How to Get in Flow and Alignment With Yourself and The Universe
By being in flow, you're in the zone
The Flow State of Timelessness
Flow is when everything goes as you want it to without trying too hard. It is a state of effortless effort. It’s the state of mind where you’re fully immersed, focused, and absorbed in an activity you don’t notice time flying past.
In flow, time passes very strangely where three hours go by like three minutes. A thousand years is like one day. The flow state will have you asking, “Where did the time go?” Everyone and everything dissolves only leaving you and your work and Spirit moves over you.
When you're in flow, you're in the zone. It's what the athletes say. It's when they're working but it doesn't feel like work. It’s when there's no forcing, no striving, and no resistance.
The zone is when you move through time and space effortlessly without spending too much energy. In the zone, you work smart planning beforehand what you're going to do before you do it. You know when to take an inspired action and when to stop. You reach the perfect balance between action and non-action.
This idea of non-action goes against what most of us have been taught. We’re ambitious and we get it done. We don’t sit around doing nothing. We work.
Non-action is often mistaken as passivity or laziness but sometimes doing nothing makes more sense than forcing it.
The result of an action is not always equal to the energy spent. Results are a result of a series of actions taken over a period of time. Sometimes, doing nothing is an art that gets things done.
Becoming Aware of The Flow
Life is like a stream of water and a stream always has its course. When you find yourself in that stream, you can swim against the natural current and be frustrated or you can let go and flow along with the stream then life becomes but a dream.
Your soul is like a current of energy flowing from a higher dimension into the physical reality. For most of our lives, we swim against the current of life and our soul and we don’t even realize it. The mind thinks it must control everything which only leads to suffering because most of the processes within and outside of ourselves are not in our control.
Like the current of the stream, the current of energy of the soul has momentum as if flows down the physical. The physical self or ego may choose to think, say, or do things that cause you to flow with your soul current or against it. When you’re flowing against the current of your soul, you’re in resistance. When you flow with your soul’s current, it's an alignment.
To achieve flow, you have to become aware of the flow and whether or not you're going with or against it. You will achieve flow states easier when you’re doing the things you love. It can happen anytime a person is deeply engaged in a task.
Many people find themselves in the flow when they do creative works such as writing, singing, painting, drawing, cooking, playing basketball or other sports, running, skiing, meditating, praying, dancing, etc. People in flow enjoy what they are doing and are more likely to find it rewarding and fulfilling. This is because, in flow, intuition works at its highest capacity telling you what to think and what to do working simply by an inner knowing. There are no worries, no ruminations, no unhealthy extremes.
In flow, everything flows naturally and effortlessly.
Everything they say is energy that won’t be destroyed so that means that everything that has consciousness in this universe has its own streams of energy and therefore its own current. The people, the things, the weather, water bodies, and everything else has their own current that you must flow in alignment with in order to experience flow states.
To be in flow, you'd have to align your internal or soul current with the currents all around you.
If you wanted to catch a flight in a tornado, it could end tragically because you’re going against the weather. If you wanted to swim upstream against a powerful stream of river, you'd exhaust, stress, and even get yourself drowned because you're going against the water current.
You must also be in flow with yourself first and foremost. It will be difficult for a morning person to achieve flow states at night and it will be extremely hard for a night owl to be in flow with the early morning sun. You want to find the best time when you’re active and energized.
To be in flow with the universe, you have to be in flow with people. To be in flow with people, you must stay in your own energy in your flow and in your own zone minding your own business, and not going against the flow of others, knocking them out of their zone, and sticking your nose in their business.
And those who manage to keep a truly happy and fulfilling relationship manage to stay in flow and in alignment with themselves and also in flow and alignment with their partner.
Letting Go and Going With The Flow
Flow is something you prepare your mind and surroundings for. It will be extremely difficult to enter into flow when there are screaming kids nearby. You will also struggle to achieve flow states when your cell phone is staring you in the eyes. The flow requires self-control and no distractions. You remove and put aside anything that distracts you.
If you've ever experienced the state of flow, there is one thing that disappears and only comes back when the mind takes control.
Worry.
