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People routinely equate age with maturity ("older is wiser") without re-flecting on what the latter means. Physiological (bodily) maturity is usually beyond debate. Psychological and spiritual maturity are subject to major dispute. Premise - three essential requisites for human maturity are (a) environ-mental awareness, (b) reflection on the meanings of accumulated life exper-ience, and (c) the person's resident true Self consistently guiding her or his other personality subselves. Many middle-aged and older men and women who survived significant childhood neglect and trauma and have not hit personal bottom do not meet the third criteria. They and society judge them to be "mature," and they are not. One of many implications is that such wounded, unaware people expect themselves and each other to act mature (adult), and endure significant shame, guilt, and self-doubts because their thoughts, fantasies, feelings, and behaviors are often "irrational," "impulsive," and "self-centered" - i.e. "immature." Project 1 in this nonprofit Web site is about assessing for and proact-ively empowering disabled true Selves to lead and reduce false-self wounds that promote psychological and spiritual immaturity. How mature are you now - i.e. is your Self guiding your personality? slides / Project-1 index / guidebook / more detail / example / close |
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