Seven Essential Needs
According to the LP, the Seven Essential Needs are:
- Physiological needs -- food, water, air, clothing, exercise, sex
- Safety and security needs -- safe home, safe spaces, secure finances. Safety includes the absence of assault of any kind, including physical assault (e.g., spanking), and emotional and psychological assault.
- Love needs -- unconditional support, acceptance, inclusion, being made to feel that we belong
- Truth/understanding needs -- "Mommy, why is the sky blue?" "Daddy, why are you angry all the time?" We all have a biological drive to know and understand the world.
- Esteem/Power -- we all need to feel good about ourselves, and we all need to feel powerful and efficacious like can create the world we want
- Need to alignment with Highest Self - in Humanistic psychology, self-actualization.
- Need for connection with Highest Self -- in Transpersonal Psychology, transcendence; in Christianity, Islamic, salvation; in Buddhism, enlightenment; etc.)
In order for a Physical Unit to grow up healthy and Connected, all these needs must be completely met.
Notes
Einstein says... "There is a mystical drive in man to learn about his own existence...the dignity of man depends not on his membership in a church, but on his scrutinizing mind, his confidence in his intellect, his figuring things out for himself, and above all his respect for the laws of creation" (Hermanns, 1983: np)
See Also
Psychology | Developmental Psychology
Further Reading
Lightning Path Workbook Two: Healing. 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
