Goods and needs (via Belief and the Environment)

I was visiting the web site, Belief and the Environment when I came across the following list.

… These are requirements of a healthy human being in childhood, in addition to physiological needs.

The list of twenty-six psychic needs as given in Suzuki is: (1) The need for love; (2) Friendship; (3) Sensitivity; (4) The need to think soundly; (5) The need to know; (6) The need to learn; (7) The need to work; (8) The need to organize; (9) Curiosity; (10) The sense of wonder; (11) Playfulness; (12) Imagination; (13) Creativity; (14 Openmindedness; (15) Flexibility; (16) Experimental-mindedness; (17) Explorativeness; (18) Resiliency; (19) The sense of humour; (20) Joyfulness; (21) Laughter and tears; (22) Optimism; (23) Honesty and trust; (24) Compassionate intelligence; (25) Dance; (26) Song.

In the about section, the blog identifies its purpose in the following way –

This blog examines issues of belief and the environment and their relevance for solving problems that face the world today. Human beliefs about the natural world are an important feature of the global environmental crisis. Beliefs control attitudes, and problems of attitude are contributing to our difficulties.