Soul Oxygen

Hi, this is Brian with another mini chapter from a Philosopher's Notes. This one's called Soul Oxygen. Abraham Maslow, the great granddaddy in my spiritual family tree and 20th century humanistic psychologist who studied the greatest people of his generation, including rock stars like Eleanor Roosevelt and Einstein, tells us that what one can be, one must be. As we ascend his hierarchy of needs, taking care of the basics like food and shelter and safety and and moving up through love and self esteem, we reach a place where we literally have a need to fully express ourselves to, in Maslow's words, self actualize. Of course it will take different forms for different peeps, but whether it's a calling to be an exceptional parent or artist or entrepreneur, Maslow tells us that this impulse isn't a sure would be nice to have fulfilled kind of thing, but a fundamental need. Kind of like that need we have for oxygen. Powerful stuff. So the next time you're feeling funky, check in and see if you're really living fully or if you're only kinda sorta showing up. That funkiness is your soul gasping for the oxygen of you truly rocking it. P.S. maslow sternly advises us, if you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life and eek. All good. Though he also reminds us, it seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually. P.P.S. so plunge in. So there you go. Abraham Maslow is one of my favorite teachers. Hope you enjoyed that look at Soul Oxygen. Let's get our souls plenty of oxygen to breathe by fully showing up. Let's plunge in. Hope you enjoyed. Look forward to sharing more with you soon and have an awesome day.