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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.

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