Practice the 3 Cs
Communication, cooperation and compromise each provide an avenue to creativity for any interaction. Whether you are interacting with family, friends, coworkers, or any individual or group, you need these talents. Communication is a form of love and necessary for any interaction. Cooperation allows for smooth creativity, and compromise is often needed to allow cooperation.
What happens when you do not practice these three avenues for creativity? Without communication, there is no clarity or forward motion. Without cooperation, there is no real interaction or fun. Without compromise, there is rigidity and conflict. Meditation can assist you to use the 3 Cs.
Each of these talents are necessary for creativity, even with yourself. In your interaction with yourself, do you communicate honestly and openly, or do you lie to yourself? Are you so involved in what you are supposed to be like do you create false images of yourself? Do you refuse to cooperate with the world around you, always finding fault with other ideas? Is compromise out of the question because other’s offerings do not live up to your expectations? You may miss a great deal of growth and joy by limiting the three Cs in your inner communication.
You can also look at your interactions with others and see if you are always judging others as much as you do yourself. Yes, judgment blocks all three: communication, cooperation and compromise because judgment is not creative. So, whether you are judging yourself or others, you limit the joys that emerge from practicing the 3 Cs.
