The Loss Of Illusions And

Life Is An Ongoing Process Of Choosing Between Safety (out Of Fear And Need For Defense) And Risk (for The Sake Of Progress And Growth). Make The Growth Choice A Dozen Times A Day.

The Person In Peak-experiences Feels Himself, More Than Other Times, To Be The Responsible, Active, Creating Center Of His Activities And Of His Perceptions. He Feels More Like A Prime-mover, More Self-determined (rather Than Caused, Determined, Helpless, Dependent, Passive, Weak, Bossed). He Feels Himself To Be His Own Boss, Fully Responsible, Fully Volitional, With More "free-will" Than At Other Times, Master Of His Fate, An Agent.

False Optimism Sooner Or Later Means Disillusionment , Anger And Hopelessness.

Whereas The Average Individuals "often Have Not The Slightest Idea Of What They Are, Of What They Want, Of What Their Own Opinions Are," Self-actualizing Individuals Have "superior Awareness Of Their Own Impulses, Desires, Opinions, And Subjective Reactions In General."

What We Call 'normal' In Psychology Is Really A Psychopathology Of The Average, So Undramatic And So Widely Spread That We Don't Even Notice It Ordinarily.