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The Master Mind of the Self-Actualizing Person: The Life and Legacy of Abraham Maslow, and My Sudden Awakening into Self-Actualization
Enlightenment!—You may spend your whole life seeking it, but never find it. You may never search for it or even know that it’s possible, but reach it by accident. And you may live out your life ignorant of its existence, and die having never discovered your highest potential for happiness, self-mastery, and creative brilliance.
The enlightened psychologist Abraham Maslow was the first to scientifically describe the fully enlightened person—which he called the “self-actualizing person.” Building on Maslow’s work through careful biographical study of the lives of self-actualizing people, humanistic psychologist and biographer Roman Gelperin found their enlightenment to stem from a nearly-identical handful of breakthrough experiences, which he will reveal to you in this book. Partly a firsthand account of the author’s own accidental enlightenment, and partly a full biography of Abraham Maslow’s rise to self-actualization, this book will teach you how to identify, understand, and attain those key experiences By the end of this book, you will thoroughly understand what enlightenment is, how and why it occurs, and the ways to pursue it!
The enlightened psychologist Abraham Maslow was the first to scientifically describe the fully enlightened person—which he called the “self-actualizing person.” Building on Maslow’s work through careful biographical study of the lives of self-actualizing people, humanistic psychologist and biographer Roman Gelperin found their enlightenment to stem from a nearly-identical handful of breakthrough experiences, which he will reveal to you in this book. Partly a firsthand account of the author’s own accidental enlightenment, and partly a full biography of Abraham Maslow’s rise to self-actualization, this book will teach you how to identify, understand, and attain those key experiences By the end of this book, you will thoroughly understand what enlightenment is, how and why it occurs, and the ways to pursue it!
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Published September 23, 2020
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October 4, 2020
‘Self-determining, self-motivated, and highly self-sufficient’ – Self-Actualizing People
New York author Roman Gelperin describes himself as ‘an author, biographer, philosopher, and forever a student of the human mind.’ He earned his BA in Psychology from Stony Brook University, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. His important and informative books to date are ADDICTION, PROCRASTINATION, AND LAZINESS, DEPRESSION AND THE IMMATURE ROMANCE, SELF-ACTUALIZED BY POKER, and now THE MASTER MIND OF THE SELF-ACTUALIZATION PERSON increasing his influence in addressing the impact self-actualization on his – and our - lives.
For those following Roman’s series of books, this new volume adds significant central histories that support his focus on self-actualization: the biographical information on Maslow, Solzhenitsyn, Einstein and Ayn Rand. While this supportive information is worthy and informative, the power of the book lies in Roman’s inviting shared journey to his own state of enlightenment.
Some of the flavor of this volume is sensed in the opening comments: ‘In 1950, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper entitled ‘Self-Actualizing People: A Study of Psychological Health,’ in which he for the first tie ever in scientific literature – described a psychological syndrome that occurred specifically in the mental healthiest, most psychologically mature, most existentially fulfilled human beings. These were people who had no internal conflicts; who had, or have had, in their lives, all the conventional objects of human desire – including love, financial security, friendship, respect, and self-respect – who savored and enjoyed all these things, but were still left wanting more. This ‘more’ was a desire to ‘actualize’ their highest potential, to use and develop their natural talents, abilities, and capacities; and to use them, not for its own sake, but in pursuit of an important, cherished, and personally selected life goal. ‘This’ was their primary motivation. And every self-actualizer was achieving it successfully, while deriving the most profound sense if fulfillment from that success.’
Within the above words is the core of this exceptional book: what follows supplants the addition of history of famous self-actualizers and the journey of Roman Gelperin. Reading and absorbing this book is a path toward enlightenment. The author - and we, the readers – grow with each new book: a genuine state of enlightenment and happiness. Highly recommended.
New York author Roman Gelperin describes himself as ‘an author, biographer, philosopher, and forever a student of the human mind.’ He earned his BA in Psychology from Stony Brook University, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. His important and informative books to date are ADDICTION, PROCRASTINATION, AND LAZINESS, DEPRESSION AND THE IMMATURE ROMANCE, SELF-ACTUALIZED BY POKER, and now THE MASTER MIND OF THE SELF-ACTUALIZATION PERSON increasing his influence in addressing the impact self-actualization on his – and our - lives.
For those following Roman’s series of books, this new volume adds significant central histories that support his focus on self-actualization: the biographical information on Maslow, Solzhenitsyn, Einstein and Ayn Rand. While this supportive information is worthy and informative, the power of the book lies in Roman’s inviting shared journey to his own state of enlightenment.
Some of the flavor of this volume is sensed in the opening comments: ‘In 1950, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper entitled ‘Self-Actualizing People: A Study of Psychological Health,’ in which he for the first tie ever in scientific literature – described a psychological syndrome that occurred specifically in the mental healthiest, most psychologically mature, most existentially fulfilled human beings. These were people who had no internal conflicts; who had, or have had, in their lives, all the conventional objects of human desire – including love, financial security, friendship, respect, and self-respect – who savored and enjoyed all these things, but were still left wanting more. This ‘more’ was a desire to ‘actualize’ their highest potential, to use and develop their natural talents, abilities, and capacities; and to use them, not for its own sake, but in pursuit of an important, cherished, and personally selected life goal. ‘This’ was their primary motivation. And every self-actualizer was achieving it successfully, while deriving the most profound sense if fulfillment from that success.’
Within the above words is the core of this exceptional book: what follows supplants the addition of history of famous self-actualizers and the journey of Roman Gelperin. Reading and absorbing this book is a path toward enlightenment. The author - and we, the readers – grow with each new book: a genuine state of enlightenment and happiness. Highly recommended.
January 2, 2021
Interesting Look into What Makes us Tick
The mind is rich and complex. It can self-actualize randomly as a result of an insight. Then we can lose it as quickly as it came. As someone who experienced this shift where a veil is removed and I saw things just as they were, only to lose it some months later, this book drew me in. It reminded me all that I once knew that I feel is an aberration, an impossible ideal and told me I could achieve it again without the psychosis or insanity. It gives me hope.
The mind is rich and complex. It can self-actualize randomly as a result of an insight. Then we can lose it as quickly as it came. As someone who experienced this shift where a veil is removed and I saw things just as they were, only to lose it some months later, this book drew me in. It reminded me all that I once knew that I feel is an aberration, an impossible ideal and told me I could achieve it again without the psychosis or insanity. It gives me hope.
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