Self-realization
an expression used in Western psychology, philosophy, and spirituality regarding fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality
Self-realization is an expression used in Western psychology, philosophy, and spirituality which refers to making the most of one's potential, typically via study, self-discipline, and service to humanity.
Quotes
edit- Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.
- Sri Ramana Maharshi quoted by Goodreads
- The three states [of waking, dream and sleep] owe their existence to non-enquiry and enquiry puts an end to them. However much one may explain, the fact will not become clear till one attains Self-realization and wonders how one was blind to the self-evident and only existence so long.
- The degree of the absence of thoughts is the measure of your progress towards Self-realization. But Self-realization itself does not admit of progress, it is ever the same. The Self remains always in realization. The obstacles are thoughts.
- Self-realization: fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality.
- Self-realization: Fulfilment of one's own potential.
- Maslow describes the good life as one directed towards self-actualization, the pinnacle need. Self-actualization occurs when you maximize your potential, doing the best that you are capable of doing. Maslow studied individuals whom he believed to be self-actualized, including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein, to derive the common characteristics of the self-actualized person.
See also
edit- The Ageless Wisdom Teachings
- Asceticism
- Bodhi (awakening), a form of Buddhist spiritual enlightenment
- Discipline
- Ego
- Enlightenment (spiritual)
- Four Noble Truths
- Gospel of Thomas
- Higher self
- Initiation
- Mantra
- Meditation
- Mysticism
- Now
- Om
- Philosophy
- The Power of Now
- Prayer
- Self-control
- Spirituality