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About This Book
This book proposes a groundbreaking approach to the study of personal creativity, linking this to the analysis of the chakras, or centers of energy, of the subtle system suggested by the Eastern philosophy called Sahaja Yoga. It arguesthat creativity is to be re-learnt through a process of self-review, a self-examination which is underpinned by the author's concept of the outsider to the self, a pervasive condition characterized by a tendency to be connected to the outer world at the expenseof the inner world. The author analyses creativity from three different but interrelated aspects –the individual, society and education - and maps out a route that may take the individuals into an understanding of blockages in their creative process. It also examines aspects that have contributed to sustain the condition of the outsider to the self, hindering people's creativity. It argues that the traditional education system is both constricting and releasing factor of creativity. Finally, through the use of auto-ethnography, the author reveals a process of blocked and unblocked creativity. This book is a key read for all those interestedinpsychology, sociology, education and cultural studies.
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Obstruction of Personal Creativity
- Chapter 3: Re-evaluating Creativity: A Basic Map to Individual Qualities
- Chapter 4: Re-evaluating Creativity: A Step Further in the Review of the Self
- Chapter 5: Re-evaluating Creativity: A Higher State of Consciousness
- Chapter 6: Creativity in Education: A Transpersonal Approach (Part I)
- Chapter 7: Creativity in Education: A Transpersonal Approach (Part II)
- Chapter 8: Autoethnography: A Journey of Blocked and Unblocked Creativity
- Bibliography
- Index