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O.G; Loosen up a little please.
flow (fl)
v. flowed, flow·ing, flows
v.intr.
1.
a. To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
b. To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.
2. To circulate, as the blood in the body.
3. To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.
4. To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.
5. To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity: The poem's cadence flowed gracefully.
6. To hang loosely and gracefully: The cape flowed from his shoulders.
7. To rise. Used of the tide.
8. To arise; derive: Many conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
God as movement, 'to flow' (verb) is not restricted to this particular view of Christianity. it is fundamental to the Taoist canon and others.
Ann Roe, in her beautiful book 'Orpheus, the Song of life', says that a whole philosophical/religious outlook can be summed up in one short Ancient-Greek word rheo - "I flow" or "I flow away".
Or as Heraclitus of Ephesus stated "Everything flows" meaning that everything flows and changes, and therefore there is no permanent reality except the reality of change.