Flow - 10 onwards
All things considered, it cannot be said that humankind has lacked the courage to back its resolutions. Billions of parents, in every age and in every culture, have sacrificed themselves for their children, and thereby made life more meaningful for themselves. Probably as many have devoted all their energies to preserving their fields and their flocks.
But as the complexity of culture evolves, it becomes more difficult to achieve this degree of total resolve. There are simply too many goals competing for prominence, and who is s o say, which one is worth the dedication of an entire life ? Just a few decades ago, a woman felt perfectly justified in placing the welfare of her family as her ultimate goal. Partly this was due to the fact that she did nto have many other options. Today, now that she can be a business woman, a scholar, an artist, or even a soldier, it is no longer " obvious" that , being a wife and mother should be a woman's first priority. The same ' Embarrassment of riches' affects us all ! (224)
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But how do we know, where to invest psychic energy ? There is no one ' out there' to tell us " here is a goal worth spending your life on ! " . Because there is no absolute certainty to which to run, each person must discover ultimate purpose on his or her own. Through trial and error. through intense cultivation. (225)
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Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention. Too many desires, too many incompatible goals struggle to marshal psychic energy towards their own ends. ( 225)
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Richard Logan, who has studied the accounts of many peole in difficult situations, concludes that they survived by finding ways to turn the bleak objective conditions into subjectively controllable experience. They followed the bludeprint of Flow activities.
First, they paid close attention to the most minute details fo their environment, discovering in it the hidden opportunities for action that matched what little they were capable of doing, given the circumstances. Then, they set goals appropriate to their situation. (90)
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Activity and reflection should ideally complement and support each other. Action by itself is blind, and reflection , impotent. Before investing great amouts of energy in a Goal, it pays to rais the fundamental qauestions :
" is this someting I really want to do ? Is it something I enjoy doing ? Am I likely to enjoy it in the froeseeable futrure ? Is there price that I - and others - will have to pay, worth it ? Will I be able to live with myself if I accomplsh it ? ( 226)
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# Do net search on ANTONIO GRAMSCI - the humane philosopher who impacted European thought in recent times. ( 238)
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But as the complexity of culture evolves, it becomes more difficult to achieve this degree of total resolve. There are simply too many goals competing for prominence, and who is s o say, which one is worth the dedication of an entire life ? Just a few decades ago, a woman felt perfectly justified in placing the welfare of her family as her ultimate goal. Partly this was due to the fact that she did nto have many other options. Today, now that she can be a business woman, a scholar, an artist, or even a soldier, it is no longer " obvious" that , being a wife and mother should be a woman's first priority. The same ' Embarrassment of riches' affects us all ! (224)
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But how do we know, where to invest psychic energy ? There is no one ' out there' to tell us " here is a goal worth spending your life on ! " . Because there is no absolute certainty to which to run, each person must discover ultimate purpose on his or her own. Through trial and error. through intense cultivation. (225)
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Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention. Too many desires, too many incompatible goals struggle to marshal psychic energy towards their own ends. ( 225)
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Richard Logan, who has studied the accounts of many peole in difficult situations, concludes that they survived by finding ways to turn the bleak objective conditions into subjectively controllable experience. They followed the bludeprint of Flow activities.
First, they paid close attention to the most minute details fo their environment, discovering in it the hidden opportunities for action that matched what little they were capable of doing, given the circumstances. Then, they set goals appropriate to their situation. (90)
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Activity and reflection should ideally complement and support each other. Action by itself is blind, and reflection , impotent. Before investing great amouts of energy in a Goal, it pays to rais the fundamental qauestions :
" is this someting I really want to do ? Is it something I enjoy doing ? Am I likely to enjoy it in the froeseeable futrure ? Is there price that I - and others - will have to pay, worth it ? Will I be able to live with myself if I accomplsh it ? ( 226)
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# Do net search on ANTONIO GRAMSCI - the humane philosopher who impacted European thought in recent times. ( 238)
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