To Be Here
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Human Needs | To Be Calm
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To be calm is not the same as having nothing to worry about. Human life rarely offers that kind of certainty. Calm is the experience of having enough internal quiet that we are not being pulled in… Continue reading
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Human Needs | To Be Safe
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To be safe is one of the most basic human needs, but safety is larger than the absence of immediate danger. We need environments, relationships, and circumstances that allow the body and mind to loosen their constant… Continue reading
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Human Needs | To Rest
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To rest is more than sleep. It is the human need to stop carrying, producing, solving, responding, and enduring for a while. Rest gives the body and mind permission to loosen their grip. It creates a space… Continue reading
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Human Needs | To Be Present
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To be present is to be able to recognize that we are here, in this moment, inside the life that is happening now. It does not require perfect attention, constant gratitude, or the ability to quiet every… Continue reading
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Human Needs | To Live
Before we can ask what a life means, there are needs that allow us simply to inhabit it. To live sounds like the simplest of human needs. We are alive, therefore we are living. But being biologically alive and experiencing ourselves as participants in our own lives are not always the same thing. To live… Continue reading
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