Heart Flow Experience
I. Concept
by chance see this noun, It's a wonderful expression--flow. Hungarian American psychologist Mihari Ziksenmihari (mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) defines the heart-flow experience as "actors enter a common experience model. In this experience, the user seems to be drawn in, and the consciousness is concentrated in a so that perceptions and ideas that are irrelevant to the activity are filter and ignore , and lose self-awareness, reacting only to the specific goals and definite feedback of the activity, A sense of control through the manipulation of the environment. "
probably means that people are rich in passion, immersed in the experience of doing one thing is called the heart flow experience! The word "heart flow" is very close, feeling that the experience follows the beating of the heart to dance together! Mihari Ziksenmihari may be the first Western scientist to put the concept of the mind flow and explore it scientifically, but he is not the first person to notice the flow of the heart or develop a flow of mind. For more than 2,500 years, the traditional practitioners of Oriental spirit-such as Buddhist and Taoist families-use the techniques of heart-flow to develop their spiritual power. Japanese Zen uses heart flow to determine its form of expression. In the Buddhist circle, the flow of heart is already a widely used word. In the field of education, "over-learning" seems to be an important factor in the flow of the mind-at least at the technical level. At the same time, many modern athletes also experience flow in the exercise, they call this experience "in the heart flow zone." It is worth noting that although the concept of the mind flow has been widely recognized by scientists, spiritual masters and athletes, only csikszentmihalyi the concept of flow to improve the composition of Western culture (such as the game Field design) in the field. Eastern spiritual practitioners have developed a complete set of theory of the flow of mind to promote spiritual and personal development and self-improvement.
Two. Examplelife is filled with a variety of heart flow experience: Focus on playing games, absorbed in learning, absorbed in the girls! Do these things feel an upsurge of feeling, the outside world seems to be overlooked by you. Compared to the real world, it really did "without me" realm.
more typical is now compared to the fire of virtual reality technology, such as Oculus Rift, virtual reality technology will be disconnected from the outside world, people will immerse in the virtual environment, focus on the virtual world, so as to bring immersive experience. But this is only to create an immersive external environment, whether the flow of experience is more important or the heart! For example, many religious beliefs have this flow of experience, such as Zen Buddhism to Buddhism, meditation to psychology. Purpose is a, to abandon external interference, focus on their concerns, and then get good feedback, physical and mental pleasure! I do not know if you have this experience: playing the game from the morning Flash to the night can not stop at all, even to midnight still excited to die; when a child to do a math problem from school to eat, even eat is "food do not know its taste", the family talk to you do not know what they say, suddenly an inspiration to think of solutions, For this I always feel very clever, look at the programming of the book to see, not Marvel algorithm Magic ingenious, then your mother took a snack-"pie" come in, you dip in the ink to the mouth to send, but also eat very happy (seems a bit familiar. ）！ And so on, are some or all of the features of the heart flow experience!
three. Featurespsychologist Miharizikssen Mihari (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) defines the flow as a feeling of fully betting a person's mental power on a certain activity, while a high level of excitement and fullness is generated when the heart flows. Csíkszentmihályi believes that the activity that causes the flow of the heart is characterized by the following: (PS: The key word in the front is self-refining)
- interest : Activities that we tend to engage in;
- Action : We will Focus on consistency 's activities;
- Plan : activities with clear objectives;
- Master Control : We have a sense of control over this activity;
- Rewards : Activities that have immediate feedback;
- Ecstasy : Our sense of anxiety disappears when we engage in activities.
- Relativity : Subjective sense of time changes-for example, it can take a long time without feeling the lapse of time. High-speed movement, time lag.
above, 1. Is the inner drive--"know", 2.3. Is the action process-"line", " knowing and doing one" is the necessary condition of the flow experience, but not sufficient condition. "Knowing the line" two points is only intrinsic factor, plus "4. Master" and "5. Reward" Two external factors constitute sufficient conditions. The main control of this factor is because a person's ability must be, the main control of things will be affected by a lot of complex external factors. The last 6.7. Two points are the characteristics that meet the appearance of the experience of the cardiac flow in the above conditions. To play games, 1 is to have fun, 2 is to play, 3 is fantasy, plan to play beautifully, 4 is we can control the game process, encounter difficult to control the game, the self-skills will be improved so that in the back to control the more sense of control and pleasure; 5 is a game to get bored time, Game results can show off, exciting game process is exciting, these are the reward, 6 is playing weeping rice have forgotten to eat, 7 is in the evening, playing unconsciously on the dawn. The above items do not have to exist at the same time to make the heart flow. But Csíkszentmihályi also suggests ways to make it possible for a group of people to work together so that each individual can achieve a state of mind Flow . The characteristics of this working group include:1. spatial arrangement of ideas. 2. The design of the game field. 3. A parallel and organized focus . 4. Target group focus. 5. Improvement of existing work ( prototyping ). 6. Improve efficiency with visualization. 7. The difference between participants is random .
Iv. how to pursue
He and Target the distance between them will be in their Visual Range inside, his mind will form a force called ' Challenge ' (or, more clearly, ' Center ') to make the individual's actions and the environment's feedback form ' Immediate clarity ' interaction, the attention of the individual consciousness is captured by immediate feedback, and the environment also forces the individual consciousness to respond, like the table tennis Master to fight each other, the ball becomes the medium of consciousness flow between two people. The state of consciousness at this time is called the " flow of experience ". "
The above diagram clearly illustrates the various state areas of the heart-flow experience. One of the most obvious examples is a question that is often asked: why you are anxious, because "your ability cannot sustain your ambitions!" "Then you are in the 8 district.
This article is not written to introduce this concept, the real theme is how to use this phenomenon of the flow of experience to better live and work! How to create the climax of this flow of experience, while improving your life's value and sense of accomplishment.
return to the above features:
- Interest: In fact, the interests of this thing is not clear, many things themselves are interested in this aspect has a certain resource advantages, can gain confidence in the field. In their own accumulation, the outside world has resources, bright prospects of the field, you can become their own interests! In particular, after doing better and better, there will be more and more "interest";
- Action: Executive power is always the most important. Many ideas cannot be determined from the start. But in the execution of the action to constantly adjust. That's the need for "small steps." Fast iteration "!
- Plan: The plan belongs to the action, as the guidance of the action, can make the pay has the effect of "multiplier";
- Master: This is the point, as mentioned above, to have control over one thing must be the future within your "visual range", that is, your ability to match what you have to do to a certain extent. You may be able to handle it easily, or you may want to do your best, but it must be within your control. So if you want to use the heart flow experience to accelerate the progress of their own, the goal of the selection must be appropriate. Can not be relative to you too difficult as in the 8 district, also can not be too simple as in the 4 district. The best choice is slightly challenging, such as Zone 7, preferably 1, when the acceleration will be the best. In this state, there will be a skill increase, and finally reach the state of the 2-zone heart flow. But after such a state is long, it falls to Zone 6. The high-skill challenges of the past are low for you now. At this point you need to re-select the target into the next torrent cycle!
- Reward: Growth is the best reward, of course, there will be a variety of unexpected gains in the process;
- Ecstasy with 7. Relativity: This is just a feeling of the process, but also because of the previous stacking up to create a result, just to enjoy it!
Extended reading:
Liu Weipeng | The Louvre in C + +
A heart-streaming experience – you're addicted to the game
The flow experience in psychology, Mihály C
Geek life: Take control of your workday, Gina Trapani
Prevent distractions, Paul Graham
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