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Creative: adj. 1. Having the ability or power to create: Human beings are creative animals. 2. Productive; creating. 3. Characterized by originality or expressiveness; creating: creative writing. [Middle English createn from Latin, creare, creat-; Indo-European root ker-, to grow]

Synthesis: n. 1.a. the combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. b. the complex whole so formed. [Latin, collection, from Greek sunthesis, from sunthethenai, to put together]

Energy: n. 1. The capacity for work or vigorous activity; vigor, power. See synonyms at strength. 2a. Exertion of vigor or power; a project requiring a great deal of time and energy. b. Vitality and intensity of expression: a speech delivered with energy and emotion. [French, énergie, from Late Latin energia, from energeia, from energos, active: en-in, at; ergon, work.]

Synergy: n. 1. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual efforts. 2. Cooperative interaction among groups . . . that creates an enhanced combined effect. [From Greek sunesis, union, cooperation, from Greek sunergos, working together.]

Integral Creativity, the focus of this book, is based on Ken Wilber’s AQAL system. But what does the title mean? What is Creative Synergy?

It is “the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual efforts” in creating something new that is “trying to happen” or “trying to express itself”¹⁴² through you. In this chapter we will examine it as cooperation with “The Force.” Later we will see that it can also be the cooperation of different parts of the self (Chapters 5-6), elements of the work (Chapters 9-11), or individuals with a group (Chapters 7-8, 12-13). It is also revealed in the operation of universal forces across domains (Chapter 9) and exemplifies field theory, which Einstein believed to be “‘the greatest’” of all contributions to science.¹⁴³

How did I get the name Creative Synergy? In the 1980s it came to me as the title of a book or consulting practice. In 1999 my new husband said it had come to him as the name for a consulting or publishing business. Later I stumbled upon Stephen Covey using the term. He applies it to the synergistic reaction of people cooperating in some endeavor.¹⁴⁴ In the course of writing this book, I found myself exploring this usage of the term as well (Chapters 7-8, 12-13). But I began by conceiving it as cooperation with “The Force”: the gems vibrating in tune to the strings of Indra’s Net in a synthesis that is more than the sum of its parts. By now in the twenty-first century, “synergy” has almost become a buzzword.

To activate a synergy with the web, you must concentrate. You are cooperating, synthesizing forces to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. This cooperation is not passive but dynamic. Swami Kriyananda explains, “Will power is the key to awakening energy. Yogananda used to say, ‘The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.’”¹⁴⁵ Only with energetic concentration on the Unified Field of All Things can you bring into being what is trying to happen. What follows is a ten-step method to facilitate the process.