thank you to everyone who has responded, i put this post up after a discussion with River regarding integrity... it made me wonder, how do we instill integrity in our children now since the good Dr. has been dead for awhile.. i am not a Dr., only a person with a vested interest in society, financially and emotionally...

i agree that not everyone achieves the higher levels of actualization, if we did, i imagine there would be no need for the field of psychiatry or psychoanalysis.. but is that reason not to try for complete actualization? does coming close count for anything in this area and how different might our human condition be with a group of individuals who attempted and only made it part way?

i admire the Dr.s good intent tho, these sound like supportive, encouraging, positive guidelines, teaching responsibility, freedom, and participation in our world in a way that separates achievers into different levels... often as i read posts in some of the forums i can see where some deficiency in one of the areas exists, outstandingly at the lower tier, regarding sleep, nutrition, activity... basic needs... what habits have replaced the practices of good health?

i have read somewhere that technology both advances and reverses our human condition, such as the way we communicate... so fast with the internet, but what substance might be lost with the ability to quickly convey directives lacking emotion, as in texting?

i am wondering if we have become so distant from our originations in being that we have become overwhelmed by convenience, and in doing so, left behind principles like integrity?

thanks to everyone who takes time to read and respond, the journey continues...