Transcendence

The world in which the majority of people live in today is one that for the time being is the summation of many millennia of human thought. Human thought has shaped the world, just as the world shapes human minds. Human intellectual modification of the world throughout time has produced numerous advances for society, but has also produced almost as many challenges for people living in that society. Homo sapiens are just as much animals as any other species present on this planet, yet are…

Introduction Maslow’s Theory, better referred to as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, is composed of various stages as well as the ideal final stage of two foundational ideas titled self- actualization and self-transcendence. Maslow (1943), was an American psychologist who, in my opinion, looked at the realm of phycology and human understanding in a fairly optimistic light compared to other psychologist of his time (Robbins, 2012, p. 380) . His main objective was to understand what motivates…

The speaker is Jonathan Haidt, based on the text he is a psychologist who studies religion, evolution, and self transcendence. I think the people that will be the most impacted by this text are those that struggle with trying to identify who they are and why they look towards religion and sacredness as their answer. This writing focuses on texts from scientist in the early 1800’s, focusing on their theories and beliefs on evolution and social science; told by Jonathan, a social psychologist.…

and Elisabeth Von R. Furthermore, these case studies exhibit De Beauvoir’s ideas about immanence and transcendence. Social expectations of Anna O. and Elisabeth Von R. trapped them to a role of immanence, denied the transcendence they desperately desire, and ultimately caused a psychical imbalance manifested in hysteria. Breuer’s treatment of Anna O. reveals how his method for her illness concentrated on a close…

“Authenticity implies an awareness of our being responsible for the direction of our fundamental project, of our life’s orientation” (Catalano, 1980, p.214). We cannot hand off our life’s circumstance to the context, or facticity nor can we fall to our transcendence. One has freedom and one needs to act upon it, with this freedom, with this authenticity one has control…

to savor a pleasant experience. I see myself living this virtue. I'm grateful for all things in my life. I actually try to list 10 new things I was thankful for everyday. Virtue: Hope Category: Hope falls under the virtue category of Transcendence. Transcendence describes strengths that provide a broad sense of connection to something higher in meaning and purpose than ourselves. Key concepts: Optimism is closely linked with having a particular explanatory style (how we explain the causes of…

“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.” Standing there while letting it wrap around like a blanket, will not do any good. Instead one must conquer it, and there are various ways to do that. Anger helps to distract and give a focus other than the fear. Clenching fists and widening eyes all help to let it out. Then there is the opposite, self talk. This has a more calming effect with positive thoughts and a way to make one believe the opposite of the fear…

existentialists view it as being “for-itself,” that is, able to be aware of its own self. Thus, with the unconscious part of the universe and the conscious part of the universe, the existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre created the unique categories of being, transcendence and facticity, and beings, “being-in-itself” and “being-for-itself” (Being and Nothingness 78). Sartre continues on to define the consciousness as having interactions between itself, beings-in-itselfs (being-in-itselfs is different…

times these thoughts would overlap to questions such as, who we are and why are we here. More importantly, the idea of the self fascinated me. Going on, the concept of self-transcendence was another idea that blew my mind because I wondered if many or anyone could ultimately achieve it. According to Frankl, self-transcendence is the capacity that that man can potentially reach if they detach themselves from themselves (Frankl, 1978). I believe it can be true, but through extensive…

there is no self only the body, or more importantly they view the self as a display of each individuals’ genetic makeup. But this idea is not true, the movie actually implies the self does not arise from our genes, the self is a choice. Sartre’s transcendence is that we, as individuals, choose what to make from the facts of our lives. Even Vincent is taken in by the idea of behaviorism when becoming Jerome. Eugene and Vincent focus on giving him the name, blood, physical appearance, signature…