Here is a simple exercise to do whenever you have a minute or two. Hold a straw, a pen or pencil between your teeth (lightly), so that a portion of it sticks out from both sides of your mouth. Then breathe in slowly through your mouth and out your nose. Adjust your breathing rhythm so that you are breathing out a little longer than you are breathing in.
You can also try this without the straw just by touching your front teeth together and breathing in the air between your upper and lower back teeth. And then exhale through your nose. Maintain this for one or two minutes. The more you place your full attention on the sensation of the air as it passes between your teeth and out your nose the better the result. This can be done while sitting at a traffic light, standing on line at the grocery store or while listening to music on hold etc.
The body/mind interprets this as a smile and all of the benefits of smiling are activated. You go to the direct mind/body chemistry of the sensations of happiness. Although this is a subtle shift it is present and accumulates up with continued practice.
After a while a habit and pathway for happiness builds up and you can slip into this Flowing Zone at will.
Spiritual Gravity 
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