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Abraham Maslow spoke of "Good Conditions." These are conditions where the need for truth is met-"full access to information, to the truth." | |||
'''Safe environments''' are non-threatening, non-toxic, calm environments where there is absolutely no violence or threat of violence of any form. No violence here means no emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physical violence. Safe environments are important because they allow your bodily ego to recover, relax, reflect, let go, and grow. If you are constantly stressed out by toxicity, assault, and negativity, the bodily ego stays rigid and in control and you will struggle to make a connection. | '''Safe environments''' are non-threatening, non-toxic, calm environments where there is absolutely no violence or threat of violence of any form. No violence here means no emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physical violence. Safe environments are important because they allow your bodily ego to recover, relax, reflect, let go, and grow. If you are constantly stressed out by toxicity, assault, and negativity, the bodily ego stays rigid and in control and you will struggle to make a connection. | ||
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[Spiritual teachers [often?] comment on the nature and establishment of right environment.] | [Spiritual teachers [often?] comment on the nature and establishment of right environment.] | ||
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"When I am prized, I blossom and expand, I am an interesting individual. In a hostile or unappreciative group, I am just not much of anything. People wonder, with very good reason, how did he ever get a reputation? I wish I had the strength to be more similar in both kinds of groups, but actually the person I am in a warm and interested group is different from the person I am in a hostile or cold group."<ref>Rogers, Carl. ''A Way of Being.'' Houghton Mifflin, 1980.</ref> | |||
"On the basis of my experience I have found that if I can help bring about a climate marked by genuineness, prizing, and understanding, then exciting things happen. Persons and groups in such a climate move away from rigidity and toward flexibility, away from static living toward process living, away from dependence toward autonomy, away from defensiveness toward self-acceptance, away from being predictable toward an unpredictable creativity. They exhibit living proof of an actualizing tendency."<ref>Rogers, Carl. ''A Way of Being''. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 17 December 2025
Right Environment
Right environment is an environment that meets one or more of our Seven Essential Needs and, equally importantly, does not thwart any of these same needs.[1] Right environment is also an environment that goes further, that not only healthy but also healing, and connection. A right environment is an environment that supports Health, Healing and Connection. In other words, right environment is a safe, nurturing and healing environment.[2] Right environment is one of the Three Rs of Alignment and is part of the LP's Alignment Rule Set.
The Three Rs of Alignment
Three Rs of Alignment > Right Action, Right Environment, Right Thought
The Three Ws of Misalignment
Three Ws of Mislignment > Wrong Action, Wrong Environment, Wrong Thought
Related LP Terms
Right Environment > Alignment, No-Violence Rule, Three Rs of Alignment
Related Terms
Notes
Abraham Maslow spoke of "Good Conditions." These are conditions where the need for truth is met-"full access to information, to the truth."
Safe environments are non-threatening, non-toxic, calm environments where there is absolutely no violence or threat of violence of any form. No violence here means no emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physical violence. Safe environments are important because they allow your bodily ego to recover, relax, reflect, let go, and grow. If you are constantly stressed out by toxicity, assault, and negativity, the bodily ego stays rigid and in control and you will struggle to make a connection.
Supportive environments are nurturing environments where all your Seven Essential Needs1 are met. Your home environment should certainly be a supportive environment, and so should your school, socia, and work place be as well.
Aligned environments are environments where you are encouraged to, and where you can, act in alignment with your spiritual ego. Since your spiritual ego is an entity of light, life, love, creativity, compassion, empathy, and intelligence, right environments are environments where you can act with love, compassion, empathy, and intelligence.
Right environments are important for both Healing and Connection. One can neither heal nor connect when coping with Wrong Environment.
The isolation of a temple or monastery is one attempt to provide Right Environment
[Spiritual teachers [often?] comment on the nature and establishment of right environment.]
Quotes
"When I am prized, I blossom and expand, I am an interesting individual. In a hostile or unappreciative group, I am just not much of anything. People wonder, with very good reason, how did he ever get a reputation? I wish I had the strength to be more similar in both kinds of groups, but actually the person I am in a warm and interested group is different from the person I am in a hostile or cold group."[3]
"On the basis of my experience I have found that if I can help bring about a climate marked by genuineness, prizing, and understanding, then exciting things happen. Persons and groups in such a climate move away from rigidity and toward flexibility, away from static living toward process living, away from dependence toward autonomy, away from defensiveness toward self-acceptance, away from being predictable toward an unpredictable creativity. They exhibit living proof of an actualizing tendency."[4]
Related LP Content and Courses
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lightning Path Workbook Three: Connection. Lightning Path Press. https://www.patreon.com/posts/lp-workbooks-and-91290808
- ↑ Lightning Path Workbook Three: Connection. Lightning Path Press. https://www.patreon.com/posts/lp-workbooks-and-91290808
- ↑ Rogers, Carl. A Way of Being. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.
- ↑ Rogers, Carl. A Way of Being. Houghton Mifflin, 1980.