Creativity is strongly linked to meditation and relaxation.

In particular, there is a strong link between poetry and spiritualiy.

Poetry works through metaphor, analogy, allusion, and rhythm to transcend the limits of ordinary language.

To experience spiritual states also means connecting to the muse.

In addition to being a psychologist, I am a poet. I never consciously intend to write poems; the impulse just comes to me from time to time. Sometimes a line or a phrase of a poem comes into my head, or sometimes an idea or a framework for a whole poem. Then I sit down and start writing. It’s partly a process of crafting the raw material into a finished, structured whole and partly a process of remaining open, to allow other material to flow through and become part of the whole.

If from anywhere, I would say that my poems come from "spiritual" states, moments of heightened awareness in which I feel connected to a deeper self, to nature, and to other people. I have noticed that I'm more likely to feel the impulse to write poems after a good meditation, after a quiet walk in the countryside, or just after a period of rest.

This fits with research showing that meditation and other relaxed states of mind can........

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