These are indeed very significant needs. The next level up includes your needs revolving around your sense of love and belonging. Now, in Maslowâs opinion when you have your basic bodily needs, feel secure and have a sense of belonging and expression of love you will then go after your esteem needs.
Mata Amritanadamayi, known as Amma the Hugging Saint, is a woman of Indian birth who has amassed a huge worldwide spiritual following.
To be accurate, you need to read the statements by Ex-Amma YahooGroup members and Gail Tredwell, who was Amma's personal assistant for 20 years. There are sufficient eyewitness accounts of Amma's violence, sexual misconduct and fraud. Amma's lover is head of the organization and has been accused of rape.