Here is a passage from Deepak Chopra‘s book The Book of Secrets that relates to inspiration;

“When Mozart wanted to compose a new symphony, his intention called up the necessary brain function. It would be absurd to say that Mozart’s brain wanted to write a symphony first and produced messenger molecules to inform him of the fact. Awareness always comes first, and its projections, both objective and subjective, follow.

This brings us to a new principle that is crucially important, called ‘simultaneous interdependent co-arising.’ Simultaneous because one thing doesn’t cause another. Interdependent because each aspect is coordinated with every other. Co-arising because every separate part comes from the same source.

When Mozart wanted to compose a symphony, everything associated with his creation happened simultaneously: the idea, the notes, the sound in his head, the necessary brain activity, the signals to his hands as they wrote the music down. All these ingredients were organized into one experience, and they arose together. It would be false to say that one caused the other.

If one element should fall out of place, the whole project would collapse. Should Mozart get depressed, his emotional state will block the music. Should he get physically exhausted, fatigue will block the music. One can think of a hundred ways that disorder could disrupt the picture: Mozart could have marital problems, a stroke or heart attack, a sudden artistic block, or the noisy distration of a two-year-old in the haouse.

 Creation is kept from anarchy by simultaneous co-arising”

Deepak Chopra has been speaking, in this part of the book, about how evolution takes quantum leaps instead of incremental trials and errors as most people believe. He sights, as examples, how mankind developed a cerebral cortex, giving him the ability to read, long before he had developed writing. He also writes about how certain trees that get over foraged by animals in one locality will send signals to trees in another area and these trees will begin to produce a toxic substance that protects them.

He also writes about the messenger molecules in our cells that trigger certain cells to die off so we are not born with tails.

The conclusion that he seems to be drawing is that the universe is all one consciousness and changes and evolution are directed by a conscious intent that causes this ‘simultaneous interdependent co-arising,’ rather than relying upon a fixed chain of events falling into just the right order and place.

As it relates to inspiration we see that, first there is intention. Mozart intends to write a symphony first. He is supported by the belief system that he can write a symphony. He has a strong belief in himself as a great composer, so this total awareness of intent with belief brings about the simultaneous interdependent co-arising needed to produce a symphony.

If there was only the ability to work a pen, hear notes and even play music, this would not guarantee that these elements would all come together to create a symphony with out the awareness of an intention to do so on Mozart’s part.

What Deepak Chopra has described is quite historically accurate. Mozart was known to be able to produce a work on demand, for hire or for a particular occasion and was highly skilled at adjusting his creations to whatever style he thought or intended was needed.