During September, 2022, the theme of the month is belonging. There will be several posts for the rest of the month on this theme. A new post will occur almost every day. Comments are welcome.
Belonging is the third need on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs after food and water at level one, and safety and protection from harm at level two. At the third level a human being needs belonging and love.
The basic questions addressing belonging are “To whom do I belong?” and “And where do I belong?”
These questions are answered in different ways at different stages of development. These stages have been described in many ways.
One of the simplest models of worldviews are egocentric, ethnocentric, worldcentric, cosmocentric.
Individuals, groups and societies develop through these stages of world view. Unitarian Universalism, unlike other religions, is stuck at world centric although adherents to Unitarian Universalism can be at any stage of development. Likewise UU congregations can experience their center of gravity on one of these stages. The level of conscious development is heavily dependent on its ministerial leadership along with the board of directors who work with the minister.
The questions for discussion might be: “At what stage of development of worldview is your congregation and at what stage are you? Do you belong in your congregation? Is there alignment or misalignment?
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