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Now known as a state of flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
by skndr 10y ago
Now known as a state of flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
- renke1 10y ago…or Focused.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoI suspect "in the zone" is the better-recognized phrase, despite the book.
- skndr 10y agoFair enough! Perhaps "also known as..." would have been better.
- lloeki 10y agoLong time practitioner of this when running as well as coding, I only recently found out about the buddhist Jhāna and Pīti a.k.a "joy", "rapture", and "ecstasy" in their more western specific spiritual meaning. Also ties in with hyperfocus. This whole area is fascinating and seems to have a common underlying process but I couldn't really find anything besides my own intuition of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pīti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pīti