I've stumbled upon a book recently called:
FLOW
by MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI
It's a psychology book and is based on a lot of collected research
I'm only 30 pages in but a key message is to get absorbed in whatever you're doing, whether u enjoy the activity or not.
Happiness is a tricky thing, if you ask "am i happy?" you're no longer happy.
I'm an amateur athlete and have been familiar with the "In The Zone" concept for many years, but i've never though about it outside of a sports context.
The book has a sports section i haven't reached yet but i have a feeling that's what it'll be about.
I'm intrigued by this connection. Being in the zone 24/7. That might be true happiness.
The reasoning is that as humans we've historically always tried to find meaning in life, and end up depending on religion, or existentialism or whatever. But these are just distractions and eventually the mind once again wonders back towards questioning reality. And since as far as we know so far, we can't find this answer, it causes suffering and whatnot...
But when you're absorbed into some activity, hobby, or whatever, you're just not thinking about these unanswerable questions.
It's like happiness through distraction, but a fulfilling distraction, a long lasting distraction.
Watching TV is a distraction too but it's not quality like improving a skill or solving problems, etc. Simple pleasures for the sake of pleasure are also not the answer.
Anyway the book is real interesting so far!
Gotta thank sinister lex, he mentioned the book "A guide to rational living" and i looked up a cool summary discussion of it:
https://www.optimize.me/wp-content/uploads/A-Guide-to-Rational-Living.pdf
The summary mentioned the book FLOW, and well i found it free to read online so couldn't resist.
FLOW
by MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI
It's a psychology book and is based on a lot of collected research
I'm only 30 pages in but a key message is to get absorbed in whatever you're doing, whether u enjoy the activity or not.
Happiness is a tricky thing, if you ask "am i happy?" you're no longer happy.
I'm an amateur athlete and have been familiar with the "In The Zone" concept for many years, but i've never though about it outside of a sports context.
The book has a sports section i haven't reached yet but i have a feeling that's what it'll be about.
I'm intrigued by this connection. Being in the zone 24/7. That might be true happiness.
The reasoning is that as humans we've historically always tried to find meaning in life, and end up depending on religion, or existentialism or whatever. But these are just distractions and eventually the mind once again wonders back towards questioning reality. And since as far as we know so far, we can't find this answer, it causes suffering and whatnot...
But when you're absorbed into some activity, hobby, or whatever, you're just not thinking about these unanswerable questions.
It's like happiness through distraction, but a fulfilling distraction, a long lasting distraction.
Watching TV is a distraction too but it's not quality like improving a skill or solving problems, etc. Simple pleasures for the sake of pleasure are also not the answer.
Anyway the book is real interesting so far!
Gotta thank sinister lex, he mentioned the book "A guide to rational living" and i looked up a cool summary discussion of it:
https://www.optimize.me/wp-content/uploads/A-Guide-to-Rational-Living.pdf
The summary mentioned the book FLOW, and well i found it free to read online so couldn't resist.
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