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Kotler's Lyme Disease and Surfing
- Steven Kotler describes suffering from Lyme disease, leaving him bedridden for three years.
- A friend's insistence on surfing led to a transformative flow state experience, despite his illness.
Defining Flow States
- Flow states are optimal consciousness states where we perform our best.
- It involves focused attention where everything else disappears, merging action and awareness.
Seven Core Conditions of Flow
- Seven core conditions define flow states, including uninterrupted concentration, merging of action and awareness, and loss of self.
- Time distortion and loss of bodily awareness also characterize these states.