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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi spent decades studying thousands of people at the moments they felt most deeply alive, and their answers kept pointing to the same place: not passive relaxation, but total absorption in a difficult activity that stretched their abilities without overwhelming them, until self-consciousness faded and time seemed to disappear.
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1239+ words) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi did not find the deepest form of human aliveness where modern culture often tells us to look for it. Not in total comfort. Not in passive ease. Not in the blank relief of finally doing nothing. He found…...