# 3.5D — Interpersonal Autonomy, or Synergy >[!info] >Emerging initially with the [[5th Chakra]] in our [[Primate]] ancestor, when the [[Self]] is identified with this state it includes awareness of one's [[3.1D · Sensation|bodily sensations]], [[3.2D · Preference|sensory preferences]], [[3.3D · Willpower|personal will]], and [[3.4D · Connection|interpersonal connectedness]], but transcends all, allowing the Self agency to pilot the individual for the benefit of the connected whole. Often colloquially referred to as "The Flow State," especially when the full body is involved, like when surfing, rock climbing, running, etc.[^1] Building on top of [[3.4D · Connection|3.4D]], in this state the Self is by definition already associated with a multi-person entity — like a relationship of two people, a family, a team, a crowd, a natural environment or phenomena like a wave, rock face, etc — but now transcends it, giving the individual 3D body agency to behave autonomously in accordance with the larger entity's needs. While experiencing 3.4D proper, the Self and the individual body are like water molecules in an ocean, totally resonant with the flow, but with no personal autonomy. It is like being immersed in a massive crowd that controls your movements spontaneously. With the Self pulling back a level higher into 3.5D, it is aware of its immersion in an ocean of communal relationships, but also able to retain personal autonomy, allowing "skillful action," that is, action optimizes efficiently for every previous level. These days, for the average person, this state is often easier to access without other humans around, as it has [[3.4D · Connection|3.4D]] as a prerequisite, which means complete identification with a multi-person entity. Unfortunately, it is rare to have this level of trust with another group of humans in physical space in the information age. So, today, more often people experience this in intense moments of personal recreational sports, like skiing, surfing, skateboarding, rock climbing, etc — and of course also often in drug-induced altered states. In these cases, the [[Self]] is expanding beyond the [[3.3D · Willpower|personal self]] to identify also with the mountain being skied or wave being surfed, creating a "[[3.4D · Connection|multi-person entity]]" comprised of the human and nature. The Self then zooms out even more, allowing an even higher level of awareness, giving the ability to puppeteer the personal self into the ideal role in relation to its relationships — the right turn at the right time through the trees on skis, the right posture on the surfboard through the barrel of the wave. In the case of deep trust between humans, like in hunter-gatherer tribes, some modern bands and sports teams, the ''multi-person entity" can be comprised of humans and their tools, allowing for some truly amazing feats of "Group Flow," like in group animal hunting, an amazing live concert, or electric sports match. When there is a lack of identification between members of the entity, like when sports team players' Selves identify with their personal egos (3.3D) instead of the group ego (3.4D), you can clearly watch their performance suffer as their behavior goes out of sync, optimizing for their experience over that of the team's. This state is also visible in Primate groups when they attacking another group or taking coordinated collective action, but — like in humans — it often quickly breaks down when they are back in their own tribe, shifting down into [[3.4D · Connection|3.4D]] or [[3.3D · Willpower|3.3D]]. The same phenomenon can be seen in in human sports teams, coordinated as one on the field, back to individual egos in the locker room, especially after a discombobulated game (lack of group identification). Without belonging to a [[Drive 4 - Love|Level 4]] group, accessing this state will be very powerful, but have a hard time leading to level change. Without a Level 4 group to continuously provide the sense of belonging and connectedness that helps stabilize the Self at 3.4D, it will be hard to maintain 3.5D which depends on it. However, if Level 4 is already online, meaning there is a group the person is in constant contact with that is merging into collective consciousness, accessing 3.5D can start to open one into [[Drive 5 - Truth|Level 5]]. [^1]: Sometimes also called the Integral State, Interpersonal Autonomy, Skillful Means, or Synergy.