intelligence, creativity , buddhism

newtech

being intelligence and creativity so related to the personality and the identity,
what happends when the "I" its destroyed. how buddhism approach this?..

about intelligence i can imagine an enlightened person as a "machine without any filter", a person that seeis a problem as it trully is..but in the other side cant help wander if a filter its require in some cases..

about creativity, i can say enlightened person,seeing things so different to the rest, would be something incredible...

what do u think?

aMatt

I think there is a common misconception that the "I" is the source of anything productive. With the sense of self stilled, your facilities are freed up to use your inherent intelligence and creativity potently. Because you're not wasting energy maintaining a self-concept, typically people seem more intelligent, more creative, more wise and whatnot. Really, they're just more silent and mindful of what is around them.

Imagine a car no longer towing around a big trailer loaded with junk.

With warmth,

Matt

Jeffrey

You only stop clinging to what you create. You still keep creating and planning and having volitional actions.

GuyC

newtech wrote: »

being intelligence and creativity so related to the personality and the identity,
what happends when the "I" its destroyed. how buddhism approach this?...

In addition to what Matt has said, I thought I would mention that Buddhist practice is not about destroying the "I", but rather it is aimed at seeing the insubstantial nature of everything which we take to be an "I" or a "me" or a "soul" or a "self". There's nothing there, so what can be destroyed?

RichardH

..and if I may. Not-self or No-self is an antidote to the assumption of a self. It is this assumption that is negated. The antidote of no-self is resolved with the negated assumption. The remainder cannot be reduced to notions of either self or no-self. Both drop off.

patbb

most of your brain is consumed with a pointless illusion, enormous amount of pointless monkey chatter etc...

This 95% of the brain power that is wasted on this useless stuff is now free to be used by you.

PietroPumokin

it takes an eternity to enter eternity

[DeletedUser]

Hi learned audience,
According to my understanding, the "I" is cannot be destroyed...instead expanding the "I" beyond heaven and earth.

TreeLuvr87

I believe that we're all connected through a creative, intelligent Spirit. When I can stop focusing on my physical form, I can tap into the connective, creative energy flowing through me. Creativity and intelligence aren't part of your physical form, they're part of your Spirit, and the Spirit isn't only yours, it's part of all of us (past and future, too).

RichardH

Wilfred wrote: »

Hi learned audience,
According to my understanding, the "I" is cannot be destroyed...instead expanding the "I" beyond heaven and earth.

Big "I" is little "i" in transcendental drag.

nakazcid

patbb wrote: »

most of your brain is consumed with a pointless illusion, enormous amount of pointless monkey chatter etc...

This 95% of the brain power that is wasted on this useless stuff is now free to be used by you.

I can attest to this. Since starting practice, a good bit of the noise in my head has gone away. I can focus better, have better "situational awareness" (an aspect of mindfulness) and my problem solving skills have improved. All because that stupid voice at the back of my head isn't yelling as much. Even my sense of humor seems to have improved...

Now I am not a creative professional. Though I write a bit of poetry now and then, I don't create much art.