The Active Zone of High Performance

This zone is the spontaneous way we deal with the world, our life, and people when we are close to the source. There is only the one zone, but we can connect with it during active and inactive moments. In active times there are three levels of energy expenditure that correlate with the different zones, their difficulty, the depth, and length of the zone. The zone is a thoughtless way of reacting to the circumstances in the moment without using the ego or mental discrimination, which in turn creates the right response. To get into the zone is just like being in an active meditation one step away from the deep meditative "Samadhi State", while in movement. The high level Active zone is what sports refer to as "being in the zone": That is making the right move at the right time without having to think about it, and making it look effortless and easy like it was predetermined. This is not using the ego despite the spectacular moves it may produce, because not a purposeful decision was made in the process. It just happens, and even the player may feel astonished and amazed that something like that happened to him. It is like he was watching the move take place from a distance too, like something took over that new what to do. This can happen to anyone at anytime, you may recall a time in your own life when everything was going right for you, and you raised the bar to a new level, you thought you could never reach. You were unstoppable and even the errors were going in your favor, you could do no wrong. The energy output, determines the degree of difficulty, the more energy or the lack of energy makes it more difficult. Dance and other slow rhythmic movements is considered an easy way of tapping into the zone, while really active sports zone is a relatively hard to access and takes a lot of practice. You may remember while dancing a sort of trance takes over and your in tune with the music and the environment at that very moment. Marshal Arts, Tai Chi, Sufi's and the Whirling Dervish all use this easy accessible zone to further their spiritual development. We have the high level, the medium level, the low level and the extreme level for emergencies, which can happen in the inactive and active. The zone is an excellence with ease and the flight or fight mechanism also taps into it, which should really be called the survive or surrender mech. Because the fight or flight scenario are both survival techniques. You may recall a time in your life when you surrendered (inactive) to the powers that be as in a car accident, and the adrenaline surge slows down time, due to the rapid processing rate, and you sit as the pure witness to the event in total acceptance. In this case the zone is achieved by the use of adrenaline, and in the active and inactive zone you can reach it without the adrenaline surge, creating a smoother more efficient ride. After the medium level output comes the low level zone that is associated with Art, Music, yoga etc. and can be considered a hard zone to master, on the same level as the high sports zone. But all the different ways take a person who can let go and let it happen without doubt, second guesses, inhibitions, decisions, or care for the results. Any thought like; I’m on my game, or this is unbelievable would take you out of it. You have to remain distant, aloof, unconcerned, unperturbed, just doing what needs to be done and letting each moment decide for you. You should remain emotionless and in the moment waiting for the entrainment to happen between the environment, peoples immediate reactions and your natural instincts.

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