21. Creativity Can Not be Destroyed

 


Krishna says, ‘Om Tat Sat’ is considered the threefold representation of the Supreme Absolute Truth (17.23). ‘Tat’ is translated as ‘That’. ‘Tat’ is also interpreted as the ‘All’, the All-pervading Reality. Two types of wise men have guided humanity in its quest to understand ‘Tat’. One approaches from the positive side and another from the negative. Though the destination remains the same in both cases, the difference lies in the starting point of the journey and in the path, we choose according to our nature.

The positively oriented describe ‘That’ which is indestructible, eternal, stable, and all-pervading - as ‘complete’, to which nothing can be added. ‘Creativity’ is a metaphor for it.

The negatively oriented describe ‘That’ which is indestructible, eternal, stable, and all-pervading- as ‘empty’, from which nothing can be removed. ‘Space’ is a metaphor for it.

In any case, both ‘creativity’ and ‘space’ can have creation and material manifestation. It is easy to understand that ‘creativity’ brings about creation but creation by ‘empty space’ is difficult to comprehend.

On the other hand, science concluded that the universe was created out of ‘nothing or emptiness’ indicating that ‘space’ has the power to bring this universe into existence. ‘Space’ is all pervasive, starting from the smallest atom to the mighty universe.

Krishna says in the oft-quoted verses (2.23 & 2.24) ‘That’ (dehi/soul) can’t be burnt by fire; weapons can’t cleave it; water can’t dissolve it; wind can’t wither it.

A weapon can’t destroy ‘space’ or ‘creativity’. Similarly, fire can neither destroy creativity nor space. Its power is limited to turning wood into ash. It is nothing but transforming the physical manifestation of ‘creativity’ from one form to another. Water too cannot dissolve creativity or space. Similarly, wind has neither the power nor the skills to wither them.

‘Creativity’ can bring creation into existence, but creation doesn’t have the power to affect ‘creativity’. The important thing is the direction. Clouds come and go in the sky, but they can’t influence the sky.


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