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Integral Yoga Psychology, based on Sri Aurobindo's vision of Reality, has both an emerging body of theory and a practical approach to the problems of life. In psychology, the term 'humanistic' enjoys a variety of uses. At one time it used to indicate that which is human-based. With Abraham Maslow's assertion of 'needs other than biological', humanistic psychology emerges as a psychology based on a notion of mental health, healthy human potential and possibilities for personal growth. Also, the various points of view represented by humanistic psychology — that is, phenomenology, certain versions of existentialism, self-theory, the experiential therapies and personality systems, many of the intrinsically based psychological theories of culture, and so on — shared a common concern about man and his potentialities. Moreover, the term 'humanistic' helped fill the need for an encompassing perspective that would combine the various positions and give them a general direction. The concept of a humanistic psychology is, therefore, an evolving one which tends to include the many underdeveloped aspects of human potentialities.
But, humanistic psychology has also its own limitations. It is evidently inspired by the concept of human nature as an 'unfinished business', as a process of continuous growth (Robert Assagioli). This growth process has two important phases: (a) the phase of free growth culminating in the attainment of some kind of glorious heights, and, (b) the phase of free creativity through spontaneous and meaningful self-expression. American psychologists, responding to phenomenology and existentialism, have been characteristically selective and eclectic in assimilating ideas from these movements but reluctant to commit themselves to any one particular system. They tended to shun strong philosophising and preferred to appropriate only those ideas which were readily intelligible and workable. The positivistic thinking, pragmatism, and aphilosophism, to which most American psychologists have been exposed in their training, perhaps had something to do with this tendency. Humanistic psychology appears to be a product of a selective incorporation and interweaving of many philosophical and cultural elements into one structure.
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Here’s my conversation with @michiokaku on multiverses, AI and dimensions beyond the visible, which was like a homecoming. As a Physics undergrad, Quantum Physics was my first love; Sri Aurobindo led me from physics to metaphysics, from the mysteries of matter to the greater mystery of consciousness. His map from Mind to Higher Mind, Illumined Mind, Intuitive Mind, Overmind and Supermind seems more relevant with every technological leap. Perhaps India must read Sri Aurobindo, not just to catch up with the future, but to help shape it. For the full interview click
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