Getting into your Song
Throughout The Return of the Dragon book series, a major underlying theme concerns a person finding their Song or true path in life.
When I came up with this storyline, I decided to amalgamate two different concepts: State of Flow and Spiritual Flow. We have all heard the reference to being in the flow. A wonderful moment that feels so right when you are doing something, and you lose yourself in it. Being in the flow of your Song is a singular experience that is a wonder, a point lost in time that can feel like the perfect moment. Cassie often finds herself purposefully entering a trigger point that allows her to immerse herself into her Song; by this emersion, she gains guidance on the direction to take.
What does the flow mean?
The flow is when you enter a state of mind at such a deep level that time seems to fade. You reach a subconscious level that allows you to be completely immersed in what you are doing. The results are an optimal experience and allow you to achieve an enhanced performance. So, how does that differ from Spiritual Flow? Spiritual flow is the belief that when you are at that level, you tap into a greater knowledge. This is referred to by different names depending on your beliefs: God’s will, the Akashic Records, cosmic memory, eternal consciousness, the collective consciousness (Jung) and many more.
The easiest definition of this is how the Akashic Record states it:
In Theosophy and Anthroposophy, The Akashic Records are a compendium of all human events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future. They are believed by Theosophists to be encoded in a non-physical plane of existence known as the etheric plane. There are anecdotal accounts, but there is no scientific evidence of the existence of the Akashic Records.
Akasha is the Sanskrit word for ‘Aether’ ‘Sky or Atmosphere’ as defined by Wikipedia.
So what does the mean in plain terms?
The Akashic Records is a belief within the Hindu text or Sanskrit that there is an all-knowing ‘consciousness’ that can be accessed to gain information about past, present, and future events.
I decided to reference this in the series as ‘The Song’ because it seemed so right and could be widely relatable. When you listen to the right song, you can lose yourself in it, and it can take you to a different level of consciousness. We can do the same thing in our lives; the state of flow can be triggered by the right conditions. Cassie easily goes into the flow when she is doing what she loves: creating glass. Sometimes, we all need to look at what allows us to enter the flow and what our trigger points are. Another way to achieve flow, as seen in the book and in life, is through meditation and the mindful practice of eliminating all distractions.
I often wonder, if we were to take more time to do what feels right for us and enter the state of flow, how our direction in life would change.
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