The Creative Life: 7 Keys to Your Inner Genius

At least one of the three exercises at the end of each chapter are practical fortifying steps for allowing Truth to settle into the Mind. The Words were inscribed in a format that flowed naturally and aligned with Biblical perspective. Anyone who desires growth on all levels, mental spiritual and physical, who is willing to allow their minds to receive fresh perspective, will leave this book with a renewed and elevated Spirit.

I had an opportunity to see Eric Butterworth at Unity - Avery Fisher Hall when I was in NYC. At that time, I didn't know who he was completely until I read his books. I believe all creativity comes from opening ourselves up to God, and Eric speaks about this concept in this book. Unlike so many other "creative" books, Eric really understands the blocks to our channel to God and guides us through exercises that will open ourselves up to our creative highest good. Eric is a beautiful writer and I will continue to read all of his books. What a gift he is to this world.

Great book! His work is awesome in general, but I felt this book to be one of his best. I loved the way he used the 7 days of creation and tied those into 'do-able' things that we can use to creatively grow our spirituality. Just really good common sense suggestions for living and growing. Heartily recommend it.

I'm half way though this book and I have to say it's Amazing. If you are any kind of artist it should speak to you. It's perfect for anyone really. Divine creation flows through us. Happy reading 😁

I loved this book, and Eric Butterworth, a Unity minister, has become a favorite author. If you enjoy concepts related to Law of Attraction and creating your own reality, and if your take on the Bible is not literal, this may well be the best book you've read on these topics. But if you are very traditional about all things biblical, you'll probably want to skip this one.

Eric Butterworth explains the days of creation in Genesis from a Metaphysical standpoint. It’s simple and straight forward. Let there be light.

Extremely effective and easy to understand and apply. Perfect for those who live with an appreciation of the metaphysical interpretations of most things. I refer back to it many times over! In my book bag forever!

Summary: The Creative Life captures many valuable dimensions of improving creativity. The book's metaphor to the seven days of creation in Genesis will excite much controversy among those who read this material differently that will detract from a focus on improving human creativity. The book's basic message is that God creates the potential for all things to exist, but many of them require co-creation by people to come into physical existence. " . . . [Y]ou are no less creative than God Himself."Review: The book is built around the metaphor of the seven days of creation in Genesis. The basic reading of that part of the Bible is also done in a literary rather than a literal way. Each chapter builds around one day of creation, and ties the lessons back to human creativity. Many helpful submetaphors are contained in each chapter, such as to the combining of minds on the Internet."Like God, our creative powers are infinite," says Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo in his introduction. The book isn't quite that strong. It basically argues that the unfilled potential that God has created can all be tapped by humans."Let There Be Light." This text is seen as an encouragement to look for inner illumination for the right path. "Love . . . is what we are." "Love is the awareness of light and you naturally project light in a kind of healing influence.""Let There Be Firmament." "To the person with an unshakeable faith that something wonderful is going to happen, something wonderful is happening." You have to believe in the potential before your mind can take it seriously."Let the Dry Land Appear." " . . . [T]he dry land is the mental image of formed thoughts." You need to "see what can be." You are encouraged to create visionary views of what could be in practical detail. I thought that this section worked best of all those in the book."Let There Be Two Great Lights." "God can only will the full expression of your powers and capacities." This argument seems convoluted, rather than expressive to me. God can do anything. Any existing limits in humans can be changed by God.I suspect that many readers, if they are like me, will find this book coming close to arguing that each human's relationship to God is closer to being a peer one than many believe. Sections like this one create that issue. I found all this exhaltation of humans relative to God to be unnecessary to improving personal creativity. The language quoted in this book from the New Testament rightly emphasizes that Jesus pointed out that His ways are open to us.The best parts of the book are the submetaphors. For example, in coming into contact with your on intuition, you are encouraged to think about the light within as being able to be influenced by a rheostat or a radio tuner. Then, there are exercises to use those metaphors to inspire more creativity. Based on my work with hypnosis and creativity, these are exceptionally fine metaphors and superb directions for using them.If you find the Genesis metaphor gets in your way (as I suspect it will for many), my suggestion is that you skip over those parts when you get to them. You will still find much solid information here about being more creative. For example, the material in the chapter on "Let the Dry Land Appear" is very similar to that in Think and Grow Rich, and will provide new perspective on those ideas for people who have enjoyed that fine book.The exercises in each chapter are well worth doing, and you would get almost all of the benefit possible from this book if you simply did them. So if you read the book, be sure to take the time to do the exercises.A fundamental flaw in the book is to act as though the reader lacks basic experience in being creative. In fact, almost everyone has been very creative many times in her or his life. The material here would have been much more helpful if it had built more on those successful experiences.After you finish the book, think back to those times when you have been most creative. What did they have in common? Do you routinely try to recreate those circumstances? How can the elements that worked well be combined in new ways?Aspire to perfection in some important area . . . and you may approach it closer than anyone has ever done before! Be sure to leave a map to follow your journey though, when you take that route.

I got this book a few months ago and gave myself some time to read it. It is not a read through book. Best read over a week or two to let the wonderful wisdom to sink in. Eric Butterfield is one of my favourite authors and a great teacher. It makes a great gift, but I really enjoyed it for myself

I loved this book. Eric Butterworth is a great author and his words ring true for me. would recommend it