There are needs that are formed not by the spirit, but by consciousness and environment; they can safely be called false. We will look at two of them: the need for pleasure and the need for happiness.
Pleasure has only one function - it is quality indicator satisfying needs; and along with the withering away of the need, the pleasures specific to it end without any harm to the person. The habit of pleasure of any type is a false (that is, artificially created) program that greatly distorts the rhythm of a person’s energetic life.
As for happiness, man is not created for it, like a bird for flight, contrary to the opinion of the classic of socialist realism. Happiness is a spiritual category, not an emotional one, and since emotional life is secondary to spiritual life, happiness cannot be an emotional state or its consequence. Happiness is the carrot that is given personally by the spirit in the case when a person follows the true path; it is not a mental or emotional state, but a spiritual state when a person essentially, deep inside, feels the support of his spirit. AND find happiness(sorry for the cliche, dear reader) a person can only for a short period of time, since the tireless spirit will create a new need, new tension in the outside world, new tests - life goes on!
The desire for power. Depending on the evolutionary level and environment, this need can take various forms: domestic tyranny, political power, dominion over minds, power over nature, self-mastery (in a broad sense); one should distinguish the desire to gain power from the desire to exercise power (say, to freely move positions in one’s diocese at the will of one’s own “left leg”). The basis of the need for power is the desire of the spirit to manifest its volitional aspect, that is, O , which in religious texts is called omnipotence(the latter term means not O that God can do anything, but O that any power belongs to Him). A person really needs feel this power; the question of its correct application is one of the central spiritual tasks of man.
Need for communication has very complex roots. In addition to the desire for self-expression and knowledge, the need for communication is largely due to group human karma - but this topic goes beyond the scope of the treatise, so the author will limit himself to brief remarks here. The fact is that in order to overcome group karma, coordinated actions of groups of people are required, and for successful unification to help humanity, this very need is given; the problem of loneliness is a karmic tie that arises from a reluctance to listen to group (family, national, etc.) problems. Satisfaction from communication in the form of corresponding energy flows arises only when the result of communication is work for the benefit of evolution (and not mutual pleasure!). Communication for the purpose of obtaining pleasure (of any kind) can bring significant pleasure, but the lack of communication, that is, the whiplash of the corresponding need, does not remove.
Death instinct. This is a very powerful and ancient program whose purpose is to facilitate the decay and dying of the physical body at the end of life. V. Veresaev has interesting observations on this topic in “Notes of a Doctor.”
Modern chemotherapy and intensive care services can do a lot to counter this program, sometimes successfully prolonging the death throes for a long time. Reflections of the death instinct can also be seen in the normal course of life: these are some depressions, bad moods, low tone - in general, a state with low energy (the essence of the death instinct is that the corresponding program closes the chakras, primarily muladhara, and blocks energy flows). The subconscious mind tries to find a way out by opening the higher chakras - thoughts of a philosophical nature, about God, fate, etc., enter a person’s head. Sometimes renewal occurs, a revelation or local enlightenment occurs, and sometimes nothing like that happens. It should, however, be borne in mind that “silent” suicide, that is, a conscious constant challenge to the death instinct (slogan: “I don’t want to live”), which gradually destroys the physical body, from a karmic point of view is no better than ordinary suicide, since in both cases, a person does not complete his karmic affairs and ties a strong karmic knot on himself and others; according to yoga teachers, suicide is murder.
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Need - the need experienced and perceived by a person for what is necessary to maintain the body and develop his personality.
There are different classifications of human needs. In fact, they can be grouped into three groups:
- biological(natural, congenital, physiological, organic, natural) - needs that are associated with the biological (physiological) nature of a person, i.e. with everything that is necessary for existence, development and reproduction.
- social- needs that are associated with the public (social) nature of man, i.e. determined by a person’s membership in society.
- spiritual(ideal, cognitive, cultural) - needs that are associated with knowledge of the surrounding world, oneself and the meaning of one’s existence, i.e. in everything that is necessary for spiritual development.
1. all human needs are interconnected. For example, when satisfying hunger, a person cares about the aesthetics of the table, the variety of dishes, the cleanliness and beauty of the dishes, pleasant company, etc. Satisfying biological needs takes on many social facets in a person: culinary subtleties, the decor, the table setting, the quality of the dishes, the presentation of the dish, and the pleasant company sharing the meal are all important.
2. not all human needs can be satisfied.
3. needs should not contradict the moral standards of society.
Genuine(reasonable) needs- needs that help the development of truly human qualities in a person: the desire for truth, beauty, knowledge, the desire to bring good to people, etc.
Imaginary(unreasonable, false) needs- needs, the satisfaction of which leads to physical and spiritual degradation of the individual, causing damage to nature and society.
4. inexhaustibility, infinity, an infinite number of needs.
