TED Talk Tuesday: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow

Flow in psychology is described as a feeling everyone has at times, characterized by a feeling of great absorption, engagement, fulfillment, and skill—and during which temporal concerns (time, food, ego-self, etc.) are typically ignored. 


Csikszentmihalyi discusses ecstasy--a state or feeling of stepping into an alternate reality, or getting "lost" in what one is doing. He notes that what we have left of great cultures of the past is their temples and sanctuaries, where they went to experience life in "a more concentrated and more ordered form," where they sought ecstasy.


I'm investigating ecstasies myself these days.

TED Talk Tuesday: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow

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