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7 Traits of Self-Realized People According to Abraham Maslow

By Exploring Your Mind staff — 2018

Self-realized people have found the perfect balance between the “ideal self” and the “real self."

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Always Speak the Truth

Speaking truly, to yourself and to others, does mean being authentic.

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Rick Hanson
2021
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Why Relive the Past?

Humans are the only animals on earth who punish themselves a thousand times or more for the same mistake, and who punish everybody else a thousand times or more for the same mistake.

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don Jose Ruiz
2011
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Zen Mind, Writer’s Mind

Natalie Goldberg’s classic Writing Down the Bones introduced writing as a spiritual practice. She discusses Zen and the writer’s practice with author and Buddhist teacher Steve Hagen, moderated by Scott Edelstein.

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Natalie Goldberg
2021
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12 Short Stories on Self Realization and Finding Your True Self

Awareness of your true self is the difference between feeling empowered or feeling like a victim. Here are 12 short stories that explain the importance of becoming aware of our true self.

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Mukesh Mani
2021
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The 9 Stages of Spiritual Self-Realization

Self-realization is one of those phrases that we hear on the spiritual path that goes in one ear and out the other. We don’t give it much thought, yet it’s at the very heart of EVERYTHING.

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Aletheia Luna
2021
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Parker Palmer Explains Why Inner Contemplation Is So Necessary

Necessity being the mother of invention, it struck me that contemplation didn’t depend on a particular practice.

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Maria Shriver
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Inner Listening: A Self-Inquiry Exercise

The yoga tradition offers a profound formula for realizing your heartfelt desires: it’s called the practice of sankalpa, or resolve.

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Kelly McGonigal
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