TY - JOUR AU - Johnson, Rick PY - 2017/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Active Force and That Which Is Its Recipient: A Bahá’í View of Creativity JF - The Journal of Bahá’í Studies JA - JBS VL - 27 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.31581/jbs-27.4.3(2017) UR - https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/224 SP - 29-53 AB - <p>Applying a framework for understanding the creative process generally, this essay explores the notion that the universe is coded to be creative. The view is offered that the universal system exists in a perpetually poised, generative, dynamic state and that creativity is the fundamental reality of the universe. Utilizing the concept of “covenant” as a metaphor for the governance structure of the universal generative dynamic, the author investigates the unique role of consciousness in the creative process.</p> ER -