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<blockquote class="definition">The phrase '''Human Potential''' refers to the full and actualizable potential of the human individual and the human species. Actuation of full potential requires [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] of the [[Seven Essential Needs]], from birth through old age.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="definition">The phrase '''Human Potential''' refers to the the innate capacities, abilities, and possibilities that reside within each person. It encompasses the totality of an individual's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual capabilities, which can be developed and maximized over a lifetime.</blockquote>


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==Notes==


Note that actuation of full human potential requires [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] of the [[Seven Essential Needs]].
Human potential may be broken into [[Individual Potential]] and [[Species Potential]] .  


There is, of course, the important question of "What is full human potential?" That's hard to tell because the human species has never enjoyed an optimal environment and, what's worse, the [[Accumulating Class]] have been suppressing potential for thousands and thousands of years. I suspect though what we see now is a pixelated shadow of what once was, and what could be.  
According to the [[Lightning Path Human Development Framework]], actuation  full potential requires [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] of the [[Seven Essential Needs]], from birth through old age.


Note that Abraham Maslow speculated a bit<ref>Maslow, A. H. “The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature.” The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 1, no. 1 (1969): 1–9.</ref>, and I'm sure so did others, but I'm not going to bother to look them up.
There is, of course, the important question of "What is full human potential?" That's hard to tell because the human species has never enjoyed an optimal environment and, what's worse, the [[Accumulating Class]] have been suppressing potential for thousands and thousands of years.
 
Abraham Maslow provided some speculations.<ref>Maslow, A. H. “The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature.” The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 1, no. 1 (1969): 1–9.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:44, 19 August 2023

The phrase Human Potential refers to the the innate capacities, abilities, and possibilities that reside within each person. It encompasses the totality of an individual's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual capabilities, which can be developed and maximized over a lifetime.

Related LP Terms

Human Potential > Individual Potential, Lightning Path Human Development Framework, Species Potential

Non-LP Related Terms

Human Potential >

Notes

Human potential may be broken into Individual Potential and Species Potential .

According to the Lightning Path Human Development Framework, actuation full potential requires Sufficient Satisfaction of the Seven Essential Needs, from birth through old age.

There is, of course, the important question of "What is full human potential?" That's hard to tell because the human species has never enjoyed an optimal environment and, what's worse, the Accumulating Class have been suppressing potential for thousands and thousands of years.

Abraham Maslow provided some speculations.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Maslow, A. H. “The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature.” The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 1, no. 1 (1969): 1–9.