The Science of Ideas – From Idea to Creation

In Nutshell: If you can hold the new idea in your awareness, with passion, belief or at least hope. The Law of Attraction will yield it to you.

Last month I was chatting with Daniel, my friends from the states. He got an idea about starting a website (won’t go in details – I promised to keep the content of idea secret). Man, he was so on fire with it. It thought he’d have the website up by daybreak the next day. He consulted me over a few things and he even got me excited. After discussion I went to sleep and we went to chase his dreams.

Last night I had a chat with him again, this time he was feeling ‘alright’. And when people say that, what they are really saying is, “Ask me how ‘really’ feel. Something is bothering me.” Then I asked him about the new website. He said, “Website?” “Oh… that one. Well… there are some things I need to sort out.”

And on we went with excuses not to start it. How many times does it happen to you that you get this brilliant brand new idea and after a few weeks you find yourself nowhere near passion you felt for it. The idea that seemed perfect, now seems to be full of flaws!

Now before we go on with finding answers to these questions, let’s have a brief look the science of ideas:

The Origin of Idea

Our world, the leading edge of thought, is full of the best things – right now! We have the fastest machines, the latest iPod the best of everything – right now! And yet we are asking for more… and more and more… (now you know why it’s called the leading edge?)

At the same time our world is full of contrast – it’s so prevalent. We have the richest of rich and the poorest of poor, best of best and the worst of worst – all around us. And when we live this contrast it cases us to prefer between the choices and as it causes us to prefer – the energy that creates world is refocuses to a new time into the new space.

You get the latest iPod, enjoy it for a while and then you find a room for improvements. Voila! A new preference! You draw the perfect painting, write the perfect blog post and enjoy the beauty of it and soon you find a room for improvement – A new preference.

And then you look for a way to achieve that newly preferred state of being. It is not newly preferred iPod – it’s newly preferred state of being with ownership of that iPod. Then you say things like, “There must be a better way to do this.” And that better way to get to the preference is the new idea. That is why you get the ideas you get.

You wanted to be a millionaire and as you relax (more about this later) the idea for million dollar blog comes to your mind.

How to Let the Idea Come

Often people have hard time receiving the new idea. They try so hard to think of a way out and it never happens. This is so because the new idea comes when you are in alignment with your preference or at least when you are not resisting it. When the problem is in your awareness the new idea cannot come – but when your new preference is in your awareness the new idea comes.

And often, you can’t think about the preference at all –without bringing in awareness of the problem that is why ‘relaxed’ state of thought or state of no-thought is best place to idea for come.

That is why a blank canvas is more beautiful then the canvas you worked on last night. That is why it is easier to write a new post altogether then to improve on the previous one. It takes effort to align to the preference. And now you know why experts improve on the current design of their websites and why armatures keep changing it.

The best of your ideas come when you are not looking for them, when you are about to sleep, when you are relaxing – because at that time the problem is not in your awareness and you are not resisting the new preference.

The Future of the New Idea

Now we can find the solution to our original question “What happens to the idea that seems perfect?” And “How can allow that idea to come to fruition.”

I tried to tell the whole story in a flow chart… (click to see full size)

It’s easier then it looks, let me explain the ways it doesn’t work:

You Get the Idea » You Believe in It » You Tell it To Others » They Tell You Why it’s a Bad Idea » You Believe them » The Idea is Dead

You Get the Idea » You Keep your own counsel / Don’t bother what others say » You look at the unanswered questions like ‘How?!!’ »You Doubt it » The Idea is Dead

There are so many ways and the common factor ‘doubting your own idea’. No matter how impossible the idea seems, if this universe can make you dream it, it can deliver it too.

Here is the path that works, all the time – Success Guaranteed

You Get the Idea » You keep your own counsel / or just pay attention to people who don’t discourage you » You Believe It » When questions that you cannot answer come, you hope you will come to know the answer » You do & think whatever makes you feel positive about idea » You move in direction of your inspiration » Bam! The Idea is Reality

The common factor is believing in it no matter what and the answers will come.

To Act or Not

Often people would suggest you to just act on your idea. It is good move but if there are things that you must see to before taking the action otherwise it will be of no use. In fact there is just one thing that you need to see to: how you feel.

How you feel is everything. Every fibre in your body knows how important it is to feel good because when you don’t – something has gone terribly wrong.

If you are feeling hopeful, optimistic, content, excited, passionate or happy then jump right in. Act upon it.

If you are full of doubt, then what you doubt will be the reality not the idea. Do or think anything you need to do to get to feel better. Try to reach the place of hopefulness till then no action.

Eternally Incomplete Creation

JJust say yes to whatever it is. Because if you say yes to it and then you get in the middle of it, and you say ‘ Uh oh, this isn’t really turning out the way I wanted it to,’ then out of that is born another desire. And as you say yes to that, then it turns out. And you say ‘Well,it’s still not quite right.’ So you have another desire…’Til eventually you get it exactly right. You cannot get it wrong. No creation is ever complete. Just do it.

~Abraham Hicks | 15^th February, 2000

Now you know why a web-design is never perfect, why a book and story is never perfect, why each painting you paint is better. Hmm… it is so good to know. Nocreation is ever complete.

FAQs About Ideas

How valid are my ideas? Do I need an expert to test them?

Your ideas are so valid that the moment you have one, whole reality begins to shift. Don’t you feel like a different person when you have this ‘awesome’ idea in your head? Even the coffee you sip tastes different.

The only expert you will ever need to test the idea is you. You can test it by thinking how it feels – feels good? It’s a good idea. Feels bad? It’s a bad idea.

I’ve this brilliant Idea and later I see someone else had it too and acted upon it. Why? And what can I do about it?

The Ideas come from common conscious; it is possible for more than one person to tune into a new idea. But both will perceive it differently – no matter how similar other’s action, words or thoughts might seem.

Google and Yahoo!, both are search engines and yet their idea of it is so much more different – both have their audience.

You don’t have to do anything about it. Just act on your inspiration your outcome will always be unique.

Someone stole my idea. What should I do about it?

If you have a proof that it was your idea, common thing would be to sue them. But what is better is make your idea a reality anyways. Two reasons:

1. You will have unique outcome because you have unique perspective that no one can copy.
2. If it was worth copying, it is worth having similar competitor.

Should I talk to others about my idea or should I keep it to myself?

Doesn’t matter, it is not important weather you share it or not. But it is important that you believe in it and practice believing in it so much that even if whole world turns against it – you will still go with it.

If you want to ask for people’s opinion about it – then first grow your idea and when it’s fruition. Because what they think doesn’t matter – its yours and often when you ask for opinion of others you end up doubting the idea.

Often making it public after it’s reality will provide you contrast for further expansion of idea.

But what about brainstorming?

Brainstorming is different case. It is using different perspectives to add to and expand the original idea. Intent of people participation is to believe and add to idea.

So even in brainstorming intent is very important. Look for things that work instead of hanging to things that don’t work.
In Nutshell: If you can hold the new idea in your awareness, with passion, belief or at least hope. The Law of Attraction will yield it to you.

Recommended Resources:

• 4 Simple Principles of Getting to Completion
• Abraham-Hicks – Ideas create financial worlds
• How to Test an Idea? Bulletproof Way!

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