Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the PromiseHerbert Arthur Otto The first six papers in this collection were originally presented at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in 1966 in New York City, as a part of a symposium of the same name (Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the Promise). The six symposium members made some changes and additions in their presentations. The additional papers are also original contributions by scientists and pioneers in the forefront of that growing edge, called the human potentialities movement. |
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... feeling in the body of an individual . Our confusion about sexuality stems from our ignorance about the nature of feeling . We tend to equate sexual feeling with genital excitation which is only a very limited part of sexual responsive ...
... feeling in the body of an individual . Our confusion about sexuality stems from our ignorance about the nature of feeling . We tend to equate sexual feeling with genital excitation which is only a very limited part of sexual responsive ...
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... feeling . This is not generally ap- preciated . We tend to think of feelings as being unrelated . We ignore the fact that if we suppress our sadness , we diminish our capacity for joy . If we block out pain , we inhibit our pleasure ...
... feeling . This is not generally ap- preciated . We tend to think of feelings as being unrelated . We ignore the fact that if we suppress our sadness , we diminish our capacity for joy . If we block out pain , we inhibit our pleasure ...
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... feeling , the sense that all our boundaries are partly self - imposed and non- sensical . There is often a definite sense that a threshold has been crossed , a clear feeling that something has happened to one's way of being . Throughout ...
... feeling , the sense that all our boundaries are partly self - imposed and non- sensical . There is often a definite sense that a threshold has been crossed , a clear feeling that something has happened to one's way of being . Throughout ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
TWO THE UNFOLDING IMAGES OF | 12 |
Three CULTURE AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL | 21 |
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