Last week we set up two pieces of furniture in our new home that we recently moved into: a Book Shelf and a Mandir (a space for praying). While we had moved into our home a few weeks ago, some cartons containing books and prayer materials were still lying packed because we needed suitable furniture to unpack them into. Earlier this week we received the new Bookshelf and the Cupboard that we planned to use as the Mandir. And over the last 2-3 days we unpacked the cartons and set up both the Bookshelf and the Mandir as you can see in the pictures. It felt good!
There is something amazing about the state of order in our mind and how it correlates with Flow & our Happiness. When we sense that things are in order we feel good intrinsically and our mind can reach a state of Flow. We experience this restoration of order in both trivial and significant aspects of our life and our flow is restored to a similar extent.
Say, we feel a bit low on energy and we have a cup of tea or coffee… with order restored, we are ready to go for another couple of hours! Something a little more significant may be for example, when we are late in getting to the airport to catch a flight. We manage to make it in time, but barely, and guess what! Now we have a few minutes before the flight starts boarding. Order is restored! A higher degree of disturbance may be caused by a loved one falling sick, and the doctor says surgery may be needed to release the swelling in the wound. On the way to the operation theatre somehow the wound opens up naturally and the pressure is released, the surgery is averted. Order is restored!
Similarly, we may have positive Flow experiences when a higher sense of order is achieved: For example, when I was teaching my daughter how to cycle, after running along with her supporting her bicycle, I let go and she managed to keep going on her own. In that moment, both she and I experienced a higher sense of order and flow! Or recently, when I was working with my coaching alliance partners preparing to submit a proposal to my new potential client, the client got back with a confirmation that they would like to go ahead. My partners and I were lifted to a higher state of Order and Flow!
When was the last time you experienced Order and Flow?
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Hi Anuj ,
Really liked “Order and Flow “ .Your writing resonated with that intrinsic need for us to have order and flow in all aspects of our life . On the other hand chaos and deadlocks can be disruptive and Sap us of our energy !