My partner and I have been talking about needs. One perspective that he has proposed is that if we are living from our essence, our true selves, then we have no needs, at least none that we need another person to meet.
This morning I offered the following counter argument:
That would make us different from every other living being on earth. Our very lives depend upon each other.
Even non “living” things such as water has needs. Without the warmth of the sun there would be no evaporation and hence, no rain. To be water in all its diverse glory it needs mountains, cold, lemonade, tears etc.
Even the sun, I like to think, feels a certain pride knowing it is part of the miraculous process of photosynthesis, tenderness when it warms the cheek of a small child, wonder at the beauty of how it sparkles on the surface of a lake.
I am suspect of any premise that raises us up “above” or even sets us apart from other beings. I need you. You need me. Now how ’bout we experience as much joy as we possibly can getting those needs met!
Thoughts and Such 