Flow experience

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The phenomenon of "flow" or "optimal experience" has been the basis for several research studies on nature experiences as well as an extensive literature on other positive experiences. The flow experience involves total involvement in an activity, centered attention, richer perception, intrinsic motivation, enjoyment, present-centeredness, and self-transcendence .A number of nature-based activities, such as rock climbing and mountaineering have been shown to elicit flow experiences

[SWM]

this sounds much like the zone that sports people talk about, when they feel like they are liberated from their limitations and find greater inner resources.

in the past i have had an amazing expereiences of feeling like i am one with the my bike. it can feel like the bike is a machine liek part of me that is taking me somewhere, and it can also feel like the world is disolving away under my wheels, as i am hypnotised by the whirring of the tyres on the ground.

similar expereinces are achieved in meditation too the disolution of the external reality and the expereience of unity with creation.