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For about eight years of my life the predominant process with which I lived by was the spiritual process. This is was in contrast to the popular process by which most people work nowadays which is the process of putting in effort. However the spiritual process was lacking. Though I was successful in securing my happiness, I was quite unsuccessful in learning how to make a living. I failed as an entrepreneur and became a software developer, and though I quite enjoy writing code on a daily basis, I have always wanted more.

For a long while I was fully aware that the spiritual process was lacking (which amounts to basically seeking enlightenment). Although I had many highs, following the path was an overly passive method of living, and passivity doesn’t meet the rigor of the requirements of modern life.

It wasn’t without effort however! I constantly sought another modality to live by, but consistently came up dry.

I owe to fortune that this did eventually change. In an unexpected moment, I made up a new idea. To my great satisfaction, I realized that I enjoyed my made up new idea more than the path laid out by spiritual sages of old. This was the paradigm shift I had been long awaiting. I had successfully overhauled the spiritual process. I was now a devotee of the creative process.

For many reasons I think the creative process is superior to the spiritual process as a mode of living. For one, it is basically active, whereas the spiritual process is basically passive. So instead of waiting for inspiration, I now seek any stimulus, even a trifling thing, even a silly thought. Instead of waiting for spiritual depth to strike, I simply seek to make points. Make points as an artist, as an employee, as an entrepreneur, as a blogger, as a husband, as a son, as a friend, and even doing house chores.

Don’t get me wrong, I still place spiritual depth at tremendous value. Those lucky moments where the spirit pierces the soul are wonderfully growth inducing. The subtle difference is that the spiritual moments fall within the framework of my creative process, rather than having creative moments fall within the framework of my spiritual process.

All things considered, both the spiritual process and creative process have the goal of happiness. The difference is that the creative process is not indifferent to the ongoings of the world. The spiritual process doesn’t care, it only cares for it’s own soul. The creative process is concerned with every single detail that passes through the conscious mind, and the subconscious too.