Discoveries in Maslow
douglas germann
76066.515 at compuserve.com
Tue Dec 2 19:44:51 PST 2008
Your Handsomeness--
Of course I noticed!
:- Doug.
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 17:15 +0900, Stanley Park wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Practicing our two feet (mobility either physiccally or on our mind or both)
> to better learn and/or contribute (inherent urge to be of help=care)
> liberates people from hatred caused by external conditions moving toward
> living peace.
>
> Surely, i have become much more handsome... You must have noticed that!!!
> ;-)
>
> With All My Love,
>
> spark
> ~~~
>
> Stanley Park
> Open Space Institute of Korea
> 218-8 Gusan-dong, Eunpyung-gu
> Seoul, Korea
> spark at openspace.kr
> Phone: 82-10-7237-0636
> www.OPENSPACE.kr
> 'Liberate the Leader in Each of Us'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of douglas
> germann
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:55 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Discoveries in Maslow
>
> Diane and Patricia--
>
> Thanks. Yes, that does seem to be the thrust of this book which I think was
> published posthumously (that's a curious word, yes? After humous, after
> being human, maybe even when forever humorous!), that creativity is a strong
> thrust for him, perhaps prime among the B-values he lists.
>
> Now what about the inviting question: Are you more beautiful after open
> space? <grin>
>
> :- Doug.
>
> On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 14:32 -0500, Diane Brandon wrote:
> > If you take a look at the Appendices (I think it's B) in Religion,
> > Values, and Peak Experiences, you'll see a list of B-values (values of
> > Being) that Maslow suggested go at the top of the hierarchy of needs
> > pyramid. Creativity is one of the B-values, but there are a list of
> > perhaps 15-20 of them there. Good stuff!
> >
> >
> > Diane Brandon
> > www.kitchentableconsulting.net
> >
> > On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Patricia Haines wrote:
> >
> > > After Maslow's death his wife published what he'd been working on -
> > > which was a final stage for adult development where CREATIVITY is
> > > the peak need. This stage is seldom if ever mentioned in works on
> > > Maslow, but it seems one that we all could use at this challenging
> > > time in history - and it certainly works for what OS fosters in
> > > participants! Collective creativity and responsibility -
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> > > Subject: [OSLIST] Discoveries in Maslow
> > > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 12:36 PM
> > >
> > > Hi--
> > >
> > > For the last few days I have been reading Maslow and finding a
> lot of
> > > insights into OST. From today's reading:
> > >
> > > Pilot experiment: Unquantified observation from
> > > two-year-long experiments with group therapy:
> both the
> > > college boys and the college girls in general
> looked
> > > more beautiful or handsome both to me and to the
> > > participants themselves (and actually became
> more
> > > beautiful, attractive as measured by the
> judgment of
> > > strangers) because of increased self-love and
> > > self-respect and increased pleasure in pleasing
> the
> > > group members (out of increased love for them).
> In
> > > general, if we stress the uncovering aspect of
> therapy,
> > > then whatever it reveals was there already in
> some
> > > sense. Therefore, whatever emerges or is
> revealed by
> > > uncovering therapy is very likely to be
> constitutionally
> > > or temperamentally or genetically intrinsic to
> the
> > > organism;i.e., its essence, its deepest reality,
> is
> > > biologically given. Abraham H. Maslow, The
> Farther
> > > Reaches of Human Nature, p 139
> > >
> > > Wow! This might explain some of what happens in OST: increased
> self
> > > respect leading to better ideas, better perhaps in the sense of
> > > simplicity, elegance, beauty. OS leads to beautiful people:
> how's that
> > > for high performance?
> > >
> > > Have you noticed anything akin to this?
> > >
> > > What is the "uncovering aspect" in opening space?
> > >
> > > :- Doug.
> > >
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