“Education is of three kinds: material, human, and spiritual.
Material education aims at the growth and development of the body. Human education…consists in civilization and progress. [Spiritual] education…in acquiring divine perfections. This is...true education.”—‘Abdu’l-Bahá
One can apply the #Maslow #HierarchyofNeeds to three kinds of education: #material education—concerns basic (physiological and safety) needs; #human education—relates to social and esteem needs; and #divine education—refers to self-realization and transition to a #spiritual life.
The instruction manual for each kind of education establishes the rules and boundaries one must honor to 1) survive in the material, physical world; 2) advance the development of human social systems; and 3) pursue the divine attributes needed for progress in the spiritual world.
People naturally orient themselves toward physical reality when acquiring the three kinds of education. First, they focus their time on learning how to meet their basic needs; then, on how to build social systems that better meet those needs. Divine attributes are nonessential.
While such approaches may be expedient for survival and success in the short term, the social system will repeatedly surface its dysfunction. Fundamental change breaks this destructive pattern. To do so requires giving top priority to divine attributes—its purpose and principles.
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