Tagore’s creativity seemed a counterpart to the creativity of the universe as a whole. ‘The Religion of Man’ was what he called it; but ‘The Poet’s Religion’, the title given to the first lecture in Creative Unity 1922, would be a better name, since the religion is inseparable from ‘his’ artistic theory and practice.

Tagore looks upon creation as the sportive manifestation of the Lord arising from the abundance of his grace. “Joy is at the root of all creation.” Creation is the result ananda, bliss. It is not a veil that hides the Lord. It is not the distortion of Brahman or God. Tagore’s conception of the universe and human Life has a positive element in it. The world of nature is akin to us if we can shed our egoism.