Why we need to get past "need"

Why this title... O reason not the need!

It comes from King Lear, a scene in which the evil daughters are stripping their old father of his servants and his dignity. They ask him WHY he needs so many servants or perhaps any at all? His answer is: O reason not the need! Or in other words, need is not reasonable!

How right that old man is. One needs so much more than need, that is, we silly humans are in desperate need of the unnecessary! After all, as Lear points out, the "basest beggar" must have at least what he "needs" (or otherwise he would be dead). But what he "needs" is hardly enough, he either needs more than what he "needs" or needs more than to need.

I think that either our need is a fallacy, a hallucination, or, much more likely, our need is real but what we most need is the unnecessary. Like customers at our Food Closet who accept nutritious staples but most eagerly take dessert... though for nourishment it isn't necessary... or let me bite my tongue, it is the most necessary thing there but I don't exactly know why.

Except that luxuries and some small excess are needed to make us feel minimally human. This is the perfume from the alabaster jar, wiping feet.

After all, God doesn't "need" us, only loves us. And the people we love most are not the ones who contribute most to the economy.

I need to ponder this more. Bye for now.