In his book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Dr. Joe Dispenza describes the state of “being in flow” where you get so focused that you become unaware of the outside world and time seems to go by in an instant. He says that when he comes out of this state of flow, he always feels wonderful and refreshed.
I love getting into a state of flow. That is when I know that Spirit is working with, for, and through me. The rush of creative energy and the connection with Source is great and produces the best of my writing. However, when I snap back out of the state of flow, I do not share Dr. Dispenza’s experience of feeling wonderful and refreshed.
Instead, after being in a prolonged state of flow, I feel like I have been completely detached from my body and badly need grounding. My whole body will have an uncomfortable, buzzy feeling. I am often stiff from sparce physical movement. It happens most frequently when I am writing, typing at my computer, and my eyes are always tired and sore afterward.
When I return to the full power of my physical senses after being in a state of deep spiritual awareness and connection, it is just not a comfortable transition for me. Maybe I need to learn to stay in my body more during the spiritual connection, but at this point in my development, trying to tether myself to my body inhibits that state of flow for me. I have found ways to make the transition less uncomfortable, though.
First, I am sure to attend to my physical needs before I try to do creative, healing, or meditative work. I drink water, feed myself if I need to, go to the restroom, and stretch and move. I know that I will be out of touch with my physical body for a while and so attending to my needs before I get started assures that when I return to my attention to my body it will not be experiencing any dire need.
After I have attended to my physical needs, I proceed with whatever spiritual work I was planning. When I am fortunate, I get into a state of flow while working or that sweet spot of meditative focus. After I am through and ready to return my attention to my physical self, I immediately check in with my body to assess my needs.
I take care of any immediate needs I may feel and drink a glass of cold water, then head outside to put my feet on the ground, breathe fresh air, and let my gaze drift naturally and comfortable back and forth from the distant trees and horizon to my own back yard. I often feel moved to shake out any tension in my body with intuitive movements.
By the time I go back inside I feel fully, and comfortably, connected with my body again. At this point, I do feel wonderful and refreshed. I have benefited from my time of complete spiritual connection as well as the time I have grounded in my physical body and have reached a perfect place of balance.