Posted by:
stbleaving
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Date: November 28, 2012 04:58PM
I've been struggling with these questions for the last several weeks. For the first 6-7 months after I knew the church was a crock, I had to concentrate on the logistics of leaving. Now that I'm out and have moved away from the Mormon harassment I experienced, I'm re-thinking everything. For me right now, I guess the answers to your specific questions would be:
What do I really want? The same things that I always wanted: to love and be loved, and to make a contribution to the world.
What is just an impulse and doesn't demand fulfillment? Anything that doesn't contribute to my main wants above is more likely to be just an impulse.
What represents a deep need requiring satisfaction? I'm a fan of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs for this question. Here's the wikipedia explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needsCan needs be general, specific, or both? I think needs can fall into either category, but I'd never really thought of it that way before.
Your present moral guide sounds good. You seem like a thoughtful, good person. If you are a thoughtful person as you seem, then your way of living probably reflects that.