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"What do we mean by the discovery of identity? We mean finding out what your real desires and characteristics are, and being able to live in a way that expresses them. You learn to be... More »
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"What do we mean by the discovery of identity? We mean finding out what your real desires and characteristics are, and being able to live in a way that expresses them. You learn to be... More »
SOM Magazine Daily Guide for 1/17/09 By Rev. Ron Fox SEEING IS CREATING A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if they are to be ultimately at... More »
Kerry, yes, I am myself totally subscribed to innovative collaboration of all kind as my posts indicate here at Gaia from last 2 years. It would be great to get the right proportions for all... More »
I didn't say that it was a good thing that business-science was co-opting Buddhism, but totally agree with you. Actually I don't recall that you even mentioned the marketing of Buddhism/Zen so I suppose you... More »
Who here feels self-actualized? I don't! It sounds great, though... spirals, Arthur ~~~ Maslow's Traits of Self Actualized People by Michael Tivana This is a list of the qualities of the superior human being from... More »
Hmmmm... First choice: Emeril; I can't cook worth a damn. Oscar Wilde, Michelangelo, Nefertiti, Buddha, Shakespeare, John Sayles, Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, John Cleese, the Baal Shem Tov, Bill Maher, Susan Sontag, Alec Guinness, Groucho... More »
Maybe some of you might like to join here - Integral People for Obama If you don't have an account, please consider signing up. Dang. I can't even vote (I am not a US... More »
Your very welcome. "Cancer subjects are primarily governed by Muriel, who is the Angel of June and whose name means "Myrrh." Muriel helps individuals to flourish and grow strong, as well as teaching humankind how... More »
The first thought that comes to my mind is that of self-actualization. While it is not religious it is definitely spiritual. Abraham Maslow approached the subject of human needs much in the way that... More »
Kokkoro(TM) is not some grand idea of ideals. The principles of the Kokkoro paradigm are alive in the hearts AND understandings of the founders. This is a valuable point of consideration because, " One cannot... More »
'Toward a Psychology of Being' by Abraham Maslow "At the heart of the larger and more wonderful conception of human nature that had been growing within him since the early days of his (Maslow’s) youth... More »
“It is within the power of every man to become great.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles from The Science of Being Great Do you think you can become great? Coupla things on that: 1) EVERYONE can... More »
After you get over the pain, eventually self-knowledge is a very nice thing. It feels good to know about something rather than to wonder about it, to speculate about it. 'Maybe he didn't speak to... More »
“ Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy—that he live in accordance with his... More »
“ It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief. No one should abandon... More »
“ If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on,... More »
According to Abraham Maslow, whereas the average individuals “ often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are,” self-actualizing individuals have “ superior awareness... More »
" There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are... More »
Abraham Maslow said that in any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety. I love that. I like to think of it this way: We... More »
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.
Become aware of internal, subjective, subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.
Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general.
Fibroid Fable *~*~*~*~~*~* FIBROID FABLE: Guest At The Mouth of the Womb *~*~*~*~* ... Concerning the Fibroids... More »