Going with the Flow

Coming from a martial arts background, I often refer to ‘going with the flow’ not realising how easy it is for this simple phrase to be misunderstood. Some people take it that you should accept whatever life throws at you with equanimity; and that whatever is happening should be allowed to happen. It can be very confusing to know when to accept and when to take action to make changes.

When we have workshops, often the list of students will change, sometimes even at the last minute and it turns out that most of them have something in common to draw them together. We can rightly conclude that this is how it should be and that somehow there has been a natural flow that leads them to us.

There is always a natural flow in nature; streams flow downhill; plants start to come alive in springtime and birds make nests; in autumn we gather harvests; tides ebb and flow according to the cycles of the moon. There is a natural balance in ecology. When we become aware of the rules of nature, it helps us to recognise how we fit into the scheme so we can work with it.

Many years ago, I went on a weekend workshop where we stayed in tepees. I shared with another woman who snuggled down in her sleeping bag and fell fast asleep. I couldn’t seem to get comfortable; owls were hooting, animals were rustling in the undergrowth and it felt too strange and alien for me to sleep. The next night was totally different; during the day we had been doing meditations and some work outside, at night we were singing and praying in a sweat lodge. The sounds outside now sounded soothing and comforting and they lulled me to sleep. Now I was in synchronicity with nature and in the flow!

When things flow, you feel content. You feel supported by the Universe and happy with yourself for doing the right things in the right way. This self-love and self-satisfaction is what leads to feelings of bliss. If there is an inner dialogue justifying your actions, you may feel ‘good’ but there is still inner conflict and this is not contentment. What is missing is that integrity, wholeness, coherence, centredness, where you act as a whole and as part of the whole.

If a person or situation makes you feel uncomfortable, it may well be that they are acting as a mirror so that you can find your own issues and resolve them. When you are aware of this or find a person to enlighten or support you, you are in the flow and can start to feel better. If you refuse to act and continue to feel miserable with anger and blame towards the other you can expect everything to get worse. Our actions affect others. We need to be aware of this and account for it to avoid feelings of regret and sadness.

There may be situations in which you feel comfortable as your expectations are satisfied. For example, a cheap rental car was full of dints and scratches and is what you expected. You could drive off quite satisfied but if you later examined your documents and found that the car was passed to you ‘in perfect condition’ and you had to account for its condition on its return, this could cause you quite a lot of discomfort, worry and ultimately cost. Going with the flow is not accepting everything blindly. It requires awareness. Awareness can come from prior knowledge, alertness, intuition or feelings.

My martial art is Aikido, the way of spirit and harmony. Although I am now out of practice, the principles that I learnt the hard physical way still remain with me. Don’t over reach for anything – wait until you are in the right place at the right time. (Over reaching could be called trying as opposed to succeeding). You must be centred. (We could equally call this acting in coherence or with one mind). Know or see in your mind that whatever you are doing is already done. (Now we call this manifesting). There is an easy way if you work with all your minds. Then you can achieve the unbelievable. (We now see this in healing work, Reiki, Theta or Geneline Therapy).

The neo cortex or monkey mind wants to make everything hard and complicated because it is limited by reason and opinions. Once we get it all together it flows and is easy.

All these principles require a level of awareness and self control; a far cry from letting just anything happen.

 

 

I became a Theta Healing teacher in 2006 and started to develop further my intuitive gifts and understanding of psychic phenomenum. A three-week Intuitive Anatomy workshop in Kerela, India not only gave me the ability to scan the body psychically but also to pick up on past lives for other people. I’ve used and developed this gift ever since. I produced the book, Past Life Influences based on my experiences. As we started to focus on healing genetic patterns in clients, the phrase ‘emotional feedback loops’ repeated insistently through my head until I made a point of understanding what it was all about. So you see I have a wonderful team out there somewhere guiding and supporting me in my work. I hope that I can be of some help in guiding and assisting you too.

My websites are:
Hypnos Healing
Past Lives with Wendy