Where does inspiration come from?

[Sirius]

It turns out that the word “inspiration” comes from the Latin word “inspiratus,” which essentially means “breathe into.”  https://www.osbplf.org/blog/thriving-tod...w-breath/#

This moving little word may be traced back to the Latin inspirare (“to breathe or blow into”), which itself is from the word spirare, meaning “to breathe.” https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay...of-inspire

With the shift to a more mechanized view of the universe, the word inspiration has also changed.  We never used to just breathe...The ancient Romans, along with other early cultures, believed that breath carried a life-giving or divine essence, something they often referred to as spiritus, which was thought to be the force animating the body and soul.

"Inspiration" used to refer to a divine entity's influence, when someone was inspired it was literally a divine entity acting on them.  Now it's more akin to enthusiasm, or OCD people triggering each others ticks.  Of course there is the usual vices that brings out creativity also, your favorite artists best peace didn't just appear because they had gumption.

We also inspire each other, and there is something to be said about that.

[UltraBudgie]

It's also the same root as "conspiracy", meaning "breathing together".

Yoga kicked my butt until I learned to move to my breath instead of breath to my motion.

[Karl12]

Reckon if you really look at the roots of the question then Rupert makes some fair points.

[Sirius]

Reckon if you really look at the roots of the question then Rupert makes some fair points.

He and Donald Hoffman changed my life. Very cool dudes.

[CCoburn]

It turns out that the word “inspiration” comes from the Latin word “inspiratus,” which essentially means “breathe into.”  https://www.osbplf.org/blog/thriving-tod...w-breath/#

This moving little word may be traced back to the Latin inspirare (“to breathe or blow into”), which itself is from the word spirare, meaning “to breathe.” https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay...of-inspire

With the shift to a more mechanized view of the universe, the word inspiration has also changed.  We never used to just breathe...The ancient Romans, along with other early cultures, believed that breath carried a life-giving or divine essence, something they often referred to as spiritus, which was thought to be the force animating the body and soul.

The Life-Giving Breath of Isis


The never-ending cycle of creation and destruction conforms to a rhythm much akin to breathing. It is this rhythm that is also one of the Hermetic principles. In the microcosm this act is periodic, but is at the same time also sporadic, ergo the rhythmic aspect. In the macrocosm this is the divine song of creation; its' accompanying melody and of course, harmony.

In the beginning Isis exhaled the breath of creation into existence, the aethereal medium, the propagating aether, the air of the universe without which nothing else could be possible. Every breath of this divine goddess is measured in eons. Every outward flow is the beginning of a new universe, and every inward flow, or return, is its end.

The ebb and flow of all that is, was, and ever will be, and also that which is not. Glory to the queen of the universe, she that breathes life into that which is dead.

[UltraBudgie]

Every breath you take you are breathing history. On average, each breath is likely to have at least one molecule from any given litre of air from the past.

It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.

In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it. With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world.

On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds on the Senate floor, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding; in fact, you're probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might well bear traces of Cleopatra's perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe's creation.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3294...ast-breath

It is all very well and good and inspiring until you realize you are also probably breathing Hitler's farts.

[CCoburn]

It is all very well and good and inspiring until you realize you are also probably breathing Hitler's farts.

You take my breath away.

[Sirius]

In the beginning Isis exhaled the breath of creation into existence, the aethereal medium, the propagating aether, the air of the universe without which nothing else could be possible. Every breath of this divine goddess is measured in eons. Every outward flow is the beginning of a new universe, and every inward flow, or return, is its end.

Beautiful, thank you

[FlyersFan]

Inspiration.

Some comes from yourself.
Some comes from God and His angels and the good spirits/souls.
Some comes from the devil and it's bad spirits and damned souls.

During a discussion after having had a spiritual talk one day in a  monastery about this topic, I heard one of the friars who was studying to be a priest mutter to himself saying "I wonder if I've ever had an original thought".   We are constantly being 'inspired' ... constantly having the God and the good and the bad spirits and souls of the dead trying to influence us.  That was what was said.  And yes, I believe it.  We are in spiritual battle.

[Maxmars]

Isn't inspiration always there, and we just tap into it from time to time?
Is it not infinitely permeating the universe like a diffuse cloud, and we just intercept a particle here and there?
Must we require a person or thing to funnel it toward us, or can we not simply invite the encounter?
Can someone be unwilling to be inspired, can it be an imposed force?

Inspiration... essential component of existence, a fundamental differential in etheric atmospherics, or a contrived excuse to externalize creative impulses... I wonder.