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What needs does a costly or branded dress (or Jeans/T-shirts) satisfy?

Ans: Need for identity, respect etc.

Are these need of the body or need of the self?

Ans: Self.

D.2.4 Satisfaction of Needs on Self

Can needs of self be satisfied by feelings or by goods?

Thereafter, the students may be asked to examine, if the same thought is applicable for the physical
facilities like Mobile phone, Laptop, Watch etc.

Answer might be that brand ensures quality of product. But are you buying the brand for the sake of
so-called quality or show off value. Would you be willing to remove the visible brand label from your
dress!

Observe yourself. Note that the observation is possible in the light of the right proposal. For example,
it is possible here by separating the needs of the self and the needs of the body.

Assignment D.1

• Take one or two examples where you have mixed your mental and physical needs (from Exercise
7.2), and re-examine why mixing is taking place.

• What insecurities come to your mind? (This is self observation.)

• Do you see any conflict between desires?
E Prosperity

E.1 Basics

Prosperity is a feeling that I have more than my physical needs. It implies that:

1. I know my physical needs.

2. I have more than my physical needs.

3. I know that I have more than my physical needs.

In the above, (2) is objective, but (1) and (3) have to do with knowledge in the self.

1. Knowledge in the self

2. Physical assessment

In the absence of such knowledge, one feels (poor) ‘daridra’, even when one has a lot of physical resources
or wealth. Is it not that two brothers fight over the family possessions, even after each receives crores of
rupees.

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