As I have mentioned here and there, I am a member of several Meetup groups and I get emails from time to time about new groups that might meet my interests.  The other day, I received one that roused my curiosity:

Petaluma, CA

North Bay MasterMind Support for Highly Creative People

*ARE YOU A HIGHLY CREATIVE PERSON?!

*DO YOU DESIRE SUPPORT TO ACTUALIZE GOALS & CREATIVE EXPRESSION INTO THE WORLD?

*SEEKING TO MANIFEST YOUR CREATIVITY FOR PROFIT? OR PERSONAL GROWTH? OR BOTH?

*ARE YOU PASSIONATE TO UTILIZE YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS & VISIONS FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE?

*ARE YOU SEEKING A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE READY FOR BIG CHANGE & GROWTH IN THEIR LIVES?

This is a Mastermind group for Highly Creative folks that want to engage with those of like minds to create expansion & success in one or more areas of their lives. It could be about financial success, creating relationships, stepping into a purposeful life path, moving into a healthier life, becoming more creative, pursuing any goals & dreams you may have! Whatever your dreams are, whatever you feel profoundly drawn to create this group is about achieving these dreams and goals.

Hi I am Stephanie Stone. I am a Life Coach & Awareness Coach for Gifted & Highly Creative People. My purpose for creating this group is to assist Highly Creative People to stimulate their creative ideas, to support them in actualizing their dreams & to validate & cultivate their passionate natures. To empower them in manifesting these creative ideas successfully into the world.

Something about this intrigued me – especially when I looked into it further and found this:   Common Characteristics Of Giftedness – Self-Test-Something fun to explore!!!  I found this to be very compelling – are there really other people remotely like me out there?  I decided to go and find out!

SO – I went.  And I am very glad I did.

At the beginning of the meeting, we each introduced ourselves and shared something.  I had decided – just on a whim – to bring the binder in which I keep all of my 31-point-plans.  As I shared these and talked about how it all works in my life, I received a lot of very positive feedback. 

Then there was, among other things, a discussion concerning archetypes – and specifically, the Creator archetype (defined, along with the other common archetypes here:  http://www.soulcraft.co/essays/the_12_common_archetypes.html).  In addition, we talked about the MUSE, and how each of us individually might perceive that – as a “person,” a concept or whatever.  Some people perceive it as a voice, some as a thought or inspiration that comes unbidden.  We were asked to do a sort of meditation and listen to what our Muse “says” to us.  For me, it is simply a frame of mind that I engage in, and the thoughts that came to me were about having faith and they were about joy – what came to my mind was the Hallelujah Chorus playing in my head! (I seem to get music in my head a lot of the time and always as clear as if I was listening to it on a recording, or live.)  So this was rather a remarkable experience!

All in all, I enjoyed the whole thing.  And it turns out that the Organizer, Stephanie, is going to be beginning a 6-week workshop starting in March and it sounds wonderful.  I am definitely planning on attending.  And I can certainly use some “Creative MasterMind Support”!

Incidentally, I looked up the word “mastermind” when I got home to see what specifically that word signifies.  I learned that it is one of the Keirsey-Bates personality types based on Jung’s theories.  I then remembered the book I have and have owned for many years, Please Understand Me, which describes all of this. 

I had taken the test contained in the book to see what “type” I was and so I decided to take it again.  And what I discovered is that I am a combination ENTJ/INTJ – as I am equally an extrovert and an introvert, depending on the day basically – which makes me a combination “Fieldmarshal / Mastermind,“ which are both “Rationals.”  Weird.  And here I’d think I was more an “Artisan” or perhaps an “Idealist.”  But I got the same end results every time I’ve taken the test.  Interesting.  Not really relevant to anything…. but, interesting. 

Does this mean I don’t need Mastermind support if I am a Mastermind?  Or does this mean the support is for those of us who are Masterminds?  [And obviously I am being rather silly at this point.  But being silly is one of my strong points, after all!]

Onward and upward….

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