A Sense of Warmth

Once you have realized a sense of openness, confidence, and unlimited potential, then qualities of joy --- what I call warmth --- can naturally arise. It is only from this warmth that creativity, finally, will freely manifest. The third condition for connecting with your creative nature, therefore, is to notice and nurture a feeling of warmth.
 


Shambhala Sun: Nov. 2012, p.37
The Great Perfection of Creativity
3: NURTURE A SENSE OF WARMTH
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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It is important that I express creativity beyond the arts into my daily affairs. One of the most demanding aspects for creativity is to practice compassion. Railing against one thing or another because I care deeply about it lacks creativity. It is easy to be against something and to look down my nose at the behavior of the uninformed Cretans. Creativity in practicing love requires that I steer away from tired formulas and cold analysis causing little more than a knee-jerk reflex... falling  back on old tapes... arguments, demands and excuses. Creativity takes on another aspect... compassion resides in the heart, not the head. I think of how creative and lasting the legacy of Martin Luther King in the culture has been compared to some of the angry protests against injustice of equal passion by others of the Civil Rights era. People are moved when the heart is appealed to and it is the warmth of heart that attracts others as a vehicle of change. Today I sit to make contact with the Heart of Compassion to allow the warmth of compassion to overcome the steely resolve of self-righteousness. Compassionate folks attract and encourage compassionate folks towards love. Angry protests against oppression attracts and encourages angry protesters towards oppression. We are likely to turn the snake of anger to devour itself if ever our demands are met and we attain social or political power motivated by anger, distrust, divisiveness and fear.
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