Going over the notions I had about absorption, what it means and most importantly, what I understand by that, the notion of flow has opened new horizons and ideas.
The starting point was Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Theory of Flow which focuses on the psychological process which takes places when we become absorbed in what we're doing.
Judging by the Hungarian psychologist's approach, flow is completely focused motivation. It occurs when wholeheartedly performing a task or activity for intrinsic purposes.
Challenges to staying in flow
Some of the challenges to staying in flow include states of apathy,
boredom, and anxiety. Being in a state of apathy is characterized when
challenges are low and one’s skill level is low producing a general lack
of interest in the task at hand. Boredom is slightly different state in
that it occurs when challenges are low, but one’s skill level exceeds
those challenges causing one to seek higher challenges. Lastly, a state
of anxiety occurs when challenges are so high that they exceed one’s
perceived skill level causing one great distress and uneasiness. These
states in general differ from being in a state of flow, in that flow
occurs when challenges matches one’s skill level.
- source: Wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29
Flow lead me to another aspect of psychology:
Mental state in terms of challenge level and skill level
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