{"id":54,"date":"2011-04-20T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mylifecoach.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2018-05-10T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:29:29","slug":"oprah-presents-master-class-jay-z-a-rapper-describes-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mylifecoach.com\/blog\/oprah-presents-master-class-jay-z-a-rapper-describes-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Presents Master Class:  Jay-Z&#8230;A Rapper Describes Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love the new series on the OWN network, Oprah Presents Master Class.\u00a0 The other day I was watching the one with Jay-Z, the rap superstar.<\/p>\n<p>My mouth dropped open when he began to describe flow.\u00a0 <!--more-->Now, he was speaking in the context of creating music (or, as he says, becoming one with the music), yet his words are strikingly applicable to life in general:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Flow is just becoming one with the music.\u00a0 You find someplace inside the music that you can tuck in, and you don&#8217;t get in the way of the groove.\u00a0 You insert yourself in the song as an instrument.\u00a0 You&#8217;re just part of the track.\u00a0 You are no different than the horn or the snare or the bass or the hi-hat.\u00a0 You found the place in that track to tuck in and you just don&#8217;t disturb the groove.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just smooth, and it just flows.\u00a0 I love having that experience.&#8221; ~Jay-Z<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replace &#8220;music\/song\/track&#8221; with <em>moment <\/em>and &#8220;the horn\/snare\/bass\/hi-hat&#8221; with <em>the other people\/environment\/event<\/em> and you&#8217;ll have an outstanding sensory description of\u00a0 life when you are in the flow, living in the moment, fully present.\u00a0 Dare I even say, replace &#8220;the groove&#8221; with <em>the Divine\/Spirit\/Love\/Source\/Life Force\/Universe\/God<\/em>..?&#8230;I dare!<\/p>\n<p>Update:\u00a0 Youtube took away the video clip&#8230;\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 , and they don&#8217;t have it on Oprah&#8217;s site&#8230;Guess you&#8217;ll just have to keep your eye out for the episode!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"my_member\"><ul class=\"my_member-ul\"><li><div class=\"bc_avatar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylifecoach.com\/blog\/members\/admin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mylifecoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/avatars\/1\/5d9ddde73f366-bpfull.png\" class=\"avatar user-1-avatar avatar-50 photo\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"Profile Photo\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"user-infos\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylifecoach.com\/blog\/members\/admin\/\">Coach Michele<\/a><\/h4><p><span class=\"xprofile_thead\">Type<\/span><span class=\"xprofile_content\">Site Owner<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the new series on the OWN network, Oprah Presents Master Class.\u00a0 The other day I was watching the one with Jay-Z, the rap superstar. 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