The four main areas of life that you must incorporate into your life to achieve maximum success and fulfillment
There are universal laws that govern our world, regardless of what we think of them and regardless of our (dis)belief in them. The easiest one that all people can relate to is the Law of Gravity, which simply states “what goes up must come down”. Another is the First Law of Thermodynamics, which states that energy can be transformed, but it can never be destroyed or created. A third that is quite common is the Second Law of Thermodynamics (also known as the Law of Decay of Energy), which states that everything that is created will ultimately decay; move from a state of order to a state of disorder.
In the words of Wallace Wattles (The Science of Getting Rich): “You can act in accordance with these laws, or you can ignore them, but you cannot alter them in any way. The laws always operate and hold you strictly to account, and there is no slightest tolerance for ignorance…Once a person learns and obeys these laws, he will be enriched with mathematical certainty.”
All these laws are governed by a general law: “Energy is.” Ultimately we are all particles of energy, more specifically light.
In a way, this makes life quite easy to understand. As long as we recognize the existence of these laws and do not work against them, life develops naturally. I have written about most natural laws in other articles.
The four main areas of our life are also under the influence of these laws. These areas are:
* Mental
* Emotional
* Physical
* Spiritual
You may like these areas in life as four interconnected circles, eventually overlapping in the middle. A balanced life, a “you can have it all” life, meets exactly in the middle, where mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual practice come together.
There is a two-pronged approach to his personal and professional life: first, there is the general influence of Natural Laws on his decisions and movements; being the Law of Attraction the most important Law to take into account. In addition to these Laws, there are the four areas of life that must be taken into account.
I know this may seem complicated; just know that you are already living by these “rules”, and are probably already using them deliberately, without even knowing that you are doing it.
This overview is not intended to explain and work through the workings of the Universal Laws. The purpose here is to show you that your values and actions are ideally distributed in each of the four main areas of life, in order to live a balanced and successful personal and professional life. That’s a pleonasm, in my opinion, as a successful life IS a balanced life!
Obviously, there are more areas in life to focus on, but the above four sum up the basic basics. Everything we do in life has 1) a purpose – the Spiritual, 2) a reason – the Mental, 3) an attached feeling – the Emotional, and requires (not) action – the Physical.
Most of the time, people focus on one or two of the areas, thus neglecting the other areas of life. For example, a person focused on business success may focus intensely on the mental and the physical: coming up with a solid plan and putting it into action. That MAY leave this person out of touch with the purpose (spirituality, ethics) and with the emotional consequences of this (out of regard for self or others). Another example: someone may enthusiastically focus on spiritual and emotional growth. That can leave them oblivious to “common sense” (mental) and physical health. Both examples may appear to be successful in the areas they focus on, but there will be a price to pay in the neglected areas.
To live a balanced and fulfilling (and therefore effective) life, try to integrate all four areas into YOUR life.
- Spiritual: Focus primarily on the reason, the purpose of your intention. Why are you contemplating what you are contemplating? What value will it serve? What is the higher reasoning behind all of this? If you can find a positive intent/purpose behind everything you do, you will have infinite motivation to get the result. No one needs to motivate me to write articles. I WANT to do it, because it is in line with my purpose: to inspire people towards a fuller and happier future.
- Mental: Spend a lot of time planning your intention. WHAT do you want to achieve that is in line with your purpose. Create an action plan. Consider the pros and cons, the cause and effect relationships. Talk about it with people, research it, eliminate or minimize risk, maximize profit. Etc etc. Use your (left) brain to figure things out in advance.
- Emotional: what is the feeling you are looking for? What emotional state are you looking for? What is the reward of your intention? How would you like to feel after your plans have been put into action? Think and FEEL also the state you want to reach in advance; this will ignite powerful forces that will help you achieve the desired feeling.
- Physicist: What’s the plan? HOW are you going to do things? What resources will you use, what time frame will you stick to? What are you starting first? How much power is needed? How much recovery time? How will your body cope? Can you control it? Do you need to toughen up or get in shape? What are the three-dimensional physical requirements and what is step 1?
If you can constantly keep an eye on all four elements, you will achieve whatever you have planned. It will also serve as an accountability scheme, alerting you with “lights flashing on the dashboard” when an item gets too much or too little attention. You will notice!
Both my personal and professional life began to spiral upward once I focused on keeping all four dishes in the air, rather than leaning primarily towards one or two of them. The power of a balanced life and perspective is greater than you can probably imagine.
The proof of the pudding will be in eating it!