The Flow State of Consciousness

Examining the Temporal States of Focus

There is a state of mind that everyone is familiar with known is "Being in the Moment" or "Being in the Zone"   In positive psychology, this is called a Flow State of consciousness.    

Consciousness is dimensional in nature, and present in all matter.   At a basic level, the awareness of the first three dimensions of space are the most fundamental, which we tend to take for granted and treat as a singular entity (3D Matter - Height, Width, Depth)   The conscious expansion into these dimensions, and control over matter is a fundamental growth of consciousness.    The 4th Dimension of Time is a promotion up from the 3rd and encompasses an infinite continuum of states of the 3D material world.   

Control Your Conscious Focus
Our "Human Consciousness" is generally focused on these four dimensions of space and time.   Often we end up spending much of our consciousness focused on the past - mulling over past events of the day, the week, or longer periods.   Some people get "stuck in a moment" and focused on revisiting and reanalyzing that moment, or a series of events that they regret, or admire.   Other people may choose to spend as much time focusing on the near future, or even visualizing far future events (possible states of the 3D world and the person's activities that may create causal actions to change the future) 

Athletes and musicians and people with highly creative occupations may spend more of their conscious focus on the "flow of the now".   In this state, the whole of the person's consciousness is focused on the moment of the now, and perhaps the very near future, measures in just seconds or milliseconds, when considering athletes and musicians that must exhibit extreme temporal dexterity.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

https://youtu.be/v8-1LWdSSYI?t=2546

David Bohm
Physicist, Conscious Researcher, Philosopher

"Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement. That is to say, one can feel a sense of flow in the stream of consciousness not dissimilar to the sense of flow in the movement of matter in general. May not thought itself thus be a part of reality as a whole? But then, what could it mean for one part of reality to 'know' another, and to what extent would this be possible?"

Harry Mack
Musical Artist, Freestyle Rapper

"One of the qualities of flow state is distortion of time.  That happens all the time to me... I feel like I've just started freestyling and then the beat ends, and its been three and a half minutes... and I can't believe it - it feels like its been 30 seconds. "

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Theologian, Writer, Speaker

"Living in the present is an instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it."

Sam Harris
Neuroscientist, Philosopher

"How we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the character of our experience and, therefore, the quality of our lives. Mystics and contemplatives have made this claim for ages — but a growing body of scientific research now bears it out."

Sam Harris
Neuroscientist, Philosopher

"The reality of your life is always NOW. And to realize this, we will see, is liberating. In fact, I think there is nothing more important to understand if you want to be happy in this world."

Carlo Rovelli
Theoretical Physicist

"For a hypothetically supersensible being, there would be no “flowing” of time: the universe would be a single block of past, present, and future."