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It depends what you mean by creative thinking.
Some would say that meditation aims to still the mind and reduce the flow of thoughts, whether creative or not.
But if you mean creative thinking as in finding solutions to problems, then meditation reduces the internal mental chatter and makes us more intuitional, so when we are faced with a decision then we may have a clear knowing of what course we should take.
Or if you mean creative thinking in the artistic sense, then meditation increases our ability to concentrate so we can enter that creative zone where ideas or abilities flow more easily. Thus words come naturally to the writer, or images are fluidly expressed on canvas for the painter. This is perhaps a more Zen-like state where mind and emotions do not interfere with artistic expression.
So maybe there is no simple answer to your question.
Peace.
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