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Post in the Anankelogy group something that stood out to you in this course. Did anything you learn in Anankelogy 101 that prompts you to go, "Hmm, I never thought of that before"? Post anything you found inspiring or enlightening or illuminating. For example, "I learned to regard needs as worthy of the scientific process, and not easily dismissed as mere subjective whims." You're almost done with this first course. Congratulations!

Get your own copy of You NEED This. Either as an eBook or hard copy. Escape your pain in life. By learning to fully resolve needs. Pain cannot exist apart from unresolved needs. Pain only exists to warn you of some threat. Once removed, pain naturally goes away. Unfortunately, we frequently miss fully resolving our needs. That's one of the basic tenants of anankelogy, the study of need. All the social sciences and philosophies exist to address our many needs. Now you have a social science to focus on the needs themselves. Only anankelogy links your political views to your inflexible priority of needs. Your ideological beliefs occur after the objective fact of your publicly affected needs. All other attempts to understand politics present this lack of discipline of first addressing the affected needs. Lack of scientific discipline permits the watering down of our thinking. Anankelogy counters the excessively ideological thinking that now... overemphasizes rational thinking to the neglect of your need-reporting emotions, exaggerates personal responsibility while overlooking limits set by elites and their divisive institutions, overgeneralizes the role of impersonal laws to the point of perpetuating many painful problems, and underestimates the devastating impact of widespread alienation and passive avoidance of conflict. What we now call politics continues to deteriorate into popular indulgent thinking. Time for a change? Anankelogy upends such conventional thinking by putting our needs under the microscope of scientific rigor. Anankelogy shows how your needs exist as objective facts. In only six chapters, You NEED This introduces you to a fresh way to profoundly understand your specific needs. Ch. 1: Your needs exist as a series of naturally intersecting cycles. Ch. 2: Your subjective emotions express your objective needs. Ch. 3: Your political views express your objective priority of needs. Ch. 4: Your unresolved needs can leave you in a zone of mounting pain. Ch. 5: Your need to fully function is the basis for all your other needs. Ch. 6: Your needs drive what you find important to know in life. Packed with 133 illustrative diagrams and helpful charts, this book shines a comprehensive light on this most basic aspect of our lives. You will be better equipped to face life's many challenges. You will see you are not alone in these troubled times. You will begin to relate and connect with others like never before. You NEED This is the first of a series of books by Steph Turner on anankelogy. Steph has earned degrees in theology, sociology, anthropology, counseling and public administration. With an indigenous worldview and a gift for wisdom, Steph shares an otherworldly vision for a more pain-free life. If you seek clarity in these times of trouble, then scroll back to the top and click the book version of your choice. Then join a growing community who finally understand what the world's scriptures have been trying to tell us for ages. Yes, let's spread the love of mutually respecting each other's tender needs.

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1.2. The definition of need According to anankelogy, a need is a requirement of something or someone in order to function. Without it, or without that person, one cannot fully function. Apart from a necessity to function, you have no needs. This text focuses on human needs. Such a broad definition applies far beyond humanity. All life requires nutrients to exist; animals need food. Fire requires oxygen to burn; all combustion need some kind of air. All planets require gravity to revolve around a central energy source; planets need gravity to orbit their star. By definition, needs exist independent of human thought.

