We get hints of what this is like in peak experiences, which have been well described by Maslow and others. To sum up, then, the things we are positively interested in as proponents of humanistic psychology are not self-indulgent or narcissistic, but socially defensible and politically desirable. I have called these the humanistic heresies, and I think there are at least nine of them. This is where people use the methods developed within humanistic psychology to oppress others in new and more effective ways. Techniques can be useful when a person wants to do something, but genuinely doesn't know how to do it.
Instrumentalism loves technique for the power it gives to the practitioner.
Albert Speer, Minister of Armaments and War under Hitler, ran his ministry in accordance with the best principles of humanistic management. Many organizations today which are less than admirable teach social skills in ways taken from humanistic psychology. The content is different, but the form is the same - the teacher is the provider and the student is the consumer. The point is that humanistic psychology is always about the realisation of potential, not about its guidance into some groove laid down by someone else. We stand for real freedom and real communication, and systems which allow and encourage this.