A fundamental feature of humans is that through happenings and experiences we develop and grow acquiring greater complexity. I will paraphrase while translating psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He says that complexity is the result of two psychological processes: differentiation and integration. Differentiation is a movement towards singularity and originality, toward a separation from others. Integration is the opposite: a bond with others with ideas and entities that transcend the Self. A complex Self is one that successfully manages to combine these opposing trends (1991).
The process of integration between our individuality, with the rest, must transcend and create better experiences. Thus we will be living a flow experience is as expressed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book FLOW: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1991).
Jumping from an airplane strengthens the sense of physical security. Diving into free fall from a plane that flies tens of thousands of feet and landing safely offers the skydiver the opportunity to manage the risks. As we become more skilled in a high risk activity this increases our sense of security. This sense of security overflows into other facets of our existence, as, for example, in relationships with co-workers. A self-confident human being develops with more authenticity and originality, since he or she presents less resistance motivated by fears to their physical integrity.
It is clear that through skydiving we become more complex humans as we distinguish ourselves by meeting a group of people (skydivinf community) that we did not know before, that we can now integrate and at the same time, separate becoming one of the few people in the world who have thrown themselves off a plane with rounded and persuasive safety.
The idea is to enjoy and strive to create flow experiences where you transcend as a person trying to integrate the experience (the jump) with what everyone wants. Joseph Campbell, a famous American philosopher, historian and professor said that human beings are always looking to feel more alive. What better than to throw yourself into the atmosphere with a parachute.
Please take a look at my latest skydiving trip, where I learned a lot about angle flying. It was the Fly4Life March 2017 camp. My group presented below.
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