Divine Discontent.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
In an interview I read, you seemed to mention that discontent is the root of creativity, and nothing much gets done in heaven. And divine discontent is the root of the universe.
A lot of saints talk about action in contentment. All the work you do, do you do that out of some discontent? Doesn’t contentment also produce action? Like the contentment of an artist in action to produce beauty? Or the so-called labour of love?
I personally haven’t experienced this. (I would personally prefer the serenity of the actionless heaven to this world of action:) But a lot of literature seems to suggest this.
Response:
Yes, contentment in one’s dharma certainly produces creative action. Divine discontent is not philosophically opposed to that principle. The point of divine discontent is the idea that one is no longer operating under the ego illusion that attaining perfection is possible in the relative world. This kind of divine discontent prevents complacency and grandiosity. It isn’t real discontent, it is discontent in the sense that the mind is not given a false sense of security and so a creative tension is created that impels us toward transformation. The divine part of the discontent means that you are not disappointed or discouraged by the timing and challenges of the creative process. Your true fulfillment, contentment, and joy springs from your inner self, not your external manifestations.
Love,
Deepak