- Describing human needs, the American psychologist A. described a person as a “desiring creature” who rarely achieves a state of complete, complete satisfaction.
- Russian psychologist and philosopher S.L. spoke about the “unsatiability” of human needs.
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Biological |
Satisfying hunger, thirst, the desire to protect yourself from the cold, breathe fresh air, housing, clothing, food, sleep, rest, etc. |
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Social connections, communication, affection, caring for another person, attention to oneself, participation in joint activities, belonging to a social group, social recognition, work activity, creation, creativity, social activity, friendship, love, etc. |
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Self-expression, self-affirmation, knowledge of the world around us and our place in it, the meaning of our existence, and much more. etc. |
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There are needs that are formed not by the spirit, but by consciousness and environment; they can safely be called false. We will look at two of them: the need for pleasure and the need for happiness.
Pleasure has only one function - it is quality indicator satisfying needs; and along with the withering away of the need, the pleasures specific to it end without any harm to the person. The habit of pleasure of any type is a false (that is, artificially created) program that greatly distorts the rhythm of a person’s energetic life.
As for happiness, man is not created for it, like a bird for flight, contrary to the opinion of the classic of socialist realism. Happiness is a spiritual category, not an emotional one, and since emotional life is secondary to spiritual life, happiness cannot be an emotional state or its consequence. Happiness is the carrot that is given personally by the spirit in the case when a person follows the true path; it is not a mental or emotional state, but a spiritual state when a person essentially, deep inside, feels the support of his spirit. AND find happiness(sorry for the cliche, dear reader) a person can only for a short period of time, since the tireless spirit will create a new need, new tension in the outside world, new tests - life goes on!
The desire for power. Depending on the evolutionary level and environment, this need can take various forms: domestic tyranny, political power, dominion over minds, power over nature, self-mastery (in a broad sense); one should distinguish the desire to gain power from the desire to exercise power (say, to freely move positions in one’s diocese at the will of one’s own “left leg”). The basis of the need for power is the desire of the spirit to manifest its volitional aspect, that is, O , which in religious texts is called omnipotence(the latter term means not O that God can do anything, but O that any power belongs to Him). A person really needs feel this power; the question of its correct application is one of the central spiritual tasks of man.
Need for communication has very complex roots. In addition to the desire for self-expression and knowledge, the need for communication is largely due to group human karma - but this topic goes beyond the scope of the treatise, so the author will limit himself to brief remarks here. The fact is that in order to overcome group karma, coordinated actions of groups of people are required, and for successful unification to help humanity, this very need is given; the problem of loneliness is a karmic tie that arises from a reluctance to listen to group (family, national, etc.) problems. Satisfaction from communication in the form of corresponding energy flows arises only when the result of communication is work for the benefit of evolution (and not mutual pleasure!). Communication for the purpose of obtaining pleasure (of any kind) can bring significant pleasure, but the lack of communication, that is, the whiplash of the corresponding need, does not remove.
Death instinct. This is a very powerful and ancient program whose purpose is to facilitate the decay and dying of the physical body at the end of life. V. Veresaev has interesting observations on this topic in “Notes of a Doctor.”
Modern chemotherapy and intensive care services can do a lot to counter this program, sometimes successfully prolonging the death throes for a long time. Reflections of the death instinct can also be seen in the normal course of life: these are some depressions, bad moods, low tone - in general, a state with low energy (the essence of the death instinct is that the corresponding program closes the chakras, primarily muladhara, and blocks energy flows). The subconscious mind tries to find a way out by opening the higher chakras - thoughts of a philosophical nature, about God, fate, etc., enter a person’s head. Sometimes renewal occurs, a revelation or local enlightenment occurs, and sometimes nothing like that happens. It should, however, be borne in mind that “silent” suicide, that is, a conscious constant challenge to the death instinct (slogan: “I don’t want to live”), which gradually destroys the physical body, from a karmic point of view is no better than ordinary suicide, since in both cases, a person does not complete his karmic affairs and ties a strong karmic knot on himself and others; according to yoga teachers, suicide is murder.
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The development of the rationalization trend is hampered by “the growing irrationality of the whole, wastefulness and limitation of productivity, the need for aggressive expansion, the constant threat of war, intensified exploitation, and inhumanity. All this points to a historical alternative: the planned use of resources to satisfy the needs of life with a minimum of hard work, the transformation of free time into truly free time, the pacification of the struggle for existence” (ibid., p. 141).
Marcuse points out the importance of moral issues and connects them with the acquisition of true consciousness. “People must acquire a true consciousness instead of a false one, and a real one instead of immediate interest. They can do this only by feeling the need to change their lifestyle, to give up what they have from society” (ibid., p. 122). What can radically change the situation? The “Great Refusal” of consumer values and the combination of the most developed consciousness with the most exploited force - disgraced and outcasts, people on the periphery of modern society.