When i have had a good meditation practice "not thinking" tended to mean either escaping unwanted or unhelpful thoughts (stemming from guilt/shame/frustration/anger) or escaping noisy thoughts (shopping lists) to a place where more clarity was available.
For me, the meditation clarity is different than the hyperfocus state. Hyperfocus is very directed, laser like, and crowds out everything else. There has literally been a fire in the house that i didn't notice due to hyperfocus as other family members exclaimed over it and put it out.
I think flow is refers to a quality of effort - ease one thing to the next thing to the next thing. I think one can be in hyperfocus and not flow. (I'm thinking of problem solving where things are NOT flowing and nothing is easy.)
Meditation though -- i can see the experience of flow being used to describe how i have arrived at the answers, visions, and insights i've had during meditation.
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For me, the meditation clarity is different than the hyperfocus state. Hyperfocus is very directed, laser like, and crowds out everything else. There has literally been a fire in the house that i didn't notice due to hyperfocus as other family members exclaimed over it and put it out.
I think flow is refers to a quality of effort - ease one thing to the next thing to the next thing. I think one can be in hyperfocus and not flow. (I'm thinking of problem solving where things are NOT flowing and nothing is easy.)
Meditation though -- i can see the experience of flow being used to describe how i have arrived at the answers, visions, and insights i've had during meditation.