Mindfulness means awareness: I am fully aware at every moment, of my body including my posture, anything that goes on in my body, and I am fully aware of […]
activity
The term „productive“ is also apt to be confused with „active,“ and „productiveness“ with „activity.“ While the two terms can be synonymous (for instance, in Aristotle’s concept of activity), […]
authority
Authority is not a quality one person „has,“ in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks […]
banality
What I mean by banality here, in contrast to reality, is not that something is not clever, but that it is unreal. If I read an article in the […]
social needs; needs, social
Man is not only a member of society. Man is a member of the human race. Man has necessities of his own which exist quite independently from any other […]
needs
Those needs which he shares with the animal – hunger, thirst, need for sleep and sexual satisfaction – are important, being rooted in the inner chemistry of the body, […]
consciousness
Consciousness is the mental activity in our state of being preoccupied with external reality-with acting. The unconscious is the mental experience in a state of existence in which we […]
therapeutic relationship
The most fundamental point is the transformation of the whole analytic situation from one in which a detached observer studies an „object“ to one of interpersonal communication. (…) This […]
relatedness (relation); relation (relatedness)
What is the source of energy from which we live? Well, you might say there is one source of energy that is purely physical, which is rooted in the […]
biophilia; love of life (biophilia)
Biophilia is the passionate love of life and of all that is alive; it is the wish to further growth, whether in a person, a plant, an idea, or […]