Positivity: The Zone
Seek things that can put you in the zone.
What is the zone? The zone is that place where you are in perfect harmony with the universe. You aren’t thinking, you are just being. Whatever you might be doing while in the zone is often effortless, seems impossibly easy, and is immensely positive.
A lot of different references to the idea of the zone have been made throughout history. Miyamoto Musashi in his Book of Five Rings referred to the zone as “the place of no mind”. Some people call it the void. Some call it nirvana. However you might refer to it, the zone is the ultimate place of the here-and-now and nowhere all at once.
Too often we get focused on the past or looking towards the future. We neglect being in the now, we don’t mind where we are at this moment. Or, conversely, we see the now based on the results of past and future, as we feel down or concerned or anxious or nearly any other negative feeling.
When we are in the zone, we are completely present but still detached. Athletes reference this state of being most frequently, that place where the muscle memory takes over and instead of overthinking you just move through.
Meditation is a great way to get yourself into the zone, but by no means the only way. When you are sitting still, when you are taking a walk, when you are working out at the gym, when you are showering before going to work you can get yourself into the zone, perfectly present yet detached and able to generate immense positivity.
How can you be both present and detached? By not letting emotions, in especial negative emotions, dominate your thought. We often get caught up in our emotions, concerns about past actions, worries about upcoming events, coping with people or events we dread either past or present. But when we are in the zone we can be in the present in thought alone, detached from emotion.
Yes, I frequently write about the need to think, feel and act to manifest. However, its easy to overthink, overfeel, and even overact. You think past the idea to the pitfalls and potential problems. You feel good about one thing, but bad about how others might react. When you act you do so beyond just intention, but into unnecessary steps that either do not help or in truth hinder the goal.
In the zone you can be wholly present but detached, and that is always positive. Why? Because it is a place of peace and utter calm where action and thought just feel good, and no other emotion intrudes. We are ultimately empowered when we find the zone, and we should strive to be there more often.
In the here-and-now in the manner getting into the zone brings us, that is what pure positivity feels like.
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that we can all find ways to get into the zone, or the place of no mind, or the void, whatever you call it, we can strive to reach it. When we get ourselves to that place, we can feel pure positivity, and with that we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the one hundred thirty-second entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
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