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‘In what way have I gained a deeper understanding of my life and of the forces working in the world?’ I have gained a deeper insight into Maslow’s theory expounded in his 40’s hierarchy of needs. Kabbalah was there long before Maslow and explained in every-day terms how our needs progress from basic physiological needs to more or greater psychological ones. I feel the concept of ‘needs’ is rather that of ‘wants’. Having satisfied the basic physiological ‘wants’ we want more of what we already have i.e. what could be interpreted as wealth which answers what Maslow saw as safety, which equates to security. Being human we want to love and be loved which having been attained adds to our sense of security. Having acquired all the above the desire to control and protect it becomes apparent, for which we need power. Power Maslow sees as esteem. To understand, maintain and control all the foregoing we need, or want the know-how how to do so – knowledge. This drives us to go beyond ‘the box’ and in doing so come to what Maslow saw as self-actualisation. From the above I have realised that it is the forces of Nature that have driven each step of our journey through this phase of our life and will ultimately lead us into the spiritual realm.
I would like to learn how to lift the filters that prevent us being consciously aware of (at least of some of) the other 80% of our sensory input. To develop my sixth sense and become spiritually awake so as to hopefully find the path that leads us back to the oneness from which we came.
Hi my name is Philip and am a 76 yo retiree. Having been searching for an answer to the age old questions of why am I here, how and for what reason? for a number of years landed on this site from a YouTube suggestion and watched a presentation by Tony. It spoke to me and prompted me to follow the ‘white rabbit’ so to speak – ‘borrowing’ a  quote from the film Matrix.
I believe it is the intent of the ‘prayer’ that is most important. In all aspects accept what is given us in order to give to others. I just ‘pray’ that I can see that the gift has already been given and accept it with gratitude. Every day we are given the gift of life but all too often just take it for granted, failing to use that day to maximum effect.
