The experience of sheer joy and delight in the work of creativity is limited by the lack of fear. 

A root issue for the lack of disrespect for others and the disregard for creation at large is due to the lack of fear as a spiritual practice. We may be familiar with “playfulness”—experiencing mystery, awe, and wonder—as a spiritual practice, but less open to developing our capacity for fearfulness. There is a tendency to interpret fear through the lens of our common experience of fear at the hands (or voice or thought) of unjust people and evil structures. Creativity, however, invites a re-signification of fear, from stifling hesitancy to liberating encouragement, from human-inspired fear to Creator-inspired or Creator-oriented fear.

Consider, 

What steps might we take to inculcate a healthy capacity for fear, Creator-inspired vs human instigated fear? Who is qualified to instruct us in such a way?

Recognize our boundaries–develop a healthy respect for our limitations, our capacities as humans as compared to the infinite purposes and nature of the Creator. 

Respect our differences—see others as equally Creator-inspired and valuable to our well-being as created in the image of the Creator.

Revise our values—think about how we might shift our human-centered thinking to Creator-centered being; they’re two very different things.

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