![]() ![]() The bringing of order to consciousness, 'control of the mind', is therefore the key to happiness. That healthy human beings find order pleasing is a clue to its intrinsic value, and to its role in the creation of happiness. He says it is best to think about the universe in terms of order and chaos (entropy). ![]() While religions and mythologies have been created to provide some security against this fact, first-hand knowledge cruelly reveals its truth again and again. The linking of the two is the essence of his theory of 'flow'.Īt a general level, the author's answer to the first question is surprisingly obvious: it is difficult to be happy because the universe was simply not built for our happiness. But in devoting his life to answering the first, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced 'Me-hi Chicksent-me-hiee') found that it could not be divorced from the second. Not many dare to provide answers, and fewer again are equipped to try. 'Why is it so difficult to be happy?' 'What is the meaning of life?' Whether in idleness or frustration, we all mull over these big questions. ![]() Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience ![]()
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