Being in the Flow is Like the Big “O”

The other day I went to the post office around 11:30 a.m. and returned to work on my new E Book. Before I knew it, it was 4:30 p.m. Where had the day gone? I couldn’t remember.

Sometimes I write a post in the morning and when I am done I am aware that the clock moved forward, but I was unaware of the minutes. I sit back and look at the piece I wrote and tell my self it is amazing. Not another person in the world might agree, but at the moment it doesn’t make a difference. I did it for me. The satisfaction is so immense that it keeps me coming back like good sex.

You have had experiences where time passes but you are unaware. You often say, where did the day go? Ever have a conversation and pretty soon five hours have passed. How about reading a good book you can’t put down.  We see movies that have us on the edge of our seat.

Being in the flow or the zone feels like total suspension of the left brain. You are in the emotional, creative, intuitive zone of the right brain. You are not thinking of logical steps, or organizational needs, scheduling, or why some things don’t make sense. Good movie makers have developed the art of taking you to their lair of total emersion.

You are not worrying about the economy or concerned about why the U.S. is at war or feeling sorry for people that are poor and starving. You are connected to universal energies that connect you to an object of interest like a laser. There is nothing outside the beam.

I have played sports where a few times I was in the zone. My motor skills were perfect and the world outside my focus did not exist. I could feel I was doing well but I was more excited by the fact that I was so absorbed. I did not want anything or anyone to distract my concentration. I wanted to stay in the cocoon for as long as possible.

The highest order of Emotional Intelligence is working in the Flow according to Daniel Goleman who wrote a book called Emotional Intelligence. The flow is usually in an area of competence that we have mastered or al least practiced ad infinitum. Then we begin to experience our work by concentrating on what ever it is and our mind takes over as if on automatic control.

I think we could set our lives to live in the flow. Having just an interest is not quite enough. We have to have a commitment to something that gets 110% of our focus at times. We have to work at it until we are developing some competence. It has to be something that we practice or in which we engage frequently.

In our lives, we have to be able to focus on our interest without major distractions. It would be enhanced with a near perfect diet that doesn’t allow digestion to become a major factor in our day. It would include fitness so that our brains are fully stimulated with alpha and beta waves. The brain would not have too little or too much dopamine that regulates it perfectly before anxiety creates adrenaline.

In our lives, we would minimize our daily distractions or be able to put them in a box. It is best achieved by minimizing all those little activities that one at a time tear from our capacity like cell phones, emails, text messages, TV, and the news.

Eliminating distractions is almost as important as practicing our habits. Then our days become filled with proper eating, exercise, creativity and engaging in our area of focus.   Falling away are the ills of poor health, electronic and digital addictions, distracting world events, and non essential activities.

In the world of flow, distractions disappear but it is easier to get into flow if there are not too many to begin with. Then there is only you and the object of your desire.

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