The Test Of A Man Is: Does

Become Aware Of Internal, Subjective, Subverbal Experiences, So That These Experiences Can Be Brought Into The World Of Abstraction, Of Conversation, Of Naming, Etc. With The Consequence That It Immediately Becomes Possible For A Certain Amount Of Control To Be Exerted Over These Hitherto Unconscious And Uncontrollable Processes.

As One Studies These Preconditions, One Becomes Saddened By The Ease With Which Human Potentiality Can Be Destroyed Or Repressed, So That A Fully-human Person Can Seem Like A Miracle, So Improbable A Happening As To Be Awe-inspiring. And Simultaneously One Is Heartened By The Fact That Self-actualizing Persons Do In Fact Exist, That They Are Therefore Possible, That The Gauntlet Of Dangers Can Be Run, That The Finish Line Can Be Crossed.

A First-rate Soup Is More Creative Than A Second-rate Painting.

The Peaker Learns Surely And Certainly That Life Can Be Worthwhile, That It Can Be Beautiful And Valuable. There Are Ends In Life, I.e., Experiences Which Are So Precious In Themselves As To Prove That Not Everything Is A Means To Some End Other Than Itself.

If Both The Physiological And The Safety Needs Are Fairly Well Gratified, Then There Will Emerge Love And Affection And Belongingness Needs, And The Whole Cycle Already Described Will Repeat Itself With This New Centre. Now The Person Will Feel Keenl