106 - The best ideas don’t always come from you. Sometimes they come through you
Some of the best ideas don’t feel like you created them; they feel like they came through you. This episode explores creative intuition, deep focus, and the power of channeling ideas beyond conscious thought.
Creativity Isn’t Always Constructed; Sometimes It’s Remembered.
There are moments in the creative process when you stop feeling like the author and start feeling like the vessel.
In this episode of Pattern Cognition, we explore a phenomenon many creators know deeply but rarely talk about:
The best ideas often feel like they don’t come from you, but through you.
Here’s what that experience reveals:
• True flow feels like remembering. You’re not assembling a thought, you’re uncovering something that was already fully formed.
• Creation can be discovery. Sometimes we don’t invent, we reconnect. The idea was already there, waiting for clarity and presence to unlock it.
• The most powerful ideas bypass ego. They show up without warning and surprise even the creator. That surprise is often a signal of depth.
• You access this through immersion, not pressure. When you stop trying to force ideas and instead listen, you create space for something deeper to move through.
• Craft is how you catch it. While the idea may arrive through intuition, its structure, skill, and practice give it form.
This episode isn’t about mysticism, it’s about the reality of how deep creative insight often arrives: uninvited, undeniable, and unforgettable.
Listen to this episode of Pattern Cognition to learn how to navigate these challenges and invest wisely.
Highlights:
00:00 The Mystical Experience of Creation
00:08 World Building and Future Insights
00:21 Creation vs. Remembering
00:28 The Phenomenon of Fully Formed Ideas
00:34 Reflecting on Personal Creative Experiences
Links:
Website: https://www.sidmofya.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmofya/
Transcript:
Sometimes when you create, it feels like things come not so much from you, but through you. And I had a, a recent experience where I was doing this world building exercise and um, I created a whole world and I'll be able to share more about that in future episodes. But the process of creating that world didn't feel like creation. It felt like remembering. Like remembering something that existed before because it, it felt like it came fully formed. When you are creating, do you have experiences like that? Sometimes.