Not exact matches
Psychologist Abraham Maslow regarded such
moments as «peak experiences,» little
moments of self -
actualization which are one
of the ways we grow.
(Abraham Maslow, «Self -
Actualization and Beyond» in James F. T Bugental, Challenges
of Humanistic Psychology)(New York: McGraw - Hill, 1967) He regarded these little mystical
moments as life - validating in that they make life worthwhile and unified.
This horizontal line moves from possibilities
of actualization, as they are available for the
actualization which will produce real entities, through the «creative nexus» (
of which we shall speak in a
moment), to the concrete occasions with which we are confronted in their presentational immediacy to us.
«73 The how
of divine
actualization is a contingently different fact each
moment, but that God is actualized is an eternally necessary abstract truth.
Now immediate enjoyment, now sacrifice for the future; now duty, now love; such alternations might characterize roughly the quality
of self -
actualization in successive
moments.
God's omniscience is not «inaccurate»: that is, God is not confused about matters already settled, possibilities unresolved, and the current
moment of self -
actualization.
Growing older should be a celebration
of a continued journey filled with knowledge, growth, risk - taking, facing your fears all - leading to self -
actualization — that aha
moment of realizing your true self.