"Abraham Maslow didn't think so when he developed his pyramid of needs"
Maslow was just a person. I also did workshops on his paradigm. I also studied other paradigms such as Loewan, Perls, Plato, and tarzan of the Apes.
What is your point about "risking life or limb"?? Everything is a risk. All people take risks (when they do) in accordance with their belief systems--their values.
Do I know why "spiderman" (the French fellow) climbs skyscrapers risking a deadly fall? No? Does what he does do point to a spiritual nature? Not in my mind, it doesn't!
One of the biggest thrills going these days is "ADVENTURE VACATIONS"! Typically, these "adventure vacations" are affordable only for the "well to do" and the "comfortable". Is zip-lining through tree tops or white water rafting evidence of some spiritual quality enjoyed by people who can afford to get away from mundane and superficial activity? I don't think so. But every individual has an individual answer. I don't find curiosity or the thrill of adventure to be suggestive of anything supernatural or mysterious.
I well appreciate that many have climbed mountains to get closer to "god". Apparently, Moses did. Where else would God live, after all??
But I can tell you that I have parachuted, bungied, para-glided, and done a hundred activities that risked my life. It had nothing to do with being at Maslow's pinnacle! Indeed, I've been climbing a ladder that leads to a hole in the ground. And when I get there I will meet Maslow.
"Survival doesn't satisfy the question of why some take the road less traveled"
And why should it?? Why should "survival" be the the only thing a person values?? If you ever masturbated, were you trying to survive? Were you thinking of God and filled with a boundless sense of adventure and curiosity?? |
