The Wheel or Circle

So on my drive home (yes, i've written these first 4 posts in the same day... I had a lot of time to think), my thoughts continually turned to the imagery of a wheel.  The Gnostic Christians, to teach one aspect of their beliefs, use a circle.  Whether you believe in their teachings or not, I think it makes a good point.  I think maybe it's easier to think of a wheel with spokes instead of a circle, but in any case...  that's all semantics.  At the center of the wheel is the hub, or spirit.  This is who we are...  ourSELVES.  It is the divine within all of us.  The spokes (or radii of the circle, if you will) represent the inner self.. not quite the soul, but not the physical either.   They are the different parts of our soul that we send out to be manifested in the physical realm.  The outside of the wheel, or the circumference of the circle, is what people really see.  It's what goes around.  It is our physical representation of what we are.  When the connections all the way around are in synch with each other and equal, the circle is complete.

Another example of the wheel as a symbol for the person is one I ran into a couple of months ago. I had to do a project for school in which I interviewed someone who was in the field of natural health. I found a naturopathic consultant in Gastonia, NC to interview. He showed me a typical first day with a client, and then showed me the paperwork that he asks his clients to fill out. One of the first pages had a wheel drawn on it. See below:

The client was asked to put a line in each "pie piece" to say how well they are doing in each area.  the inner lines being "not so good" and the outer lines being "great".  Once that it's done, Mr. Chandler explained that, ideally, all of the lines should be on the outside... connected in balance to make a big wheel.  The center, of course, represents yourself, and the outside represents how well your body (and it's physical health) represents you.  When there are breaks in the wheel, we cannot live a whole, complete life.  Thinking about this, it reminded me of the gnostic teachings.   A wheel cannot turn unless it's balanced.

But wait, we're not done there!  After about 30 minutes of my mind wandering yet again, I thought about my own personal wheel.  And that's what made me decide to start this blog.  If I consider myself to be the center of my world, which I should be.... then the space around me (my house... my own physical expression of my soul) should be in order at all times.  If I want ME to be taken care of, I need to make sure that there's no crap to get in the way.  Again, that's why I feel like once the house is clean, the energy and "Feng Shui" moving in a positive way with no stagnant stuff lying around, I personally will have the ability and the natural, uninhibited progression towards a better "me".  A "me" where all the spokes are extended long enough to make a nice balanced circle to connect them all. 

If you notice the several other blogs that I've started, linked to this page, you'll see that (like all my other projects in life) I started them and then quickly stopped.  I've decided to leave instead of delete them because they're a great representation of how disconnected everthing has gotten in my life.  I am expecting that as I go, I'll start to add to those too... as the spokes get longer.  It's not really a goal though... it's just something I think will naturally occur as the process moves on.  For now, though, I'll just stay right here, at the hub in the center... with my house.... soon to really be my "home".