The soul knows the way. It knows what it came here to do but if at any point you, the physical self, do not do what your soul needs to do, you go against the current of your own soul and so you feel unhappy, miserable, and depressed. You’re not in alignment with yourself and so you worry.
When you’re flowing against the current of your soul, you know it by how you feel. It feels like anxiety, pressure, and resistance. You feel stuck, frustrated, anxious, helpless, restless, and powerless.
You must let go of worry to achieve flow.
Instead of worrying about the future or stressing over the past, focus on what's present. The present moment is the only place you'll find true happiness. In flow, you experience timelessness or a distorted sense of time because so many gifts are wrapped up in the present moment.
And when it comes to happiness and success, nothing is more important than flow. The most successful people in this world manage to think, say and do things that place them in an alignment where they have the energy of their soul and the universe as a whole backing and conspiring to bring them all they desire.
This is why it's important to be clear on your desires and move in the direction of it. The more conscious you are of your desires, the less you will work in resistance to it. It's impossible to be in the flow when you're not in alignment with your desires.
When you're not in the flow, you will take too long to take inspired actions. You must act fast on inspiration to be in alignment with yourself. You have five seconds to take an action when you feel the inspiration or it passes.
When you’re in the flow in alignment with yourself and the universe, you have feelings like inspiration, joy, excitement, passion, appreciation, and all the good and healthy feels. It’s the state where the soul says yes this is what I came here to do and there are no contradictory no’s somewhere deep within.
In that state, you forget the future uncertainties, the past failures, the current results, the pressures of life, and all the anxieties, stresses, and worries and you focus on yourself and the work you love doing. You let go of everything heavy and you completely immerse yourself in the present.
To get in the flow, you must put the way you feel above everyone and everything else. You must work yourself by bringing all parts of yourself to flow in one accord so that there’s no discord between the different parts of yourself. Imagine being in a boat on the river with someone and you both have paddles and you’re paddling upstream and the other person is paddling downstream, there would be chaos and resistance. You wouldn’t get anywhere. It’s going to be difficult to get into flow when you have contradictory thoughts, energy, and ideas within you.
You must reconcile yourself and find what brings you joy and follow it. Your joy is your north star to reaching flow states.
Your joy and other emotions will be the first thing to tell you whether or not you're in the flow. When you feel any resistance, you must resist taking action. Don’t take any action until you’re in alignment and in the right vibration to take them. Take forced action and you’ll work twice as hard when you yield an undesirable outcome. You must quiet the mind and be still until you’ve found peace and rest within you.
Flow combines the stillness of the mind with inspired action and if you are fully immersed in the present moment, your effort seems inspired and effortless with the least resistance accompanied by a razor-sharp focus and concentration.
The only way to achieve this is to let go of everything and focus on yourself.
Letting go means you stop swimming against the current of the stream of life and also against your soul current. Instead, you let go of control and you flow with the current.
When you’re in alignment, you feel it. It feels natural and not at all forced. It comes easily. You attract it because you are one with it. It feels good on the soul. It’s like flowing on a lazy river on a lazy afternoon. It also feels the same as fighting to hold on to something that's causing distress, and finally letting go and being impressed when the current takes you where you were meant to go.
Being in flow state is great but it’s important to understand that getting in the flow and in alignment with yourself and the universe is not something you do once and you stay there forever. Life will happen and things will cause you to get out of alignment, but you can always return to alignment and in flow. It's a choice to make daily. Over time with practice, being in flow becomes second nature.
When you flow along with the current of life, you align yourself with the universe and also with yourself. It’s the path of least resistance and on this path is where you see miracles, witness magic, and experience flow states. In flow, you’re one with your soul, the universe, and all that is.
The universe is one.
All beings in this universe are part of a larger organism and so all things are connected. We’re part of something bigger than ourselves. It will be difficult to be in flow when you're disconnected from the universe. It is the universe that leads you where you're meant to go and so you must be in flow with it so you hear its silent whispers of guidance.
To hear the universe, notice and follow synchronicities. It's the universe leading you where you're meant to go putting you in the right place at the perfect time.
By getting in the flow and getting there often, you discover your soul’s purpose and the highest truth of your life.
© 2022 Kimberly Fosu. All rights reserved.
Note: This article is only meant to provide spiritual guidance and lighthearted content.
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