Manifestation Mastery

Abraham Maslow was a famous humanistic psychologist who created the well-known theory that in order for a person to self-actualize or reach their highest potential, certain basic human needs must be met. Maslow envisioned a pyramid of needs, with basic needs at the bottom, and the need for higher development at the very top. If the bottom of the pyramid was not stable, Maslow believed that all the person’s energy would get used up trying to meet basic needs and nothing would be left for higher pursuits. At the most basic level of the pyramid are human needs for food, sleep, sex, continuity, and water. If people have these things in abundance, they can move up to the next level of needs which is comprised of needs for safety: employment, stable family groups, shelter, and so on. Above that level, people seek love and belonging: personal intimacy and friendship, sexual relationships, and family love. If all three of those basic layers of the pyramid of needs are solid and those needs are consistently met, a person can pursue the need for esteem in achievement, praise from others, confidence, and respect. Finally, if all of those four levels are met, at the very pinnacle of the hierarchy or pyramid is the human need for Self-Actualization or Self-Realization, which includes morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance of facts, problem-solving, and a lack of prejudice.

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Manifestation and the theory behind the Law of Attraction has roots in many sources: Eastern philosophy, New Age thought, Science of Mind, and humanistic psychology. Humanistic psychology grew out of the theories of Sigmund Freud, who formulated a system of mind comprised of an ego (what you might normally consider to be your conscious self), a superego (your conscience or higher Self), and an id (your animal or instinctual drives such as the need for food and sex). While Freud’s theories were rather harsh and saw the superego as a disciplinary force instead of a very friendly one, schools of humanism took their cue from Freud’s colleague Carl Jung, who saw the unconscious as a dynamic universal force that bonded humans to each other and to the created world through teh language of symbols and dreams. Developing an ongoing relationship to this dynamic unconscious field came to be known as Self-Realization: that is, the development of a dynamic, creative Self that went beyond the constraints of Freud’s ego self. During the 1960s and 1970s humanistic psychologists such as Fritz Perls offered seminars and retreats where clients could go and explore these concepts by getting in touch with this creative power. Self-Realization is also often used in the lingo of New Age and transcendental philosophies to indicate growth beyond the small individual, separate self into a connected, broader Universal Self.

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