Red Rock Is The Vehicle
Since “Red Rock” is now live in the Earth Journeys collection on Lotimus, I thought it’d be sort of groovy to tell you about what this piece of content is meant to do for you.
One. At nearly 28 minutes, it’s our longest track yet. If you’re eager for a long-form hero’s journey you can completely disappear into, this is it. You start out in a slot canyon someplace in the high desert, with nothing but a crude topographical map, and before you’re finished journeying, you will have been marked by a mysterious shamaness, time-traveled through a giant rock arch, and taken your place in a quiet fireside circle flanked by humans who seem more like characters straight out of myth or legend. This journey has a major story arc, and you are its main character.
Two. When minute 28 hits, you’re likely to be in one of two states: deep sleep; or alpha—otherwise known as a Flow state.
You’ve heard of Flow, right? It’s the word coined by positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (don’t even try). These days, people chase Flow states with the expectation that if they can create the right triggers, they can enter Flow. How would your life be different if you could effortlessly acquire a meditative practice that had the potential to lead you into a deep Flow state? In an interview with Wired magazine, Csikszentmihalyi was asked to define Flow, and this is how he described it:
“Being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.”
Of course it should come as no surprise that meditation can trigger Flow. In a PositivePsychology.com article on the phenomenon, psychologist Catherine Moore writes, “Through meditation one may connect to their full creative power. This gives one the ability to shift into an altered state at will. Through consistent training one can program the mind to tune out distractions, whether internal (nervousness, fear of failure) or external (crowd noise, other competitors, weather conditions) without holding on to them or paying any attention to them.”
When it comes to sitting for a mind journey, never mind that the actions, the movements, and the skill displays are imaginal! If you’re experiencing it as real, then your brain reads it as real. There’s nothing pretend about the 28 minutes you’ll spend as the survivalist in “Red Rock.” You’re there, baby, and you’re in Flow.
Three. Creating meditative moments that feel like journey experiences is all our craft over here. And doing it at a level that surpasses everything your story-loving, music-craving, tech-addicted mind might have come to expect in 2021 is the juice that powers this venture and all the work that happens inside it.
Time For A Listen!
If you’re not yet subscribed, try “Red Rock” for free until Friday at midnight. You’ll find it in the Earth Journeys collection.
If you are subscribed, the only relevant question now is WHERE ARE YOUR EARBUDS??
Are you ready to get into Flow?
Yours in the Journey,
Becky & the Lotimus Team