I was posed with a great question tonight:

when one creates something, does this created thing belong to its creator?  or upon creation does it suddenly belong to the human race?  the reason i ask is because a few years ago, i was drawing during class, as i always did, and suddenly didn't like what i was drawing.  so i scribbled it out.  the person next to me was shocked that i'd do such a thing and chastized me for destroying something that he thought was beautiful.  ever since then, i've had a hard time letting go of things that have any creation value whatsoever.

To which I responded:

I'll answer that in a different way since this person has a belief around a value that is important to them.

 

First, in another unrelated conversation I've been having with a difficult group of people, their perceptions are based upon a lot of social stereotypes and ideologies. As I'm an individual who tries to create higher awareness and call people on behaviors and attitudes that trespass upon other peoples right to free will, conflict sometimes ensues. This time, they directed their judgment towards me. Today, as part of this ongoing saga, I stated:

Just because you believe does it make it true?
Who else, beside yourself, is held in the prison of your beliefs?
Defensive? Then consider just one example that all of us can recall.
How long was the world flat?

Second, let's examine creation. God created everything and the quantum field of energy that creates all physical matter is in some way connected directly to the force of God or could be the God - the exactness is not for us to know from this physical realm. We just know God is and can, with science, see the truth that all matter comes from this source of energy, that makes tiny particles that make up quarks, that make up atoms, molecules, and so on. Another thing that is known is that created matter decays - we know this from so many perspectives - as the human body that is born, we die, return to dust, and so on - just as every other piece of matter in the universe - each having its' own life-cycle.

 

Does the creator have free will?

If the creator has free will, and if all of creation is for humanity, then why do we die? Why does so much die? And why do planets also die - stars, etc.?

Is it simply a part of the natural order, or is it simply a means for the creator to experience creation again and again?

 

As you can see, there are many questions that can be pondered, but we also see, simply in the realm of our own living planet, that death is needed for life to continue. Out of destruction, it would seem that something new is born.

 

As a child plays with creative toys, they create, build, construct, draw, paint, and so on. For a time, there may be simple joy in experiencing what is created. And then what? Boredom, a need to move onto something else. So, the object - maybe in this case something made from lego - is destroyed and the child can create again. Each time, experimenting, growing, adapting, challenging, and above all, enjoying the process even though they may be unaware of the relationship on the subconscious level.

 

As you can see, this is no direct answer. It has a lot of clues, a lot of leeway, and above all else, the free will to determine for yourself:

• why you do what you do?
• who you do it for?
• what your relationship is to the creation?
• what you get from the act of creation?
• what you obtain from appreciating the creation?
• what freedom you experience from destroying the creation?
• and so on.

I hope this helps you to explore various perspectives and to come to the place within you that knows the truth that is only important to you.