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Feb 23Liked by Martial X

we are spiritual beings.In an illusioned state of conciousness our original love for the Supreme Being becomes perverted into mundane lust, boy meets girl and v.z. and the whole materialistc afair takes off,get a job to provide for your sexlife and its by products, maintain the social status quo etc. falsely identifying with this body we chase after sense gratification untill the last drop of our vital force has been squeezed out of existance, but like a fish out of water , the soul remains unsatisfied, see what Im getting at here?

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Yeap, and that is what self-actualization is all about, for those who follow the Path of Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Gnani (Jñāna) Yoga. For those who follow the Path of Raja yoga on the other hand, I think the need for transcendence manifests, as in the case of hermits for example. 😊

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is always a fantastic starting point to figure out the important things. Though I will say that during my life there have been times when things have (in a way) slid down to lower levels of the pyramid (for better or worse). When I was doing my PhD my supervisor would sometimes rebuke me if he didn't think I was though I was taking too much time away from my work to work on lower sections of the pyramid. I would have thought that my studies were on the top of the pyramid but he saw the need to work as only stuff being on the physiological needs section.

Now I feel a bit more balanced in my life. My training has become part of my physiological needs section and I do feel a longing to do things to satisfy that if I haven't done them for a while. I get "hungry" for a run a lot quicker than I used to these days. But when I needed to take time off of martial arts I had a real "thirst" for combat. (Life just looks better after a hard sparring session).

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Tell me about it, I know exactly how that "thirst" for combat feels like. 😅 😊

Indeed, fulfilling this needs it's a lifelong work, as the surrounding events are in flux, and they impact our needs a lot. Personally, I don't have what it takes to "go offline" and be a hermit. These struggles to maintain a balance are our way, apparently. 👊🥋🔥

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