Superfluidity
Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once said,
" A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of discussion."
The word of the day SUPERFLUIDITY. It’s hoped adopting this word from physics to the realm of psychology and performance begins a new discussion about various stages of flow. The word flow is synonymous with ‘being in the zone' or in the ‘flow channel' or in a state of ‘fluid performance'.
Superfluidity is the supreme flow experience. It is an ego-less state of super flow marked by zero friction, rubbing/slowing, zero viscosity, resistance to flowing and superconductivity, zero loss of energy.
All of us know the feeling of having your skill level completely match the challenge at hand to the point that you lose yourself in what you are doing. It is a relaxed state of complete concentration and absorption where you become ‘one' with the task at hand, your sense of time wanes, anxiety diminishes and your day-to-day worries evaporate. Any regular form of aerobic exercise can induce a state of flow in most people. Keep in mind the level of challenge matched to your skill level, you neither become bored nor filled with anxiety.
Creating a state of flow is the springboard for piercing through to a state of superfluidity. It is a state of performing with zero friction, zero viscosity, and superconductivity, a state of absolute harmony and endless energy.
Superfluid performance in sports or the arts are moments that you want to replay in slow motion so that you can deconstruct the play-by-play details of how someone did something that seemed almost humanly impossible.
Superfluidity is an episodic and ecstatic climax that strikes you like a lightning bolt when you are in a state of flow. Having language to tag an experience is helpful because once you identify something it's easier to make it a tangible reality. Breaking flow into two tiers of regular fluid performance and superfluid performance is helpful for continuing to maximize your potential and breaking through plateaus. At a certain point of mastery, becoming superfluid should become a goal because regular flow becomes de rigueur for every master. Seeking superfluidity will make you stand out and accel in a hyper competitive world.
Superfluidity is a mystical and supernatural experience.
Psychology Today
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