Talk:Self actualization

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"People who are self actualized have had peak experiences. Peak experiences are situations that are so intense that the person loses all sense of self and they find themselves in the flow of the event. These are often religious or mystical experiences."

I'm concerned about this paragraph in the article. Does it mean to say that ALL people who are self actualized have had such experiences? According to whom? Maslow? I hope this brief paragraph could be expanded with greater detail and referencing. Thank you! 195.54.243.250 20:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)David Walker, London

[edit] "This article is bad!"

There should be a limit of how many tags can be on top of an article... nobody will ever read this article as long as the first thing they see is four different boxes shouting "This article is bad!" —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition unclear

The article currently does not have a clear definition of self-actualization. I may try to re-write it. I think that this article should begin with as straightforward as possible of a definition of self actualization, and then discuss the history of the term afterwards. Cazort (talk) 21:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Self actualization?

I am curious as to how self actualization is credited to someone, when the term is used by Descartes (1596-1650) in his Meditations on First Philosophy (Meditation IV to be exact). If there are plans to expand the definition, and use of the term, to other disciplines other than Psychology then please disregard. If it is not, why not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.159.68.251 (talk) 04:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)