Maninder

On purity of focus

On being able to maintain the state of flow

On being able to access it 

How might we think about getting there – This is a million dollar question. One that almost anybody with a creative intent will most often like to explore. There are some that take to extreme stimuli, bunging jumping, cliff jumping, rope walking and the likes to reach such a stage. Others take to activities of devotion, of constant repitition, where if you are lucky you do tend to get to that space. Sportsmen often speak of it.

I like to think of it as when everything is in perfect balance. 

One man that I have seen in form flow like water is Bruce Lee. The precision in guided motion is perhaps what attracts me the most about it. An ability to transcend from one activity to the other while maintaining laser sharp focus for an extended period of time.

This is the work of the monks, the secrets behind their faces and the unspoken but only realized state that tends to draw me in the most. It is as if the silence portrays some kind of control and that pursuit is simply fascinating and perhaps the true meaning of happiness, built upon the conquering of one’s own wild mind.