Peak Experience - Revision history

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			==Related LP Terms==

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			==Non-LP Related Terms==

			[[Peak Experience]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Peak Experience]]}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

	In [[LP]] terms, a [[Peak Experience]] is a brief, positive [[Connection Experience]] with various positive [[Connection Outcomes]].		In [[LP]] terms, a [[Peak Experience]] is a brief, positive [[Connection Experience]] with various positive [[Connection Outcomes]].

			According to [[Abraham Maslow]], "Practically everyone does have peak experiences, but not everyone knows it. Some people wave these small mystical experiences aside. Helping people to recognize these little moments of ecstasy when they happen is one of the jobs of the counsellor or [[Metacounselor]].<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''The Farther Reaches of Human Nature''. New York: Viking, 1971. p. 47.</ref>

	A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Maslow offered the following characteristics of peak experience.<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences''. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1964.</ref>		A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Maslow offered the following characteristics of peak experience.<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences''. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1964.</ref>

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Peak Experience''' is Maslow's term for brief, intense moments of positive fulfillment—often described as awe, rapture, ecstasy, or bliss—during which doubts, fears, inhibitions, tensions, and self-consciousness drop away, and a person may feel deep unity/belonging with the world and a sense of “this is it” clarity after glimpsing an ultimate truth or the essence of things.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>. (i.e., a [[Zenith Experience]]).		<blockquote class="definition">'''Peak Experience''' is Maslow's term for brief, intense moments of positive fulfillment—often described as awe, rapture, ecstasy, or bliss—during which doubts, fears, inhibitions, tensions, and self-consciousness drop away, and a person may feel deep unity/belonging with the world and a sense of “this is it” clarity after glimpsing an ultimate truth or the essence of things.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>. (i.e., a [[Zenith Experience]]).
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	== Concept Map ==		== Concept Map ==

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	<blockquote class="definition">		<blockquote class="definition">'''Peak Experience''' is Maslow's term for brief, intense moments of positive fulfillment—often described as awe, rapture, ecstasy, or bliss—during which doubts, fears, inhibitions, tensions, and self-consciousness drop away, and a person may feel deep unity/belonging with the world and a sense of “this is it” clarity after glimpsing an ultimate truth or the essence of things.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>. (i.e., a [[Zenith Experience]]).
	A '''Peak Experience''' is ~~a mild~~, positive, ~~common form of [[Connection Experience]]~~, ~~first recognized~~ and ~~named by Abraham Maslow~~.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>		</blockquote>.
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			== Concept Map ==

			=== Key Terms===

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			==Notes==

	~~==Notes==~~		In [[LP]] terms, a [[Peak Experience]] is a brief, positive [[Connection Experience]] with various positive [[Connection Outcomes]].

	A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Maslow offered the following characteristics of peak experience.<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences''. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1964.</ref>		A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Maslow offered the following characteristics of peak experience.<ref>Maslow, A. H. ''Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences''. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1964.</ref>
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	There are questions about the prevalence of peak experiences in children. As with adult peak experiences, these are probably very common, perhaps even more common than in adulthood especially when we consider the cumulative abuse most adults bear. Research on the relationship between peak experiences and childhood trauma (i.e., abuse, neglect, poverty and other factors is desperately needed.		There are questions about the prevalence of peak experiences in children. As with adult peak experiences, these are probably very common, perhaps even more common than in adulthood especially when we consider the cumulative abuse most adults bear. Research on the relationship between peak experiences and childhood trauma (i.e., abuse, neglect, poverty and other factors is desperately needed.

			==Abraham Maslow Index==

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