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Flow Control

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'''Flow Control''' is a [[Connection Tehnique]]. It refers to the ability to ''control'' the thoughts that flow through the mind of the [[Physical Unit]], particularly the negative thoughts and emotions that can be amplified by powerful and intense [[Connection Experience]]s.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection''. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St.Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017</ref> For best effect, Flow Control must be combined with [[Flow Purification]].<ref>''[[Sosteric, Mike.]] Lightning Path Workbook Four -Archetypal Study and Flow Control Using the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System''. Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Notes==

To engage in Flow Control

* Redirect your attention, take deep breaths and distract your self. Listen to calming music, stare at a candle, hold a single positive thought in your mind by repeating an affirmation "I am strong, I am capable, I can handle the Flow."
* Willing the Flow of Consciousness to slow down. In other words, assert mental control over your thought process. Forms of connection practice like [[Transcendental Meditation]] are designed to train you to control the flow.

For more details on the LP practice of Flow Control, see ''[https://www.amazon.ca/Lightning-Path-Workbook-Three-Workbooks-ebook/dp/B06XJGLSY7/ Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection]''.

Flow control is a critical aspect of [[Connection Practice]]. Without flow control, thoughts derived either from the unconscious contents of your mind or from expanded/accelerating flow of [[Consciousness]] from [[The Fabric]] can run out of control, cause [[Fear]] or other forms of [[Connection Pathology]], and ultimately shut down the nascent [[connection]].

Lack of flow control interferes with [[Healing]] and [[Connection]] by putting the physical unit at the mercy of uncontrolled thought processes, by stripping the physical unit of the ability to focus on specific tasks (esp. in higher states of consciousness), and by facilitating easy external behavioural control (i.e. manipulation by others).

The practice of [https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/ Mindfulness]is a step towards the practice of Flow Control.

=== Concentration ===

* In Vedic teachings, Flow Control is conceptualized as concentration. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<ref>Patañjali. ''The Yoga-Sûtra of Patañjali: Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary''. Translated by Chip Hartranft, 2003.</ref>open with a discussion of the various influences which may corrupt Consciousness. The sutras advise extended and disciplined spiritual practice designed to still the bodily thought processes so that pure consciousness can shine through.
*Flow control may be facilitated by strengthening your ability to concentrate, by disciplining the mind and compelling it to "think of one thing at a time."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. ''Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West''. Routledge, 1948. p. 85.</ref>. Certain forms of meditative practice are designed to train the mind to focus and concentrate. <ref>Akhilananda, Swami. ''Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West''. Routledge, 1948. p. 104...</ref>
*Pantanjali

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Connection Intensity

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Connection Intensity''' refers to the level of intensity of a given [[Connection Event]]. The intensity of a connection event can range from mild to intense and even cosmic.
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==Connection Axis==

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==Notes==

According to Lang and Thalbourne, "the intensity of mystical experiences forms a progression that starts with quite general experiences of happiness, followed by enlightenment by a higher power, and ultimately leading to union with the Absolute." <ref>Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 130.</ref>

Ralph Waldo Emerson points to the varying intensity of connection experience. <blockquote>... The character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration-which is its rarer appearance -to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men, and makes society possible. <ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 269.</ref> </blockquote>

"...the intensity can range from a few moments of rapture to several hours of shattering psychological experience."<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 565.</ref>

Powerful events are dangerous events: "...it expands you, and if your body is not really healthy it can just blow your circuits out over and over and over again."<Ref>Bender, Courtney. The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. p. 71.</ref> See also [[Flooding]].

