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Achievement of self-actualization is possible when a person lives a life filled with meaning, experiences the search for their «Self», derives satisfaction from every moment of their existence, and takes an active position. A. Maslow noted that an obstacle to the process of self-actualization is the negative influence of safety needs. The process of personal growth requires a constant readiness to take risks and courage in acknowledging mistakes made. In the process of self-actualization, fears and anxieties increase, and a person's desire to return to safety and security grows. Maslow believed that if the majority of people achieved self-actualization, the nature of human needs would change, and better conditions and more opportunities for satisfying lower-level needs would be created. Taking into account the regularities of self-actualization and creating conditions for its realization requires significant reorganization of social and political structures. Self-actualization is the unfolding of personal potential, the growth and development of the human personality, which occurs as a result of the natural unfolding within a person of what is inherent in them as a human being. Since this process is endless and constantly occurring, self-actualization has a certain ideal that determines a person's future. The goals of self-actualization are prospective, as they are aimed at continuous growth. Self-actualization is a person's motivation to constantly search for themselves, to be ready for the tasks that arise, and to ensure a situation in which their thoughts, knowledge, and moral views correspond to the requirements of life in the context of their own values and ideas about the world. Self-actualization can be considered as the main process of personal self-development and an integral goal of educational activity toward which it is directed. According to C. Jung, the ultimate goal of a person's life is the full realization of the «Self», that is, the formation of a unified, unique, and integral individual. The development of each person is a unique process that continues throughout life, and it is called individuation. C. Jung identified self-realization as the result of this process. Self-actualization (individuation and the «full realization of the «Self»»), according to him, is the conscious realization by a person of their unique psychic reality. This is the disclosure of the innate integrity of the personality and its development throughout life. According to C. G. Jung, achieving self-actualization through individuation requires the expansion of a person’s consciousness through the awareness of the unconscious.
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