Puccini_The_great_secret

“The great secret of all creative geniuses is that they possess that power to appropriate the beauty,
the wealth, the grandeur,
and the sublimity contained within their own souls,
which are part of Omnipotence,
and to communicate those riches to others.
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The conscious,
purposeful appropriation of one’s own soul forces
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is the supreme secret.

I first grasp the full power of the EGO within me.
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Then I feel the burning desire and the intense resolve to create something worthwhile.
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This desire, this longing, implies in itself the knowledge that I can attain my goal.
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Then I make a fervent demand for and from the Power that created me.
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This demand, or prayer, must be coupled with full expectation that this higher aid will be granted me.
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This perfect faith
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opens the way for vibration to pass from the dynamo, which the soul-center is, into my consciousness,
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and the inspired ideas are born.
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We mortals here on this earth are partners of the Creator,
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but few there be who realize it.

It is the same with a composer. He must acquire by laborious study and application the technical mastery of his craft; but he will never write anything of lasting value unless he has Divine aid also. There is a vast amount of good music paper wasted by composers who don’t know this great truth.

We are dealing in this domain with higher spiritual laws.
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Dante, Rafael, Stradivarius all drew on that same Omnipotent Power. The inspiration from above
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stimulates the intellect
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and the emotions.
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An inspired person sees things in a totally different light from one who is not inspired.
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Inspiration is an awakening,
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a quickening of all of man’s faculties
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and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

It is an overwhelming, a compelling force. In short, it is the influence of God.
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I cannot do better than quote to you what I said to my friend, Pietro Mascagni, after I had finished the score of Madam Butterfly last October: The music of this opera was dictated to me by God;
I was merely instrumental in putting it on paper and communicating it to the public.”

Puccini

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