How I use a five-minute meditation to boost my creativity

Alex Mathers
2 min readNov 8, 2024

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I want to create something, but I feel stuck and frustrated.

I want to do this, but I don’t know what to do and how to start.

The discomfort makes me want to escape.

There’s a distraction that I can use as a nifty excuse not to create. At least for now.

How do we find a creative state of mind so that we can act?

You know when you have this sense of momentum when you’re making something, like writing, painting or making music?

It’s like you’re in a flow.

When you are in flow, do you think about what you’re making?

Not much right?

That’s because actively thinking or trying to think does not make us very creative.

Thinking less is better for creativity.

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.”

~ Ray Bradbury

When we allow our thoughts to settle and our minds to still, inner intelligence flows more smoothly.

It is easier to connect with an innate knowingness.

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

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