19. Creativity Creates
D welling further on ‘sat’ (real or permanence) and ‘asat’ (unreal or impermanence), Krishna asks us to contemplate on ‘That’ which is indestructible and which pervades all (2.17). The popular and easy understanding of creation is that it is the work of a Creator. But Krishna points towards ‘creativity’, which is a constant evolutionary force. For example, it causes sprouting from seeds. The sprout and the seed (both creations) can be destroyed, but not ‘creativity’, which is at work tirelessly and pervades all around. While the creation is bound by time, ‘creativity’ is beyond time. Creation takes birth and ceases to exist after death, whereas ‘creativity’ is indestructible as well as eternal. ‘Creativity’ is the real karta in the sense that it engenders creation. It creates physical forms like our body and mind. It also creates feelings and emotions. Knowledge and memory belong to the past and creation ( karma-phal ) unfolds in the future. ‘Creativity’ al...