@adhiantos
This concept may sound really absurd but I've experienced it many times! I realised that the more I try to control something to go my way (or a certain way), the more likely it won't go that way haha. But when we let the flow happen, I think it also helps us to improve our creativity and skill and challenge us to become more agile and tactile. In a spiritual PoV I think this has something to do with our attachment? Like the more we're attached to something, the more disappointed we can become (if we don't get it). But on the contrary, by not being attached we leave more space (and energy) to embrace things coming our way (and thus, enter flow together with them). Just my two cents :D
@cairn369
stop forcing, not stop trying.
@RockReynolds
Interesting topic. What this video calls “stop trying”, I call “become calm”. --- I can WILL myself, into “becoming calm”. It took decades for me to REALIZE that “becoming calm” and “remaining calm”, are the KEY to an enjoyable existence. --- I’m 70-years-old. I have developed a profound understanding, that “challenging situations” are THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES to remain “Calm”. As a youth, I was a believer in “Trying Hard”. --- If I only knew then, what I know now……. --- As a youth, I equated “Trying Hard” to “being as tense as I could be”. --- When I started Driving, I always clutched the steering wheel as tightly as I could, thinking that I was in “Highest Control” when I grabbed the tightest. Spoiler Alert: Man, was I WRONG!!! My Life changed profoundly at age 35, when I started my 17 years of “Old Time Fiddle Lessons”. --- I had “played” (if you wanna call it that) the fiddle for about 6 years PRIOR to the lessons. Just as in my youth, I grabbed the bow as tightly as I could, and moved my bowing arm as tightly as possible, worrying about every finger placement. Additionally I concentrated so intently on the “Mechanics”, I spent ZERO TIME listening to the SOUNDS I was making. --- On my very first lesson, I “played” a tune, after which my newfound Instructor said harshly, “You’re doing everything WRONG.” --- I never became a great Fiddle Player, but I vastly improved over the 17 years. I learned that “intensity” is NOT the “Solution”, but instead, the “Solution” is “CONTROL”. Further, “Control” is achieved with the “MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH”, NOT "the Maximum”. --- The Fiddle Lessons taught me to Drive, grabbing the steering wheel as LIGHTLY as possible. The “muscle pains” in the middle of my back while I drove, DISAPPEARED after I switched to a “Light Grip” on the steering wheel. CONCLUSION: What this Video calls “Stop Trying”, would more accurately be stated as “Stop Trying PHYSICALLY”, or, “CALM DOWN!!!” --- Keep your mind ALERT and FOCUSED. --- I found it somewhat challenging at first, to SEPARATE “Physical Calm” from “Mental Calm”. --- A Tip for “Being Physically Calm” but “Mentally Focused”: TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE! At least, DESIGNATE TIME to yourself, when your Cell Phone does not Dominate your life. Let your friends know that you will be UNAVAILABLE at certain times, and DISCOVER how GLORIOUS existence can be, WITHOUT a Cell Phone. Good Video.
@VixenTekken
I just want to thank this channel for being there when I was in the lowest phase of my life. This year had been very tough for me.... I was preparing for an important exam... I had no job.. I used to see my friends progressing in their lives while my life had come to a stand still. It was too frustrating, spending my whole day studying at home and waiting for the results. This channel gave me the strength I needed to withstand this difficult situation... definitely saved me from falling into depression. My results are out now and I have topped the exam. I just wanted to share my story with you all and pray that whoever is struggling right now will definitely succeed. Just surrender everything to the universe and the universe will bring everything to you.
@SUCCESSCHASERS
Releasing the need to be perfect is what paradoxically often leads to perfection. Thank you for another great video :)
@noxplay4906
I felt like this after praying to God and meditating and not gonna lie, not caring about the outcome of anything and not desiring anything, that profound feeling literally made me break down into tears. The power of spirituality
@the-engneer
Ive been playing music for 20 years, and making music for about 12 year's, and just recently learned that if i quit caring about criticism and just put out what I want i am more proud of my work and can take negative feedback so much better. Instead of looking at old projects as a failure i look at it as a way to improve
@JoeyDirts
I experience the flow state when I'm playing drums, guitar, bass guitar, dancing, playing any sport, playing my favourite video game, when I'm meditating, when I'm talking about spirituality to people, when I'm out in the garden doing heavy labor or when I'm doing a workout. In a way, I kind of constantly strive for the flow state. This started from a very young age after experiencing that feeling playing football. As I got older I wanted to feel that in everything I do.
