every sculpture you've ever sculpted and every song you've ever composed has been known by the Supreme even before both of your grandparents were born. Actually, to be more precise, it means that such knowledge has been a part of the Supreme without any beginning and thus such knowledge will remain a part of the Supreme without any end. Think about what I've just said for a moment. If you believe in a Supreme that is BOTH eternally existent AND omniscient, then this is an inevitable consequence of that.

Now another concept that supports my view that true creativity is impossible is the 'eternal return' concept. The eternal return concept is believed to have its roots in the civilisation of ancient Egypt, yet the same concept can also be found in the Dharmic religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. The concept of eternal return basically posits that the universe has been recurring and will continue to recur in the exact same manner an infinite number of times. As infinity is all-inclusive by its very nature, this means that every thought that you or I have ever thought has been thought countless times before an unfathomable amount of time ago and, by extension, will be thought again a countless number of times in the future as well. Not only this, but beings exactly the same as you both in appearance and in personality have thought all of those thoughts that you've thought throughout this entire lifetime of yours so far. So, in that sense, you've never 'made' anything new. Nothing is 'new'. This whole notion of 'newness' would therefore be illusory because all that seems to be new would in fact be infinitely old. In fact, to be more precise, it would be eternal.

And finally, there is the concept of the akashic records. The akashic records concept is a concept that traces its origins to Hinduism but also exists in other Dharmic religions such as Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. It is also a concept that exists in the Western organisation known as 'Theosophy'. There are many variations of details regarding what the akashic records are actually supposed to be. However, the original Hindu conception of the akashic records concept states that every thought, every sound, every sensation, every emotion, every event and all combinations of matter and energy that has ever occurred, is occurring and will occur anywhere and everywhere are all eternally encoded within the very fabric of space itself in the form of subtle vibrational patterns which are modifications of consciousness. Thus, space is not actually a vacuum (as it has long been thought to be) but is actually a plenum instead. Space is full instead of empty. Space is fullness as opposed to emptiness.

If every thought, every sound, every sensation, every emotion, every event and all combinations of matter and energy (every everything, in fact! lol) is eternally impressed upon the subtle akash, then how can any living entity be truly creative? They can't! Just a day after I received this thought about creativity while deeply relaxed and immersed in meditation, I read a book written by the great Indian yogi Paramahamsa Yogananda known as The Divine Romance. I randomly chose a chapter from this book to read out of interest. I was surprised to read that he mentioned in that very chapter how yogi masters are able to tap into the akashic records through expanding their consciousness and can then instantaneously know whatever they want to know at will. I do not consider this to be a coincidence. He even also stated that every invention that has ever been made as well as every invention that is yet to come already eternally exist in akash as subtle thought-forms. Yogananda confirmed what I already strongly felt to be true.

Even the Sanskrit word 'srishti' attests to the impossibility of true creativity. The word 'srishti' is commonly translated into English as 'creation' but this is in fact an inaccurate translation. The true meaning of the word 'srishti' is 'a gross thing projected from a subtle substance'. What does this mean? It means that the materials which compose this entire universe were pre-existing even before this universe was born, albeit in an unmanifest state. Then supposedly the first living entity of this universe, Brahma, externally projected all of the pre-existing materials of this universe which were inside his mind through the sheer power of his consciousness. As a result, these subtle pre-existing materials gained gross shape and solidity and transformed from their unmanifest state to their manifest state. Then Brahma enters within this external universe which is a projection from his mind and becomes the first living entity in this universe. So what I'm getting at here is that if this entire universe could be but one single thought from an inconceivably great mind, imagine how infinitely greater all the limitless thoughts of the Universal Mind are! All of our so-called 'creations' as well as the thoughts that led to their so-called 'creation' have forever existed in the solitary akash and will forever have their existence there. This is why I sometimes laugh silently whenever I see 'copyright' and 'trademark' symbols. I shall now close this post by possibly paraphrasing something Paramahamsa Yogananda said in his book The Divine Romance:

"Science has invented nothing. It has only rediscovered what is already eternally existing in God."