GirlChat #602271
1. Kama, or sensory craving
{snip} 2. Shringara, or rapturous intimacy {snip} 3. Maitri, or generous compassion {snip} 4. Bhakti, or impersonal devotion {snip} 5. Atma-Prema, or unconditional self-love {snip} http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/ancient-india-s-five-words-for-love ...replace Maslow's heirarchy with... this... and keep the same doctrine. It might be actionable; an active effort exists to thwart normal development by threatening lower-levels, the response is... ? It might be very actionable indeed. 'n much like maslow's heirarchy, I'm an improbable paradox - living at the tip (usually, #4, which is also in Maslow's version), dealing with the bottom. This... may be a very actionable paradigm for devolving the active and deliberate attack on our chance for self-development... and the less our horizons are limited, the more power our actions will have. Also, they translated "kamma" corectly. Just sayin'. |