Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face.

But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is.

Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time... Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.

Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.

The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.

It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.

Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated , and defended privately by each person.