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What Is Flow

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Surrender to the flow.
"Surrender to the flow. It's the only way to get downstream without drowning!"

The term "being in the flow" has great depth when analyzed from a conscious perspective. It might be interesting to think of its meaning together by allowing ourselves to engage in an open-ended self-inquiry.

1. What is flow? What ideas might arise if we were to regard flow as Dr. Carl Jung's collective unconscious, which moves upon, takes its form through, and expresses itself as some form of matter for the purpose of accomplishing an idea imprinted upon it? This concept impresses me as being much like genetic code imprinted upon a tiny seed. The code moves upon the seed through germination and presses against the soil, seeking to express itself as the manifestation of the idea of a tree. Could we conceive of Dr. Jung's "collective unconscious" as a "universal genetic code" that contains the idea for all of manifest matter?


2. Where might this concept lead if we allow for the possibility that this collective unconscious, or infinite intelligence, demonstrates behavior much like the wind, which becomes observable only as it moves upon material objects? Tapping down one more layer into this idea, one of the most impressive evolutionary advancements of humanity thus far has been learning cooperation with the flow of an invisible idea contained in the wind, such as sailing the seas or generating electric power with windmills. Does wind literally contain an idea? Certainly, it does contain a strong and definite idea regarding its directionality, and cooperation with the universal consciousness of wind moves us forward, gives us power, and activates life!


3. Could we now entertain a new thought and consider that all that has ever taken on a form of any sort has done so in response to an overarching, invisible, collective idea, which is powered by intention—an intention just as certain and capable of force as the wind? If so, would it be appropriate to reason the idea itself to be the source of what we perceive as reality? Could we conceive of that source as a higher ideal, a greater purpose, or a supreme intention? And within this context, might that intention become intuitively recognized as flow?

All is consciousness.
"Is it possible that all that comes to be is first conceived in consciousness? Can anything that exists have come into form without first having been formed as an idea?"

If we persist in this line of reasoning, we will ultimately conclude that the most advantageous place to find oneself would be "in the flow." For years, I have identified the art of positioning oneself in this way as "coming into alignment with the fundamental order of the universe," which can also be described as merging into a state of surrender.


4. As a final thought, what would be the most likely result of struggling against the flow, or stream of consciousness, that has set every single set of universal mechanics into motion? Would the result be referred to as dysfunction? It has been my experience, working with these concepts over the years, that a struggle against purpose, seeking to express itself through one's life, is the direct cause of every known form of dysfunction. Simply put, evasion of one's purpose (the flow) is a difficult path to travel.





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