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Reducing the Barriers to Flow Experience Through Development of Consciousness

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Fulfillment, Wellness, and Personal Growth at Work

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  • Anil K. Maheshwari

    (Maharishi International University)

  • Deeppa Ravindran
  • Mohan Gurubatham

    (HELP University)

  • Nupur Maheshwari

Abstract

Flow experience is a state of optimal performance that often leads to peak experiences and a sense of great accomplishment. Flow experiences have prerequisites in terms of unambiguous task requirements, mastery of craft, and a basic equivalence between task challenge and skill level. Flow is often experienced as deep absorption in autotelic activities, which are activities that are performed for their own sake with any expectation of external reward. Higher states of consciousness are associated with freedom from stress, heightened creativity, fluid thinking, and effortless action. This chapter examines the similarities and differences between flow and higher states of consciousness. Using an empirical study, this chapter reports that there may be a reduction of barriers to flow through higher states of consciousness. It concludes with discussing the possibility of experiencing flow more often in a VUCA world through being established in higher states of consciousness.

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  • Anil K. Maheshwari & Deeppa Ravindran & Mohan Gurubatham & Nupur Maheshwari, 2023. "Reducing the Barriers to Flow Experience Through Development of Consciousness," Springer Books, in: Joan Marques (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Fulfillment, Wellness, and Personal Growth at Work, chapter 0, pages 607-624, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-35494-6_32
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35494-6_32
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