Usually when we think of maturity, we think of growing up – becoming an adult. But, how many adults do we know that seem incapable of growing up?
The whole topic is an open invitation for the superego to have a field day.
When discussing human maturity it seems the first logical step is to discriminate what we mean by human maturity. Here we are not talking so much about the maturation of the body, the emotions or the mind – though the maturation of these human aspects are part of the process.
Ego maturity is more centrally involved, but ego maturity needs to be free of the constraints of parental and social standards. Real human maturity is not dependent on the superego or the personal “conscience” based on superego dictates.
Arrested development is a manifestation of ego immaturity. The psycho-dynamics of arrested development need to be addressed and the energies trapped within freed for the soul to move toward real human maturity.
Human maturity, as we are using it here, could be referred to as the “ripening of the soul.” Here human maturity is seen as the soul and the human being integrating and embodying not only the maturation of the body, mind and emotions, but also waking up to the underlying nature of reality.
Human maturity is then seen as a movement deeper into true nature or as an unfolding of the soul.
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