Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fulfillment of oneself.
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- noun The full use of one's own
abilities .
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- noun the fulfillment of your capacities
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Examples
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Living from the soul, which is outward, keeps you from the contracted state of living merely for self-fulfillment, which is a leftover immature perception from a life not purposefully lived.
The Way of the Fertile Soul Randine Lewis 2007
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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Over the years, I, like millions, played along and listened to the many theories that told us that having it all is the route to happiness, self-fulfillment and self-actualization.
Mia Redrick: What New Mothers Need to Know About Motherhood Mia Redrick 2012
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What united these women was a very genuine desire to do something with their lives, and not in an empty spirit of achievement, but out of a longing for self-fulfillment, the need to have a proper, heartfelt purpose, and a greedy, reveling love of fine, rich food.
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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Over the years, I, like millions, played along and listened to the many theories that told us that having it all is the route to happiness, self-fulfillment and self-actualization.
Mia Redrick: What New Mothers Need to Know About Motherhood Mia Redrick 2012
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But the "danger," if there is one, is that yoga in the West could come to be viewed merely as another vehicle for self-fulfillment, and thereby fall into that very American category of spiritual practice, in which the goal of practice -- ironically just like the goal of American life -- is to get whatever we want whenever we want it.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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