The need

Throughout the course of human evolution, people are led to free themselves from their non-essential needs. As long as they expect to be loved, recognized, or to please others, it means they have not freed themselves from the suffering of not having been loved, not having been recognized, or not having pleased others…

This suffering must be resolved on the energetic, mental, emotional, and physical levels; otherwise, a sense of lack and expectation will continue to recur. True autonomy arises when the individual is no longer dependent on the judgment of others. Only then does he or she attain true freedom. (See “In Search of True Freedom” by Cécilia Caverzan.)