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t he sev en ch akra s
The unity of oneness of mind-
body-spirit is acknowledged.
The physical is overlaid by the
metaphysical, the physical with
the nonphysical-energetic-spiri-
tual dimensions of our human-
ity, the sacred with the profane
or ordinary.
Within this expanded holo-
graphic view, we can acknow-
ledge the reality of basic needs
and a way to think about them
for intellectual purposes, both
as identified separate basic
needs for physical survival—
commonly the focus of nurs-
ing care—and as evolving
spirit-filled needs, also needed
for soul survival of sorts. Thus,
we grasp that each physical
need has a metaphysical overlay. Figure 21. Art by Alex Grey’s Sacred
Moreover, in a Caritas Nursing Mirrors, depicting “transpersonal caring.”
model we acknowledge that www.alexgrey.com.
each physical act carries a spirit-
filled energy. We expand and extend our focus toward how we assist
others in meeting their basic human needs. We shift to considering the
deeper Caritas Consciousness—the sacred acts of ministering/adminis-
tering to others in helping them meet their basic needs, not as parts
but ministering to a whole person, a whole knowledge system that is
unified and spirit-filled.

BiophySiCal nEEdS and
CorrESponding EnErgEtiC Chakra SyStEm
The basic biophysical needs are considered the most primitive, instinc-
tual, biological needs for physical survival of the body physical, with
involuntary organic responses and requirements: food, drink, elimina-

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