Modern Concept of "Flow" has Its Roots in Taoism

As reported in the Good News Gazette, veteran reporter Cheryl Hall of The Dallas Morning News had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, best known for his development of the concept known as "Flow," which has gained wide application in the business world.

Feel Good First: The New Hedonism

The Hedonists Had it Right . . . Almost

Owing mainly to the swinger resorts of the same name, the word "Hedonism" conjures up visions of freewheeling sexuality. . . not that there's anything wrong with that. But that isn't really what hedonism was originally all about. Shall we say that this is a perversion of the original school of philosophical thought?

Stop Telling Yourself That Story!

Whenever we're feeling emotional pain, it's a story that we're telling ourselves about our lives that's causing it. If you can figure out what that story is, you can turn off the pain.

Let me give you an example. I play a lot of computer backgammon, against a computerized opponent; we'll call him Watson after the computerized Jeopardy champ. It's almost like a meditation for me--except that it's clear that the backgammon computer program favors its buddy, Watson--also part of the computer, see where we're going with this?