Csikszentmihalyi and Nakamura reached this conclusion by interviewing a variety of self-actualized, high-performing people: including mountain climbers, chess players, surgeons, and ballet dancers. “There’s this focus that, once it becomes intense, leads to a sense of ecstasy, a sense of clarity: you know exactly what you want to do from one moment to the other you get immediate feedback,” Csikszentmihalyi said in a 2004 TED Talk. Chapter 20: I don’t like it, I can’t take it, I don’t want to live like this.Popularized by positive psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura, flow state describes a feeling where, under the right conditions, you become fully immersed in whatever you are doing.Chapter 19: The Mystery, The Tao of Zen.Chapter 17: God, The Soul, Heaven and Hell, enlightenment, kensho, satori, Reincarnation, Astrology, Angels, The Spiritual Hierarchy, Out of Body Experiences, Intuition, Psychic phenomenon, Past Lives, Karma and Miracles.Chapter 16: The Highest Meditations, Notice Yourself and Notice Silence.Chapter 11: Faith and the Nature of Time.Chapter 8: Real, Pure, Authentic, Unrealistic Zen.Chapter 7: The History of Zen, Not Really.Chapter 5: Understanding Zen, the Absolute and the Relative.I've been studying and practicing Zen, Tai Chi, Qi Gung, Buddhism, Taoism, mindfulness, meditatio. There are also many cutting-edge self-help techniques given in the book designed to help you experience Zen. You may find the intensity of some of your issues, your troublesome thoughts and feelings dissolving, it's even possible that some will dissolve completely. It's designed to change you as you read it. There are unique, simple, yet powerful experiences built into the narrative. This is authentic Zen in its most non-dogmatic, non-ritualistic and practical expression. You'll actually develop a more Zen state of mind. Reading this book gives you a deep, clear, practical understanding and more importantly, a felt experience of the true heart of Zen, and it helps you to be more able to live it. And It doesn't only tell you to meditate, breathe deeply or live in the present.
ZEN, Real, Clear, Simple, is not a book that's only about Zen, as if Zen is just an interesting theory. If you've read dozens of books on Zen or if this is your first, if you're new to Zen or an experienced practitioner, this book will help you actualize Zen.
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