Self-Actualization Below The Surface To the casual observer, when a seed germinates nothing has changed, the topsoil looks just the same as it did a moment before.The interesting idea for a conversation about self-actualization is that they have been lying dormant all this time and they’ll continue to. Seeds Of Potential I have a bunch of packets of different types of seeds that have been sitting in my pantry for the last few years and have been contemplating planting some of them this spring.Waiting Patiently For Human Growth When you plant a seed, you don’t just water it one or two times and then give up, thinking “Obviously it’s never going to sprout.” You know that the process takes time, that even if conditions are optimal it will be months before you see the fruits of your labor.The ‘aha!’ moment is fun, and cause for celebration, but it doesn’t mean that the long, arduous task of growth is over. It represents an intermediary stage of growth where an important aspect of life has become visible, where it has moved from the unconscious realm to the conscious realm. So we see that the ‘aha!’ moment is neither a beginning nor an end in the process of human development.
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To reach full maturity that plant will require a lot more attention. An important, exciting stage, but a stage nonetheless. Let’s not forget that the sprout is only an intermediary stage in the development of the plant. The good gardener can’t force the seed to sprout but can assist in its development. The seed has to be planted in the first place and then it has to receive the proper nutrients or it will never sprout. It required the correct conditions all along, like soil with the preferred acidity and adequate amounts of water and sunlight.
It couldn’t be seen by the naked eye because all of its growth was occurring below the surface of the soil. The sprout didn’t just appear out of nowhere.
Why not just wait around for the heaven sent inspiration to strike instead? Much easier, and much more effective.īut let’s think of the ‘aha!’ moment as a sprout shooting up through the soil. In fact people often feel tempted to start to denigrate all the work on the back end, to see it as plodding, pointless stuff that’s not getting any results. Many don’t make the conscious connection between everything they’re doing on the back end and that wanted moment of clarity on the front end. Eureka! The paradox is that while the ‘aha!’ moment seems to come out of nowhere, while it feels like a gift from the heavens, while it’s experienced as effortless, it’s actually the product of a great deal of hard work and self-reflection. The curtains part and it’s easy to see everything onstage. What was once obscure suddenly becomes crystal clear.
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