Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyiby Parker on TwosPsychic disorder (pain, fear, rage, anxiety, jealousy) distracts us and force attention to be diverted to undesirable objects, leaving us no longer free to use it according to our preferencesWhen the information that keeps coming into awareness is congruent with goals, psychic energy flows effortlessly. There is no need to worry, no reason to question one's adequacyOptimal experience is a situation in which attention can be freely invested to achieve a person's goals, because there is no disorder to straighten out, no threat for the self to defend againstIt's exhilarating to come closer and closer to self-discipline. You make your body go, and everything hurts; then you look back in awe at the self, at what you've done, it just blows your mind. It leads to ecstacy, to self-fulfillment. If you win these battles enough, that battle against yourself, at least for a moment, it becomes easier to win the battles in the worldIt is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were. When we choose a goal and invest ourselves in it to the limits of our concentration, whatever we do will be enjoyable. Once we taste this joy, we double our efforts to taste it again and the self growsFlow is important because it makes the present instant more enjoyable, and because it builds the self-confidence that allows us to develop skills and make significant contributions to humankind