We can think! because..

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Hope you all are doing well.

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It's good to be blogging again, this one is going to be very relevant to many of our situations in life, I hope!

They say we define our personalities by the environment around us, and learn each day from the day things start making sense to us until the end of our lives.

Making sense of  or deriving the meanings of what we see, hear, experience and our responses to any situation is actually half of our life spent.

Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist who is famous for his theory "Maslow's need hierarchy", has put self-actualization needs at the top of his psychological pyramid.

We can culminate many vital aspects and facts from this theory, I wish to share some of them today, and also link it with our thinking.

The synopsis of his theory is: A person will look upon five types of needs in his journey of life. The first one being psychological needs which is the primary food, clothing and shelter.

Next comes the safety needs which is the security needed to lead a peaceful life, followed by love and belongingness from his people then the esteem needs, the person expects others to appreciate him, which is called superego.

Finally, at the end of the pyramid, we have the self-actualization need which is considered as the ultimate stage a person can reach where all his other obligations are in abundance and now he or she contemplates about higher and philosophical matters like divinity, soul and God and also materialistic matters like a grand house and a celebrity life!

Well, that is the simplest way I could think to explain this theory.

 

Now let's try to put some practicality, by keeping our thoughts as reference.

Imagine a tramp, who wanders on the streets and beseeches for money and eats just one time a day, what do you think his thinking scope would be, well we can say it would not reach more than the psychological needs mark.

Another instance let us think about a more economically stable person who is leading a family life, his Maslow index (as referred by Abraham Maslow) will be love and belongingness.

 Sorry, imagine again, a wealthy man who is famous as a celebrity, what do you think his Maslow index would be? It will definitely reach the self-actualization mark.

 I think even though the theory is so simple, it teaches us so much more to make our lives more understanding from a psychological and behavioural point of view.

We think because we have the liberty, time and energy to think, because for us most of the things which are actually basic is taken care of by our family who helps you get minimum education which makes you feel confident and help you achieve your goals.

Your job or business helps you to earn your bread, your friends who are there for you to listen to your problems and also share your happiness, your doctor to take care of your health, the list is always endless, this endless list of people who are there to for  you during the crusts and troughs of your life, is what gives you the confidence to think!

The crux is you are governed by the limit of your thinking ability, and that ability and limit is set by the current status/ standard of your living and the people around you, that's the hard truth.

Yes! of course for any theory there will be  exceptions, similarly for this theory the exception I can think of is , the  brilliant people around the world who were so determined that they could achieve whatever they dreamed of because of their will and determination! Superseding the needs in the pyramid at the cost of their sacrifices.

But to accept a conceptualization as a theory, the sampling test should be a positive value, which means most (50% or more of the sample) qualify under the premise of this model.

So for all the arrogantly proud people who think they are the kings and queens and can think and do whatever they wish to.They must remember they dare to do so because and only because of their support systems around them which makes things work for them!

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  So it's better to be humble, which helps you to reach the summit of the Maslow pyramid!

Let go, ego!

Thanks a lot for your time, have a great week ahead.

Helios.