The Inspiration and Creativity of Manas

In all walks of life in the secular world, anyone who has achieved success possesses a considerable degree of meditative concentration (samādhi). With single-minded focus in concentration and no other distractions, inspiration and creativity easily arise, and such a person becomes a genius and achiever in the eyes of others. The inspiration and creativity spoken of here generally come from the manas; initially it is only the mind consciousness's conception and emotional pondering and intellectual interpretation, but in the end the mind consciousness can no longer exert any force, and instead the wisdom and potential of the manas are stimulated, and an outstanding work emerges. Thinking and creating within profound meditative concentration far surpasses the emotional pondering and intellectual interpretation of the mind consciousness of ordinary people without meditative concentration—this is the distinctive quality that sets geniuses apart from ordinary people.