Finding a "Flow State"
In the creative world, you may have heard this term "flow state" float around. If you've wondered what that means, here's my take as someone that experiences this “flow" regularly:
The flow state is a state of being—a dimension of existence— ...a portal if you will..., that transports us deeply into the present moment, where excessive thoughts and worries subside, where time is nonexistent and nothing else matters except what’s right in front of us.
It’s liveliness in its essence. It’s an act of being engaged with life for a specific moment in time. Sometimes it lasts minutes, sometimes hours, possibly days, or longer when we’re really tapped in.
Flow state can be experienced when we’re creating, smoking, connecting with others, and in so many moments in between.
For me, I usually drop into this experience of flow state when i'm painting, dancing, writing, being curious, having a fascinating or funny conversation, acting like a big ole’ kid and when I'm enamored by a scene I'm simply observing. And, hell, maybe when I have the perfect amount of bong rips in the morning.
There’s a scene in the Pixar movie “Soul” that captures the experience of flow state really well—when Joe Gardner is playing the piano—he’s fully and utterly enraptured with striking the keys to make music. Not a single other thing on earth matters, or even exists, to him.
The more we tap into flow state, the more "good luck" (synchronicities & alignment) we'll experience in life. These are those trippy moments of being in the right place at the right time, and meeting the right people. Experiencing enough flow state can lead to those instances that make us feel like our existence is more than just coincidence—like we're actually here for a reason, some grand intelligence may be helping facilitate all of this (who knows?), and like there’s more to life beyond just the physical reality we have around us.
Things get WEIRD, but in the best way. (...like your dreams start coming true... how do you think i got right HERE??)
;)That's the power of flow state, baby.
I will mention that, yes, privilege does absolutely play a role in the luck and ease of some of our experiences more than others, especially us white people, but what I'm talking about here are the connections that are of miraculous nature. Like the opportunities, and money, and love that occasionally fall out of the clear blue sky with no little to no explanation. Believe it or not, those miraculous moments can become a pretty regular part of our existence the more we live tapped into flow state. I’m being so real with you right now.
Creativity & tapping into flow state bring so much joy, fulfillment and healing to our lives, and with the madness in the world today, why turn that down??? Let’s create shit together. Let’s toke & tap into flow. I'll have different creative workshops available for you soon!
I’m intensely passionate with sharing about creativity because it radically transformed my life after giving up alcohol and cocaine, and I’d love to be other people’s introduction to its remedy for the soul.
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