A Model for Living

The Model of Living I work with provides a simple way to assess one's needs on a daily basis. You, too, can use this in the morning as you plan your day and at the end of the day when you are scrolling back through to see what may have been left out or undone.

This Model is simple. It consists of your four main levels of awareness along with the four primary themes in our life and the energy of balance.

Four levels of awareness: spiritual, mental, emotional and physical or reality level.

Four primary themes: creativity, relationships, healing and motion or movement.

The levels and themes are alive and continually interacting via the energy of balance.

In the Tarot story balance is symbolized by the male and female forms on the cards. In this system of work I use the term magnetic when speaking about the feminine or yin or receptive. Our magnetic supports our work in completion. Dynamic is the term I use to represent the masculine or yang or action of giving. Our dynamic is the key to initiation, beginning or starting something new.

At the end of your day look at the four levels and the four themes. Quickly scan through them to see if one was more active than another, or if you were actively involved in some over others. Was it a very 'mental' day? Then you may consciously need to invest some time in your 'spiritual' level with prayer or meditation. Or combine the spiritual and the physical with solo time in nature walking through the trees.

Most of us have one theme we are more gifted or feel more drawn towards. What is that one in you? Again, if you know you just put a great deal of time and energy into a relationship, then be aware that some part of you is calling for balance - maybe get those crayons and paper out, or write every day in a journal, of change something in terms of how you care for your physical body which will support your health or healing.

The Tarot story pictures all this in symbolic form and you can pick a card to also learn where or what your subconscious is directing you towards. Today, do a quick needs assessment on yourself, with the cards or just with your intuitive, and then invest some time and energy in what is calling for balance.

Have a day of balance and express gratitude for the depth of your levels and life themes!