Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

The best source of information on this is probably from appropriate psychology text books - or, at the very least, an internet search which will take you to, for instance, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs&oldid=727503386

In very simplistic terms, the concept is that we have a range of - valid - needs, and that it is necessary to satisfy the more basic needs before being able to address the needs further up the hierarchy.That is a very useful device in the overwhelming majority of circumstances, but I argue that it is not universal: there are some circumstances where "higher" needs are addressed first. As an example of that, consider a - literally (i.e., someone in a famine situation) - starving parent who feeds their child before themself.

A couple of decades ago, while working on a book on rescue which I never finished, I did a few - light-hearted - sketches to help illustrate what I was writing about. The following sketch was meant to help illustrate the classic, hierarchical arrangement of needs - and I was using animals in an anthropomorphic way as a cartoon device (incidentally, I had intended to redraw these to be a bit more distinct, but as I haven't had time to do so over the last few decades, I've decided to post them now, as they are  with a hope they may be of some use or lead to someone doing something better):

(the self esteem sketch is meant to be a before and after sketch)

 

PS - Having written all that some time ago, I have just come across an interesting alternative approach to needs: see https://medium.com/@dinamin84/why-i-want-to-tear-down-maslows-pyramid-42a2a0e063bf. See also: 

• https://psyche.co/ideas/our-age-of-crises-needs-bollnows-philosophy-of-hope 
• https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-hierarchy-of-needs-for-nations.html 
  

See also this and this, on Indigenous sources.

(past life) regression

More properly, in the context I am using this term, I should refer to ‘past life regression’, but I often abbreviate that to just 'regression'.

As a simplistic, interim definition, this is the act of guiding someone so that they become aware of previous incarnations that they have had.

For simplicity, for this definition I have assumed time is linear and experienced sequentially :)

You can find posts where I have referred to or used this concept listed at http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com.au/search/label/past%20life%20regression.

A couple of decades ago, while working on a book on rescue which I never finished, I did a few - light-hearted - sketches to help illustrate what I was writing about. The following sketch shows a regressionist - and their Higher Self - helping a "regresee" - and their Higher Self - become aware of a past life (I was using animals in an anthropomorphic way as a cartoon device. Incidentally, I had intended to redraw these to be a bit more distinct, but as I haven't had time to do so over the last few decades, I've decided to post them now, as they are  with a hope they may be of some use or lead to someone doing something better): 

 

reincarnation

As I use it, reincarnation is the acknowledgment that we live more than one life, with a period of time between lives where we either plan the next life or get told off by our Higher Self for being so spiritually backward. This is different to the (generally Buddhist) concept of rebirth, where there is an immediate transfer from one life to the next, without any time for reflection in-between lives.

You can find posts where I have touched on this at http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com.au/search/label/reincarnation.

Also, a couple of decades ago, while working on a book on rescue which I never finished, I did a few - lighthearted - sketches to help illustrate what I was writing about. The following sketch is a twist on the "cats have nine lives" saying, with a cat proudly displaying that they are up to five reincarnations (incidentally, I had intended to redraw these to be a bit more distinct, but as I haven't had time to do so over the last few decades, I've decided to post them now, as they are  with a hope they may be of some use or lead to someone doing something better):