Seven Essential Needs

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According to the LP, the Seven Essential Needs are:


  1. Physiological needs -- food, water, air, clothing, exercise, sex
  2. 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.
  3. Love needs -- unconditional support, acceptance, inclusion, being made to feel that we belong
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Need to alignment with Highest Self - in Humanistic psychology, self-actualization.
  7. 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.

See Also

Psychology | Developmental Psychology

Further Reading

Lightning Path Workbook Three: Connection. Lightning Path Press. https://www.patreon.com/posts/lp-workbooks-and-91290808