Going with the Flow of Life Is Not What You Think

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AVAlexander VolchekAwareness, observation, and perceptionChildren, parenting, and family lifeAwarenessCHChildrenThe Pacific Ocean

What is said here

• 00:00When we talk about going with the flow of life, is that good or bad? How does a person understand what it means to go with the flow of life? How can understanding this actually benefit us?The Pacific Ocean
• 01:14It is always cold, but still. Elsewhere, going five meters into the water puts your life at risk. Why? Because of the current. At the entrance to the beach there is a sign: “Rip current at this beach.”Time · Awareness
• 02:28All right, you swim farther out, start swimming sideways, and survive. I know people who go anywhere, head into the water, and start swimming, because they can endure the cold water of…Spirit · Karma
• 03:44Understand why these people are in your life, why you have these parents, these children, this husband or wife, this work. What is happening?California · Children · Wife
• 04:54That is what going with the flow means: being aware of reality. Here, for example, you can go outside, walk down the street, and film everything on a video camera—everything: any property, any people, in a cafe, everywhere…Altai · Children
• 06:04It means understanding what the current is like, that the water is still here. That is the point of life: you can swim here; you have the right to do it here.The Pacific Ocean · Awareness
• 07:19To learn to interact with your child, to go with the flow of life with your child—to go with the flow of life with your child—does not mean throwing them out into the street.Children · Time · Spirit
• 08:30If you get into a boat—a rowboat, for example—you will have to work all the time. Some stretches will be a little calmer, others a little harder.Time
• 09:39Then you can arrive at an incredibly deep understanding of these social phrases and sayings and, for the first time, take responsibility for your own life—truly take responsibility.Responsibility

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• 02:13

  If you enter water with a fast current, you need to understand that, at the very least, you could die because the water is cold, you will not be able to get back within twenty or thirty minutes, and that will kill you.

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 03:25

  Nature is only one part of the spiritual world, one part of what is happening in our lives.

  Alexander Volchekcausedefinition

• 03:30

  So when you go with the flow, you need to understand where you are, your reality, your character, your own causal connections, your karma, your heredity, and what is going to happen in your life.

  Alexander Volchekcauserecommendation

• 03:44

  Understand why these people are in your life, why you have these parents, these children, this husband or wife, this work.

  Alexander Volchekprinciple

• 05:41

  You need to understand that, with a particular river, you would be better off not entering it, because you will not be able to go with the current—you will smash your head.

  Alexander Volchekcauserecommendation

• 06:38

  Unfortunately, the issue is this: to go with the flow, you need to be an incredibly strong person.

  Alexander Volchekrecommendationprinciple

• 07:11

  So when people say “go with the flow,” it is much easier to learn to swim in a mountain river—much easier—than to interact.

  Alexander Volchekcomparison

• 07:49

  Going with the flow means being responsible, understanding their life, understanding what kind of spiritual being this is, what kind of system has entered your spiritual life.

  Alexander Volchekdefinition

• 08:38

  But even where it is calm, you still have to work, because you are on the water.

  Alexander Volchekcauserecommendation

• 09:21

  Because to go with the flow, you have to be incredibly joyful and developed.

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