@LotoDhamma
I like Ajahn Brahms saying ''Doing it is easy, thinking about it is the hard part.''
@davidtollefson8411
As a musician I understand the flow state. Constructed an entire song from scratch in two hours the other day without really thinking about it.
@davedubuk
As a computer programmer, I regularly drop effortlessly into a flow state. The part in the video about too hard > anxiety and too easy > boredom resonates very strongly - I experience this weaving in and out of the flow state many times during a typical day. The really interesting thing with this relatively extreme example of a flow state is the loss of perception of the passing of time - without exaggeration, many hours can pass in what feels like a few minutes...
@johnroman4608
Don’t force anything - especially if u don’t want it. Flow with some thing u want, that will add value to your life ! .. great video dude once again 👏🏼👊
@ReyZar666
one of the key component that i find in my life useful to reach such a state is to be at peace with my own life, and letting in a way the path to resolve for it self after all i know where i am heading, all i have to do is to live it and stay true to my own goals
@barnaclefelching4079
This is just the truth, a hidden truth, an unknown known, a difficult yet easily achievable wonder, so paradoxical and so valuable. Thank you for communicating something seemingly uncommunicable so comprehensively. You are wonderful ❤️
@mattisvov
This channel's videos on Wu Wei, Daoism, and related topics honestly changed my life. I am dealing with a host of mental issues, Autism being the least of them. For a long time, this meant I had a hard time dealing with everyday tasks such as cleaning, cooking etc. My home looked like, pardon the invective, shit. And living in a ugly, inefficient environment didn't do my mental state no favors. Then I saw that video and contemplated Wu Wei. Ended up even buying a translation of Dao De Jing and Zuan ZI. And started cleaning, sorting, throwing away. Bought myself a drill so I could hang up some little hooks to hang stuff on. Biked to the recycling center daily for a while. And now I live in a quite charming apartment. And have switched to a partly vegetarian diet that is both healthier, cheaper and tastier than the eggs-and-bacon-for-lunch-TV-dinner-for-supper diet I had before. Also lost weight. Went from obese to what barely qualifies as a dad bod. That was never even a goal. it just happened. TLDR: Thanks.
@ThisIsTori_
There’s moments where I’m in flow then I all of a sudden think, “WOW IM REALLY FOCUSED AND DOING GREAT!” annnnd it, of course, pulls me out of it. Lol
@zackh1798
I think it's this: you can't activate the flow state. The flow state is about feeling the reality around you. The key word is feeling. Feel the action flowing. Know what they are knowing. Observe what they are showing. Forever feel it flowing.
@Skypad00
I experienced flow state yesterday while driving. It was the lack of bad traffic, distracting music and the presence of beautiful nature that made me achieve it. I never felt so happy in a long time.
@AvoidTheCadaver
many years ago, I drove through northern Scotland during some snow. The highway was blanketed in about 30cm of snow such that the road surface could not be seen. There were no street lights and my windscreen had iced up such that I could only look out a small patch of ice free windscreen through which I could just see the red lights of the cars ahead of me. An earlier vehicle had driven ruts into the snow and I was driving in them, as were the 5 cars ahead of me. I could not pull over to clear my windscreen as I could not see where the side of the road was. All 6 cars began to drive as one, none overtook the other but instead all keeping the same speed and braking together like a snake wending its way over a snow covered road all the while I was peering through this small ice free patch of glass. My friend had fallen asleep in the passenger seat and rather than becoming worried, I just let myself react without thinking to the cars ahead of me. I drove like this for 4 hours before we finally reached the outskirts of Edinburgh and I could pull into a service station for fuel..
@melodiousdoc5352