As stated earlier, you drink water so your body can function. If left stranded in a desert to dehydrate, your body cannot fully function. As you draw in water, your body’s cells can pass on more nutrients and waste. The more nutrients pulled in and waste expelled, the better that cell can perform its function. Functioning depends on movement. Moving in what your body requires, and moving out what your body no longer requires. Or removing a threat from something your body never required. Obstructing such movement disrupts functioning. The less water drawn in, the fewer nutrients get drawn into the cell. A buildup of potentially damaging waste could kill your cells. Nature’s mechanism for maintaining this optimal level of functioning is called homeostasis. You draw in from your environment what you need for function­ing. You expel excess to maintain an optimal functioning level. Consider how water passes through your body in a cyclic rhythm. 1.5.1. Homeostatic cycle of your needs Most of the time, your body fluids remain within an optimal level. You func­tion well enough. No need for water. No need to remove excess fluid. As your body level goes, you function just fine. Figure 1.11: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 0: SATIATED 1.5.1.1. Cycling inward Eventually, your body loses water. You sweat it out. Or your cells lose water as it passes out waste. The level drops too low. So your body triggers thirst. Your thirst prompts you to restore that preferable fluid level. Figure 1.12: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 1: THIRST 1.5.1.2. Cycling in By habit, you reach for some water. Or for your coffee, or tea. Whatever is handy for you to drink. Down your throat it goes. To your stomach. And to wherever your body requires it. Figure 1.13: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 2: DRINK 1.5.1.3. Cycling outward Typically, your body replies with a level of satisfaction. Ahhhh. You thirst no more. By quenching your thirst, your body can get back to processing those nutrients and waste through your cells. Figure 1.14: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 3: QUENCH 1.5.1.4. Cycling out You enjoy another moment of relative satisfaction. Your body indicates it has just enough fluids. Not too much or too little. The feeling cannot last long. Figure 1.15: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 4: SATIATED THIRST 1.5.1.5. Cycling inward Your bladder warns you it’s time to go to the restroom. The waste removed from your cells is ready to be removed from your body. The longer you wait, the more painful the urge. Figure 1.16: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 5: BLADDER 1.5.1.6. Cycling in At last, you release the excess waste from your body. Your body removes what it does not need. Although a very private act for most of us, the body naturally returns to fluid equilibrium. Figure 1.17: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 6: URINATE 1.5.1.7. Cycling outward Similar to that sensation of thirst, you feel the sensation of relief. Your body tells you it has returned to a preferable fluid level. Not too much or too little. Just enough. Figure 1.18: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 7: RELIEVE 1.5.1.8. Cycling out You just traversed two complementary cycles. According to indigenous nature-based wisdom, this homeostatic process applies in a similar way to all of our needs. Figure 1.19: HOMEOSTATIC CYCLE 8: SATIATED RELIEF 1.5.2. Homeostasis of your needs You drop out of homeostasis when something threatens your functioning. Too much of something becomes a threat to be removed. At first, you experience any mild threat as mere discomfort. You can remove it eventually. If the threat is not too alarming, you know you can act soon for relief. If you act too soon for relief, you risk relieving the pain without removing the cause of that pain. If not removed in time, increasing urgency soon overwhelms you. Mild discomfort now builds into a pounding pain. The buildup of pain becomes a problem itself. You feel the urgency to react immediately for relief. If too late, damage sets in. Homeostatic failure means you suffer injury. And you may undergo trauma. The damage could heal, or remain permanent. Worst of all, you could die. You drop out of homeostasis when lacking something to function. Too little of something prompts desire. You must replenish something to fully function. If you are just beginning to feel depleted, you can act soon for relief. Figure 1.20: HOMEOSTATIC LEVELS If not replenished in time, you feel an increasing urgency. Casual desire gives way to a deep craving. You must have it now! Not having it becomes painful. So you react for relief. You settle for instant gratifi­cation. If too late, you start suffering from some level of deficiency. Homeostatic failure here means your body can no longer func­tion fully—if at all. You face momentary impairment. Or permanent damage. Perhaps even star­vation or dehydration leading to death. Your body performs all this without distracting you, much. Your heart­beat and breathing are homeostatic. Fortunately, much of our life runs on auto­pilot. Sometimes, to restore homeostatic balance, your body prompts you to take some action. Your body requires no input from you to pump blood to your body’s extremities. Your body does require your input to restore full fluid equilibrium. It seeks your input for plenty of other things involving your environment. Homeostasis with your surround­ings typically involve your emotions. Your emotions spur you to address your homeostatic needs. Next, anankelogically speaking, what exactly are emotions?