– Section 10
Abraham H. Maslow Innate Needs
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Abraham H. Maslow described a Hierarchy of Needs shown here:
- Food, shelter, clothing
- Safety and protection
- Belongingness
- Love
- Respect
- Self Esteem (meaning what we think of ourselves)
- Identity (meaning how we are different from others)
- Self Actualization (meaning being and becoming as much as we can be)
- Dignity
Maslow believed that man was an ever wanting animal. When one need was fulfilled, another need kicked in. This hierarchy was in order of need. For example, if we do not have food, we must eat or perish, and so forth.
Let us now explain our view at Loquate. Primary Values are building blocks. Without living Primary Values we cannot be free. Primary Values define what Maslow called the Good Citizen and the Good Society in terms of instrumental means.
Therefore no person can deny that feelings define happiness. Happiness is being on target as a human being. Feeling good means being on target and feeling bad means being off target.
If one or more of the primary values is present in an experience, and the experience does not go against any of the other primary values, you will feel good! If the experience goes against one or more of the primary values, you will feel bad, even if other primary values are present.
The Good Citizen then is happy. An identity experience is elevated in the mind of the Good Citizen as being typical of what it means to live when the Good Society permits this. The two are intertwined.
An incubator space is needed. Loquate’s mission is this:
- To develop the member’s diversity and sense of shared humanity thru self-awareness,
- To develop a sense of community in Smart® groups of self-aware members,
- To develop the sense of community within the larger group or organization of which they are a part,
- To develop the larger group or organization into a catalyst for the sense of community in its surrounding environment,
- To spread the sense of community throughout our fragile world using a small incubator space for Smart® groups to serve as a model for peace.
Groups comprise society. When a preponderance of groups comprising a society tends toward sense of community that society may be defined as a Good Society.
In every instance of defining the Good Citizen and the Good Society, an individual identity experience is a key component of a group identity experience. The group identity experience is a key component of the society identity experience. Put another way, the collective experiences of individuals may be elevated by a group as the group’s identity experience. Thus as the individual goes, so goes the society.
Norms are defined as expected behavior of a group. Norms form around individual behavior. Expulsion from a group, either voluntary or involuntary, is a means of enforcing norms.
In a free society, norms form in truth. Freedom to live your deepest beliefs in harmony with others is the ultimate freedom. Scientifically, Loquate has created space around a preciousness of God at work in the lives of ordinary people. A dualistic path to faith is Smart® habits. Smart® habits validate and predict scientifically wellbeing. Smart® habits bring happiness to the individual or joy if suffering is involved and increased sense of community in every group of which the individual is a part.
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