From the Book - 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
The anatomy of consciousness
Enjoyment and the quality of life
Enjoying solitude and other people
2. The anatomy of consciousness
The limits of consciousness
Attention as psychic energy
Disorder in consciousness : psychic entropy
Order in consciousness : flow
Complexity and the growth of the self
3. Enjoyment and the quality of life
The elements of enjoyment
4. The conditions of flow
The autotelic personality
The ultimate control : yoga and the martial arts
Flow through the senses : the joys of seeing
The rules of the games of the mind
Amateurs and professionals
The challenge of lifelong learning
8. Enjoying solitude and other people
The conflict between being alone and being with others
The power of dissipative structures
The autotelic self : a summary
10. The making of meaning
The unification of meaning in life themes
