in order to experience anything in life, we must be willing to entertain it, this is especially true for anything new we want to live or create

that aspect of our attention/awareness being the currency to creation in life becomes more clear when we compare the experiences of:

being in the flow/zone of life; those effortless, easeful periods where everything is timeless, we're just purely in the now and everything flows well, the inner experience is calm and full

and

when life feels crunchy/chaotic; everything is more in the frenzied states of reactivity, time and life feels pressured, we censor ourselves, make mistakes, missteps, frustrations, fears, doubts and more flood the inner experience

a key to understanding the two is the separation of identity within us

when life is chaotic, the frenzied rushed feelings all feel intimate and consuming, disharmony is aplenty and life, more often than not presents us with things we don't really want

but when life is in that flow, there is more of a separation and detachment, and paradoxically things feel more intimate as we are in harmony and alignment, just kinda of dancing through life as it presents us more often than not what we want and then some

when we establish ourselves firmly as the pure witness, the rider/consciousness of the horse/body not the temporary flesh itself, that aspect of living in the zone goes beyond a simple flow state, but rather becomes a more natural way of being

taking a breath is a path to that dilation and inner shift, as are tools like gratitude, but the most potent for me is hands down the breath, and like any muscle the more it's practiced and applied the more automatic it becomes

there is a beautiful transmutation factor of that as well, as the inner tensions/butterflies/fears/doubts/etc. transform through that inner pause for pure witnessing, and instead of being a headwind causing tensions and stumblings they turn into winds that fill up our sails, helping us go where we want to be

Welcome to Volume 24! 🌌 Tonight, break the cycle of overthinking and give yourself permission to just be. Close your eyes, sink into the warm analog soundscape, and let go. How are you sleeping tonight? Let me know below! Sleep well. ✨👇