The Three Steps to Whatever You Want to Be, Do, or Have

The creative process is conceptually a simple one. It consists of just three steps:

• Step 1 (your work): You ask.
  
• Step 2 (not your work): The answer is given.
  
• Step 3 (your work): The answer, which has been given, must be received or allowed (you have to let it in).

from Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks