Meeting Your Needs. How to Hack Maslow’s Pyramid.
Dear Friend,
If your HR department didn’t include something about Maslow’s pyramid during your induction when you first joined the company, here’s all you need to know about it:
You’ve got needs
Satisfying these needs is what motivates you
Your needs range from basic ones like food and shelter, right through to love and belonging and ultimately, ‘self-actualization’
You only pursue a higher need when a lower one has been satisfied, so your needs can be stacked one on top of each other in the shape of a pyramid to form a hierarchy
This theory of human motivation was formulated by the American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, for whom the pyramid is named after.
What Maslow missed out however is that life can be a lottery and reaching the top of the pyramid is not guaranteed.
It’s possible to get stuck at a lower level, while failing to achieve satisfaction.
Here’s your hack or ‘get out clause’ to Maslow’s pyramid:
In the yoga literature (Lalita Sahasranama) one of the names of your kundalini is ‘purushartha pradayini’ meaning, ‘She who achieves for you the four aims of life’
These four aims are: dharma ( peace & equanimity), kama (love, pleasure & enjoyment), artha (wellbeing & prosperity), moksha ( spiritual freedom)
Your daily kundalini meditation then becomes a way of achieving all other life needs as a by-product your inner work with yoga. More below.
Also below: take advantage of a free yoga and dance course; and, getting the benefit of training your attention.
Best wishes
P.
PS.
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