mindflow

English

Alternative forms

• mind-flow, mind flow

Etymology

From mind +‎ flow.

Noun

mindflow (countable and uncountable, plural mindflows)

1. The flow, course, progression, or outflow of one's thinking or thoughts; thought-process.
   • 1845, Emma Robinson, Whitehall:

     But at last, I know not how the mind-flow drifted to it, our discourse turned on the modern English literature, to keep pace […]

   • 1917, Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley, Theosophical path:

     Freedom would therefore consist in perfect control of the mind-flow as to where it shall go or whether it shall go anywhere.

   • 2004, Nile Southern, The Candy Men:

     Aware of his ambivalence about "mindflow," and Kerouac's writing in particular (which Terry finds "cloyingly sentimental"), Krassner quizzed Terry on the Beat scene: […]

   • 2009, Ronald Alexander, Lama Surya Das, Wise Mind, Open Mind:

     In mindfulness training, the key is for the meditator to notice the direction of the mind flow in every moment and redirect it when it's moving toward unwholesomeness.

   • 2012, Charles Landry, The Art of City Making:

     From the above we can say that every professional practice coalesces around a mindflow and a resulting default pattern in looking at the world – a mindset.

Related terms

• mindset
• mindshift