What you seem to be saying is that, as a direct result of practice, you happen to notice that you are able to “think outside the box” and be creative and innovative. I’d say your completely subversive “dirty little secret” might just change the culture of your business, and if you’re not careful, could infect your employees, too! All kidding aside, it’s not the ideas you get that pose a potential problem, but practicing in anticipation of getting ideas. If you begin to meditate in order to have good ideas then you will be absolutely sunk, because sometimes they’ll come, and more often they won’t. And to be honest, my gut tells me that the ideas you try to have when you are meditating will not be that much different from the ones you have at other times: conventional, predictable, and repetitive. But when we engage in practice for its own sake, letting go of needing a particular outcome but knowing full well that we are doing something valuable and important for our own well-being, then we notice effects that we could have never predicted. It might be a calmer way of dealing with irate customers, a deeper appreciation for the impact of your business choices, or innovations that are game-changers. Let the practice remain simply the practice, and observe the ripples outward that result.
