Does more sober = more creative?

[YIDIRYIDIR]

After watching the reel on "Spirituality is hyper sobriety", i got curious whether creativity and creative insight is dependent on level of sobriety, and what does that mean?. Does creativity get better the more sober you are? 

Just like we get the juiciest creative insights and solutions while taking a walk, or taking a shower, while meditating, while on a bus waiting... there's also when you're half asleep, it happens to me personally. 

Edited yesterday at 11:40 AM by YIDIRYIDIR

[YIDIRYIDIR]

i will take any answer

[Human Mint]

For sure. Imagination is sobriety.

[No1Here2c]

2 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

For sure. Imagination is sobriety.

Sobriety is held within Imagination.

[Human Mint]

@No1Here2c Maybe but I am going more for the practical term.

When we say something like "this person has a sober mind" we mean that he/she has a clear mind and can envision things and make them work.

[No1Here2c]

11 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

@No1Here2c Maybe but I am going more for the practical term.

When we say something like "this person has a sober mind" we mean that he/she has a clear mind and can envision things and make them work.

All of that is held within Imagination.

The 'physical being' 'who' 'possesses' a 'sober mind' is the literal incarnation of Infinite Imagination.

Edited 6 hours ago by No1Here2c

[Human Mint]

1 hour ago, No1Here2c said:

All of that is held within Imagination.

The 'physical being' 'who' 'possesses' a 'sober mind' is the literal incarnation of Infinite Imagination.

[Judy2]

On 15/05/2026 at 0:37 PM, YIDIRYIDIR said:

there's also when you're half asleep, it happens to me personally. 

yes, that's also what came to mind for me when i started reading your post. i guess both are valid. 

 

LSD feels a bit like the opposite of being drunk - it feels almost like you're too sober.

but i believe sleepiness is a valid state as well and comes with its own insights - particularly because cognitive function is impaired a little bit, so that can open up different channels. 

[bazera]

Yes definitely for me, not only more creative but also more able in other areas, like my ability to feel emotions amplifies, happiness and satisfaction increases, also motivations to pursue things like relationships, art, creativity, even spirituality, increases.

When I'm in the rabbit hole of doom-scrolling plus some dopamine depliting habits, I feel like a zombie. And then when I get to what Leo called 0 sobriety level (a default state) even that's very noticable, not to mention higher states.