Dynamics of a creatively gifted state of flow in the context of mindfulness personality and emotional development

By Prashar Shweta

Let your claim lie on action alone and never on the fruits; you should never be a cause for the fruits of action; let not your attachment be to inaction." In The Gita, Lord Krishna instructs Arjuna to live his whole life according to this principle. The above quote aptly captures the essence of Flow which is motivated primarily by the experience itself rather than by the extrinsic rewards attached to it. Flow needs no external goalsto sustain itself. The state of Flow is an attribute of experiential living, unaffected by nature of task. It manifests in the being of the individual who experiences timelessness and wholeness while in the state of flow. Csikszentmihalyi (1975) developed the idea of flow for understanding the experience of enjoyment and absorption in a task, which is isolated from past or future influences.Observing artists', Csikszentmihalyi found that their work was characterized by a strong involvement in their activity, which could be described as enthralling and a trance like state. Artists' disclosed that they were not driven to complete their work to satisfy any external need, rather they were impelled by the enjoyment in the activity. These experiences diminished as soon as their work was finished. Csikszentmihalyi (1975) determined that the activity was self-sufficient and became complete in itself with no need for any added rewards. Flow thus signifies the sensation of wholenessfelt when we act with complete involvement. While flow is often experienced in play, in creativity, or in religious ecstasy, it is not always present in these activities, nor is it limited to them. The elements of Flow experience attempt to explain under which conditions an individual might expect flow to occur in different domains such as sports, work,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3382525550
• ISBN13: 9783382525552
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Lawchakra
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"