peak experience

in the humanistic psychology of Abraham Maslow, a moment of awe, ecstasy, or sudden insight into life as a powerful unity transcending space, time, and the self. Peak experience may at times occur for individuals in their pursuit of self-actualization. See also being cognition; timeless moment; transpersonal psychology.

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April 25th 2024

unconscious plagiarism

see cryptomnesia.