What does it mean to move with the Flow of life?

To flow with the tides of life - does it mean to simply let go of everything and to do what you like in an irresponsible way – to shirk all responsibilities and to allow your lower self to take control over your heart and mind? No. This would not be moving with the Flow but against it because the lower self lives not with acceptance to life-situations but with resistance. It lives in denial to the ultimate reality that is governed by the Cosmic Laws. Therefore, it cannot be in harmony with the Flow of Life.
Shirking your responsibilities will not help do away with your difficulties; there is no where to run, no place to hide. The darkness of your mind only provides an illusion of  a hideout from your life-situations, for at the end of the day your troubles are still as large as life to greet you, waiting to be resolved. 

To be in the Flow of Life means to live with a greater awareness to all that is happening in and around you without being judgmental, without being influenced by your emotions that cause you to resist against the inevitable. It is simply about watching the events as they come into your life, to experience these without being pulled in emotionally by their dramatic appearance and internalizing these so that they become a part of you and remain in your consciousness as dark memories for the rest of your life – and subsequent lifetimes as well.

To be in the Flow means to live anew with each new moment, without allowing the past to interfere with your present. Do not allow the shadows of your past to obscure the sunshine of your NOW. Each new moment is created independent of the past moment; even the effects of the past situations that triggered the situation in the NOW is in reality, a unique experience, and must be dealt impartially, without any prejudices and fears of what may have happened in the past. Do not use your past as a crutch to support your present conditions in your life. The past has nothing to do with your present. The sunlight of your NOW is powerful enough to erase all traces of the ugly past if you would only will yourself to move on with the River of Life.

When you are in the Flow of Life you will discover that you are better equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with your current situations in life. Your mind is ever focussed and unbiased so that you can make the right choices that are conducive for settling your difficulties with greater ease and peace. “Let bygones be bygones” should be your motto. With that you will find it easier to forgive all who are instrumental in wreaking havoc with your mental and emotional states of your being. No matter how badly bruised you may be at heart, it is still not worth clinging to all that pain. Time is a soothing balm; allow it to heal your wounds. Be patient and kind to your self. If you could only just stop reliving your past, and allow time to pass its comforting hand over it, the ugly scenes will soon be erased and forgotten. Imagine your past as images on a film-strip of your mind, and expose this into the Light of NOW. The Light erases every trace of the imprints on the roll thus clearing your heart and mind of all negativity, healing you whole and complete.

Understand that all ordeals in life are illusory. They are here only to teach you the lessons of life that you have come to take for your own spiritual progress, and serve no other purpose from the Universal point of view. Therefore, it would be a folly to let your emotions run amok with each passing situation that intrudes your peace for ultimately it is not the situation that is responsible for your inner peace and harmony but your own state of consciousness. A strong, stable mind is like a ship, anchored firmly in the ocean of Peace, never deterred by the storms of life, but waits stoically until calm is restored, and then continues with its journey onwards and upwards until it reaches its destination.