natural spirituality has three core experiences each experience has an associated practice and faculty this video is about the core experience of flow [Music] for experience number one flow practice surrender faculty mind surrender is mental to be in flow we must surrender to what is surrender does not mean defeat or giving up but entails acceptance of those things we don't have control over we don't have control over another person's thoughts or actions nor can we have ultimate control over collective ideas and habits we have no control over ultimate reality and things like natural law the universe and all life forms within it operate in certain ways we can influence natural laws but we can never actually change their inherent structure an example of this is the law of death everything dies eventually we can influence the natural law of death by exerting control over its timing for us through things like careful and healthy living that death is a natural law that no one can escape without acceptance of things as they actually are we live lives of delusion and fantasy without our feet being firmly grounded we create chaos and imbalance both for ourself and those we come in contact with we are social creatures to survive our species requires cooperation and there can be no cooperation where another person's reality is not acknowledged and validated in conjunction with our own to have the capacity to be aware of another's reality as it actually exists for them we first have to have the capacity to attune to our reality as it actually exists for us this means accepting and acknowledging the parts of our self and our lives that are painful those parts that we'd rather avoid to do this we have to connect with our emotions and bodily sensations just as much as we connect with our minds if we take an honest look at our life and tap into our baseline emotional state most of us will find things like deep pain disappointment anger and dissatisfaction this is our true reality our mind does a nice job of telling us things like you shouldn't feel this way or you have a great life so stop being ungrateful when we disregard our feelings we fragment ourselves giving control of our lives over to only one part of our being a part that actually does a very poor job of guiding and protecting us as it gives us recycled and sometimes even self-abusive counsel the reason the mind is not the best guide for life is that it is made up of the other other people's ideas opinions etc the body is closer to being 100 us and can therefore never really lie to us or lead us astray we know better than anyone else what is best for us and our body and emotions are pure and contaminated sources of feedback the mind exerts dominance out of the need for security when we give up control of our lives over to our emotions and bodies it can be scary at first but this is when we begin to experience flow flow is reality flow is the ultimate dance of interdependence and cooperation by accepting our own truth using our emotions and body as feedback we tap into reality as it actually exists for us once we've made this shift from mind to heart based living then we can see and accept the reality of any other as well through connecting with our authentic self we realize that everyone is different with different realities this makes us aware of all the different realities that exist including cosmic realities awareness of the infinite realities in existence teaches how to be in flow which is simply the process of being in touch with our reality in conjunction with the realities of all others including god itself being in flow we learn how to be flexible and dance with life instead of avoiding it through control and denial if you like this content and would like to see this channel grow be sure to subscribe and like videos as these actions help youtube's algorithm make this channel's content available to a larger audience you
