Showing posts with label self actualization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self actualization. Show all posts

Monday, July 1, 2013

What would you do my Brother?

We have all come across a situation where we were in a position to help someone in need.

What have we done at those times?

In this video from ABC News's - What Would You Do show,
a man named Dominic Giamo shows us what he would do



Notice how this young man follows the teachings of our gentle craft to the letter:
"To your neighbour, by acting with him on the square, by rendering him every kind office which justice or mercy may require, by relieving his necessities and soothing his afflictions, and by doing to him as in similar cases you, would wish he would do to you."

Sunday, April 26, 2009

My Self Actualization Journey - An Introduction

From today I'm embarking on a journey. During the course of this journey I will learn some Philosophy, some Freemasonry and some Christian Apologetics.

Why am I doing this?
I'm doing this as part of my self actualization efforts.

What is "self actualization"?
In 1943 Maslow (the father of humanistic psychology) conceptualized a "hierarchy of needs" which became a theory in psychology, proposed in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation.

How will this journey, during which I'll be learning about philosophy, freemasonry and christian apologetics help me in my self actualization efforts?
Learning new things, always broadens ones horizons. By reading and learning new things I'm hoping I'll gain some insight into areas that I want to dive deeper into. I'm hoping that reading other people' thoughts will encourage me to think. Something I feel I've not done the way I used to do in the past.
When I was around 16 years old I used to think that the people around me who were older were actually on a downward spiral as far as their intellect was concerned. I now fear the same is happening to me hence my efforts to make myself "think" again.