Maslow, the “Devil,” and the Divinity of Human Needs

Human needs are not just psychological checklists or social constructs — they are spiritual architecture. In this blog, I want to go deeper into a truth that has been misunderstood for centuries: our needs are sacred, and denying those needs — in ourselves or others — is the root of separation, suffering, and the illusion many traditions call “the devil.”

This message builds upon my previous video about Maslow’s foundational needs. I wrote this intentionally, because the clarity of this topic matters. Please read this with an open heart.

The Spiritual Reality Beneath Maslow’s Hierarchy

Every being arrives on this Earth with holy requirements:

• To eat
• To feel safe
• To belong
• To be seen
• To be treated with dignity

These are not merely psychological preferences.
They are spiritual foundations.

Without them, the soul cannot fully unfold into its divine expression.

Maslow described a hierarchy of needs — but this structure is more than a ladder of survival.
It is a map of consciousness, a revelation of how Spirit becomes human, how love descends into form.

At the base is the body’s sacred prayer:
Nourish me. Protect me.

Above that, the heart’s longing:
Let me love. Let me belong.

And at the peak — the truth of who we are:
Awakening. Wholeness. Remembrance.

When Needs Are Denied, Something Holy Is Blocked

When people are deprived of basic needs — food, shelter, safety, dignity — it isn’t just social or economic harm.
It is spiritual harm.

How can a soul rise into its truth
when its body trembles in hunger or fear?
How can love blossom
when life itself is under threat?

To deny someone’s basic needs is to interrupt the movement of divine life within them. It is to whisper the lie:

“You are not worthy of existing fully.”

That is separation consciousness.
That is the archetype many call the devil.

The “Devil” Is Not a Being — It Is a Wound

The devil is not an entity outside of us.
It is a consciousness, a distortion, a forgetting.

It is the part of humanity that becomes disconnected — from love, from unity, from truth.

We embody this separation whenever we:

• Hoard resources
• Exploit others
• Turn away from suffering
• Create fear, hate, or division
• Engage in behavior that intentionally harms another

Not because we are evil.
But because we are unhealed.

Healing Brings Us Back to Our Divine Nature

Here is the grace:

When we heal the wounds inside us — our fears, our scarcity stories, our childhood separations — we stop needing to take from others.
We stop projecting, competing, or controlling.

We become channels of abundance, not gatekeepers.
We remember that:

Every being is God in form.
Every being deserves their needs met.

Maslow’s hierarchy was never meant to separate “human” from “spirit.”
It was meant to remind us that they are the same thing.

The spiritual journey is not about escaping our lower needs.
It is about sanctifying them.

• Feeding the hungry is as holy as prayer.
• Creating safety is as sacred as meditation.
• Loving your neighbor is enlightenment in motion.

The world does not require suffering to stay balanced.
It requires healing.

Seeing the Divine in Every Being

Every weary hand…
Every hungry mouth…
Every immigrant…
Every person who seems different from you…

Each one is a living expression of the Divine — longing to be free.

To embody God is to care for all of creation as if it were your own body.

When we allow all people to have what they need, we do not fall from grace.
We rise into it.

A Call for Inner Reflection

To those of you advocating for the needs of others — thank you.
Your devotion is sacred.

To those currently spreading fear, hate, or division — this is also for you.
It is time to look inward.
It is time to heal the places within you that lead to separation.

We become stronger, freer, and more whole when we remember that we all deserve the same things.

If This Message Resonated — or Challenged You

I invite you to read my book:
The Divine Within: Healing Ourselves to Heal the World

This book guides you into the consciousness of unity — the inner truth that we are all love, all connected, all divine. It helps you see where you may be unconsciously separating yourself from that truth… and how that separation impacts not only your life, but the world around you.

A Final Message From My Heart

You are a sacred soul.
Each and every one of you.

It is time to reclaim your inner divinity.
To heal the shadow.
To rise into the remembrance of who you truly are.

I love you.
And I believe in your wholeness.

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