Timothy Leary recounts a short duration, high-intensity connection experience induced by [[Dimethyltryptamine]]. "Last fall a minister and his wife, as part of a courageous and dedicated pursuit of illumination, took a psychedelic biochemical called dimethyltryptamine. This wondrous alkaloid (which closely approximates serotonin, the natural "lubricant" of our higher nervous system) produces the most intense psychedelic effect of any sacramental food or drug. In 25 minutes (about the duration of the average sermon), you are whirled through the energy dance, the cosmic process, at the highest psychedelic speed. The 25 minutes are sensed as lasting for a second and for a billion-year Kalpa. After the session, the minister complained that the experience, although shattering and revelatory, was disappointing because it was "content-free"-so physical, so unfamiliar, so scientific, like being beamed through microscopic panoramas, like being oscillated through cellular functions at radar acceleration."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364. p. 342</ref>

Taylor and Egeto-Szazbo suggest that [[Awakening Experiencess]] range in intensity from low intensity experiences through medium intensity experiences and high-intensity experiences. <ref>Taylor, Steve, and Krisztina Egeto-Szabo. “Exploring Awakening Experiences: A Study of Awakening Experience in Terms of Their Triggers, Characteristics, Duration and After Effects.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 49, no. 1 (January 2017): 45–65. p. 45.</ref>

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Intense {{#ask:[[Is a strong::Connection Event]]}}

Types of experience, from least to most intensive, Insights/intuitive glimmers, Peak Experience, Mystical Glimpse, Mystical Visions, Revelations, transcendent experiences, permanent unions.

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Forced Connection

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'''Forced Connection''' is connection that occurs when [[Consciousness]] pushes itself into the body whether the body is ready or willing to receive it or not. Forced connections typically occur at times of personal, community, societal, or (now) global crises, particularly when the survival of the [[Physical Unit]], or the species, is in serious question (Book1). In cases when the only possibility of survival is increasing the level of Consciousness in the body so it can become aware, accountable, activate, and take action, Consciousness forces itself in
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Forced connection is not a pleasant process and it does not always work. By the time a person (or a planet, for that matter) hits rock bottom, they are so far gone that they could shade into oblivion after all.

Forced connection can be quite dangerous, both for the physical unit and for those that surround it. It is dangerous for the PU because it is hard, stressful, and comes at a time when the individual is at their most vulnerable and desperate. It is dangerous for others because sometimes the PU can snap under the emotional and psychological pressure brought about by forced awakening. When this occurs, and it will occur with increasing frequency as the planetary crises1 continues to worsen, various forms of [[Spiritual Catastrophe]] will ensue.

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Activation Challenge

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An '''Activation Challenge''' is a challenge that occurs when you "power up" the [[Physical Unit]] by clearing [[Chakras]] and activating [[Kundalini]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref></blockquote>

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Activation challenges can be broken down into [[Internal Activation Challenge|Internal Activation Challenges]] and [[External Activation Challenge|External Activation Challenges]].

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Money

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'''Money''' is abstracted [[Labour Time]]. Money is used instead of barter as a way of efficiently exchanging the labour of one person for another in [[Economy|economic exchange]].<Ref>Sosteric, Mike. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref> Formally we may say that Money = Labour Time.
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The value of all money in an economy is ideally determined by the amount of Labour Time that needs to be exchanged.<Ref>Sosteric, Mike. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>

Money can be "contained" in many forms. Gold bars, silver earrings, printed paper, and even tulips<Ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania</ref> can be used as a container abstracted human labour.

The amount of money contained in a specific container, like a gold bar, or a printed piece of paper, is its monetary value. A thousand-dollar bill has a monetary value of one thousand dollars. A gold bar with $2,500 has a monetary value of $2,500.

The '''labour-exchange value''' (or simply exchange value) of money is the amount of labour contained and exchanged in the specific monetary container. If a ten dollar bill gets me one hour of your labour, the exchange value of that bill is exactly one hour of labour.

As noted in ''Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy'', the monetary value of a container is a question of concordance.

"The value of money, or more accurately the total value of all money in a given economy, should be determined in relation to the total amount of labour being exchanged in an economy. That is, all the money in a society should be approximately equal to all the labour that is available to exchange."<Ref>Sosteric, Mike. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>

Money is a way to lubricate [social] exchange, so money is not inherently evil, it is inherently social—I would even say inherently good.<Ref>Sosteric, Mike. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press. 2016.</ref>

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