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The arhat, it is said, at all times and in every circumstance experiences an internal state of calm delight, is keenly attentive to all important aspects of the situation, and exhibits "skillful means" in response to the requirements of the moment.

--Daniel Goleman. The Meditative Mind. 181.

The problem is that the supreme enlightened ( so far we can ascertain ) are not very creative, let alone dwelling on the summit of such activity. On the contrary, one might cynically observe that trademarks of vita unitiva/sahaja samadhi/baqa, judging from lives of Ramana Maharshi, legendary Bodhidharma or Suso are lethargy, apathy or asocial quietism. The fact that a few realized mystics were also powerful and charismatic writers ( Rumi, Angelus Silesius, Sri Aurobindo,..) doesn't alter the sobering truth: creativity, as we are used to understand the meaning of this word, is a specific activity of struggling human beings doomed to subject-object relational isolation. In this sense, neither God, nor the God-realized humans present epitomes of creativity.

--Arvan Harvat. "The Atman Fiasco".

If you won't marry and perform family duties, why should you be a slave to someone else all your life? . . . Give your entire heart to God and worship Him. Once one is born in this world, there is no greater duty than that.

--Sri Ramakrishna. qtd. in Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play. Swami Saradananda. Swami Chetanananda, Trans. 2003. p 811

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