How many of us can say that we ‘go with the flow’ in our lives? We often hear people telling us to
‘go with the flow’ but what does it mean and why should we practice this.
Going with the flow of life leads us to be in
flow, a state of being where we feel happier, more centred, more in
control and more aligned with our True Self.
Looking at this from most people’s perspective the concept
of ‘going with the flow’ is hard to
apply – why? Because they feel that they have little or no control over their daily lives. The majority of
people work for companies who tell them
when they need to be at their desks, when they can take their lunch breaks,
what they have to do, when they can go home and when they have permission to take holiday time. For nine or more hours a day their lives are
run by schedule and that leaves no time for them to go with the flow. When you
put it down on paper, the way companies treat people is like a modern day slave-
the wage slave. Sadly this is the archetype of 20th /21st
century, albeit one that has chosen to be in that position.
If someone was selling you the concept of working for
a company and you had no idea what it was, and you were told that you had to
give up your personal freedom in return for money, would you agree to it? I am
sure that most people would not agree to have their lives run by other people, but
that is exactly what is happening on a grand scale all over the world. The
majority of people have handed over their personal power to the company they
work for in return for money as compensation for surrendering control of their
own lives to outside forces. Companies will have training courses to tell
employees how to think in the way they
want you to think, respond in a certain way and act in the way they want you to
act and this dilutes people’s own intuition and stops them thinking for
themselves. While it is important to have training in the area of work you are
in, I believe that some companies are also trying to control how their
employees think and behave. Just the same as our education system trains us all
to go into the world of work and be a good employee who adheres to systems,
protocols and processes. I used to be
one of those wage slaves until I got made redundant and realised what a trap it
was and how it was detrimental to my quality of life. I was not able to go with the flow to think independently for
myself and to make decisions based on intuition because of my situation.
However, the choice to work for a company was my own and so I cannot blame
anyone for this. You always have a
choice and can decide to ‘choose again.’
I am going to say something that might surprise you,
but I have to say that I have found it to be truth that when you surrender and go with the flow you gain control over your life. It may sound like a contradiction
but in actual fact it is not. Let me explain by giving you a few examples.
Think
of a time you knew you need to get up very early in the morning and get to work
for say 7am. Did you sleep well the night before? Were you able to fall asleep
even if you sent yourself to bed at 9pm, or were you still tossing and turning
for hours before you finally dropped off to sleep? I am sure I know the answer
to these questions because we have all been in that situation. When you force your
body to do something that it is not wanting to do, or when it is not in ‘the
flow’. It will resist and resistance causes pain and suffering. You are forcing
your body to do something against its will and it is reacting. You don’t feel
in control because you were not able to sleep when you wanted to sleep and you
will feel exhausted physically and mentally. When you don’t need to get up
early and don’t have to be in bed a certain time you will often go to bed more
relaxed and have a better night’s sleep because you have surrendered to
sleeping when your body feels tired and you are not worrying about having to
sleep. Think of some of the best nights out you have had: I can be certain that
most of those were unplanned and were ones where you just ‘went with the flow’.
When we do this we allow for so many more possibilities of fun because we
aren’t forcing or trying to control the situation.
When you are asked to do something at work that you
don’t want to do and are told you have to do it now. It will be ever so
difficult for you to do, it will take hours and it won’t be done to a high
standard. This is because you are not in the flow to complete that work at that
time, so everything will be against you.
On the other hand, if you are asked to do something you love, remember
that feeling of absolute happiness and excitement as you think about what you
are going to do and you complete it easily and quickly and do a really great
job. This is when you are in the flow
and are doing something that you enjoy, at that moment you have the inspiration and creative energy flowing through you at
that time to complete the task. When you follow your bliss you are doing
things that are enriching and feeding your soul at a very deep level. When you do things you don’t care for it is
detrimental to your soul and creative energy force. It cuts off your intuition, higher insights and inspiration. Your
thoughts become slow and muddied and you lack clarity and clear thinking. You
are easy to take advantage of because you are weak and vulnerable and will be
easily influenced.
How to ‘Be in Flow’
If you are now thinking, well I am in this situation
and I want to know what I can do about it. I will give you some guidance as to
how to improve your current situation to be more ‘in the flow’ to regain more
control of your life.
You firstly need to take back your personal power and
the best way to do this is to become
knowledgeable. The old adage knowledge
is power is true. If you show that you have knowledge about your role,
business or subject area, then people will listen to you and they will be less
likely to want to control you and you will be given more autonomy. Share knowledge with your colleagues as
sharing knowledge is a way to help everyone take back their personal power and
feel more in control. Another way of taking back your personal power that is
even more powerful than knowledge is truth.
When you are in your truth, nothing can touch you. You are a force to be
reckoned with. In fact if you work for a company which is two-faced , political
and doesn’t have your best interests at heart, you might be seen as a bit of a
thorn in their side but don’t let that put you off. You will soon shine light
on any darkness and make it disappear. Standing in your truth is being in
integrity and aligning with your soul is so good for you. If you work for a
decent company that has integrity then this will elevate you even higher and
you will feel the benefit of this from the universe as it reflects back to you
what you put out – as within so without.
The knock-on effect of this will be that you are more in flow and are able to
action things in Divine timing, when you feel the need to do it and not be at
the mercy of outside forces and circumstance.
The main principals to
‘Being in the Flow’
These are the basic principals I apply to my life that
helps me to be in the flow. My life
certainly runs more smoothly when I apply them. There will be obstacles that
crop up and throw you a curve ball, as this is the way things are in this world
(the law of cause and effect and balance – I will talk about the universal laws
in another post) but I can say that these are pillars of truth that allow for
Divine flow to take place in your life.
1.
Follow your intuition – when you get the intuition to call someone,
then do it quite often that person will be thinking of you or will require your
help. Go and pick that book up you saw at the book store that caught your eye,
it most likely has the answers to some questions you have been asking. You will
see that friends kind words, answers, money, love, synchronistic meetings,
opportunities and all sorts of other fantastic things fall into your lap
without you even having to make much effort when you follow your intuition
2.
Follow your bliss – when you see it’s a
lovely sunny day and you get the urge to go for a walk then just do it – don’t
worry that you have the washing up to do or those emails to write, just go for
the walk and do it when you come back. You will find you have more inspiration
and energy to do those tasks when you return and you will feel in a much better
frame of mind
3.
Follow your inspiration – I only write a blog
post when I get the inspiration for a topic to write about. I don’t say to
myself that I must post a blog post
every week and must write it on Monday and work on it for three hours as that
is a form of resistance and will not lead to a helpful or beneficial post for
my readers or for myself. I just allow the inspiration to come and work on my
blog when I feel the creative force and flow coming through me, this way it
gets done in half the time and will be a much better quality post than if I
force myself to do it
4.
Take inspired action – Going with the flow doesn’t
mean that you just let yourself be carried along with whatever is happening in
your life– don’t get caught up in dramas or things of a lower nature, always
make sure you are coming from a higher place. You must take inspired action to
be in flow, not simply be tossed about like a row boat on the ocean. Go with
the flow of your higher nature and take action accordingly by acting on the
three principals that I have mentioned above.
I do hope that this helps you to become more attuned
to your higher senses of inspiration and intuition and this allows you to be
more aligned with your soul’s desires so you can be in the flow for a greater part of your life. You will start to
notice that your life is happier, more blissful and less stressful than before
and you feel more in control.
I look forward to hearing your comments.
