Metaneeds also
known as “being values” (B-values) are unique to the realm of self-actualization. Without these values, the self-actualizer will become depressed. B-values are the requirements which bring
meaning to self-actualizers and are what give them the desire to strive for
greatness.
The area of self-actualization is a higher form of consciousness. “All human’s posses all these needs, but for most people metaneeds are weak. However, deprivation of a metaneed for a self-actualizer will cause their soul to become ill. Maslow called this lack of fulfillment metapathologies” ~ Hoffman
Metaneeds are
different than deficiency-needs in that they do not build upon one another like
the pyramid of needs. Metaneeds do not
have a hierarchy. “The self-actualizer
chooses the precedence of the being values according to which values has
greatest significance. In the dominion
of self-actualization metaneeds delineate the many desires people seek to
realize on the path to self-actualization.
The fifteen metaneeds are: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Unity (wholeness,
and transcendence of opposites), Aliveness, Uniqueness, Perfection and
Necessity, Completion, Justice, Order, Simplicity, Richness, Effortlessness,
Playfulness and Meaningfulness.
Metaneeds can be seen as food for the soul. Metaneeds keep the self-actualizer inspired
and motivated.
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