Maslow's diagram and spirituality

I don't know why, but I really want to write about this. And as usual, it is my opinion only. Others can differ in their opinions.

I know of some spiritual people who keep chasing spirituality e.g. chasing Rimpoches etc. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. It is a personal choice on one's own spirituality i.e. wanting to accelerate one's own spiritual development. It's commendable that one should want to. Of course, I hope they have gotten their basic needs handled.

The reason I say this is Maslow's diagram where as humans, we tend to place priorities in accordance to our needs. E.g. basic needs comes first, then sense of security for ourselves, followed by family and eventually our spirituality. So, for us to want to develop our spirituality, we better ensure that our most basic needs, our family needs are looked after otherwise it would be difficult to keep up the pace in our spiritual growth.

From the energy perspective:

Basic needs are "handled" by our lower chakras i.e. Basic Chakra, Sex Chakra etc. Higher spiritual needs are "handled" by our higher chakras i.e. Ajna Chakra, Crown Chakra etc.

Developing our spirituality actually increases the sizes of our higher chakras and, sometimes, reduce the size of our lower chakras. Our energy bodies become an inverted pyramid as we strive to "spiritually grow".

However, our ability to manifest for our daily needs (especially if we stay in the city) are handled by our lower chakras. If these chakras reduce in size, how on earth are we going to "place bread on the dining table"?

So, in order to continue developing our spirituality, it follows that our basic needs must first be taken care off. Our energy bodies have to be well developed (both higher and lower chakras) so that we can manifest for our daily needs (physical aspect) and yet able to develop our spiritual aspect.

Imagine chasing spirituality when you can't even put bread on the table for your family. It becomes unnecessarily difficult and creates unnecessary problems with one's family.

Just my two cents.