The Pyramid of the New Hierarchy of Needs for the development of a Human Being
You may have heard about or even seen Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid.
For a while now I have disagreed with it. Based on my own life experience and understanding, I think it is wrong and have made a new one that I feel is more accurate.
The intention for this had been incubating for a while now, but the actual idea of the graphic came through today.
I had to face my non-existent virtual graphic design skills and opted to draw the image and photograph it. I had to look up the math on an equilateral triangle too :).
You will see the basic needs, underlying every phase of human life are: connection, food and shelter.
No one can develop his or her true potential without it.
With connection I mean connection to self, other and the higher/divine/unseen/subtle realms/God. Food includes what we take in air, water, food, impressions. Shelter is, well, shelter from harm.
Here my first version