The Changemaker Library has been divided into ten categories. These are core, creativity, exercise, food, health, meditation, peace of mind, personal development, spiritual direction, and stress reduction. A few of the books have been recommended for more than one category.
Creativity is the secret to being in our passion. We are in our “flow” when we are working and time seems to disappear. Joy can’t be discovered by the mind. Joy happens when our total being–thoughts, words, feelings–are all focused at the same time. Joy comes from the heart.
Mihaly Csikszentmihaly states that flow has the following components:
1. Usually occurs when we confront tasks we have a chance of completing
2. We must be able to concentrate on what we are doing.
3. Concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback..
4. One acts with a deep but effortless involvement that removes awareness of the worries and frustrations of everyday life.
5. Enjoyable experiences allow people to exercise a sense of control over their actions.
6. Concern for the self disappears, yet paradoxically the sense of self emerges stronger after the flow experience is over.
7. The sense of the duration of time is altered; hours pass by in minutes.
Also to create harmony in whatever one does is the last task the flow theory presents. Athletes call this phenomenon being in the “zone”.
The Changemaker Library recommended these books for creativity:
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron
ISBN 0-87477-694-5
Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom
Peter Levitt
ISBN 0-609-61048-1
Prosperity Pie: How to Relax About Money and Everything Else
SARK
ISBN 0-7432-2920-7
The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart (Companion to The Artist’s Way)
Julia Cameron
ISBN 0-87477-836-0
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