I must confess my blog's upkeep has fallen into a state of disarray, thus influenced by the disposition I find myself in cognitively.. I have found myself 'on the shelf', a shelf I have no great inclination to vacate: extensive time and persistence was previously spent keeping myself from it's clutches, yet of recent my resilience has exhausted and I have fallen desperately into its ever welcoming depths.
I have always used a triumvirate to manage personal wellbeing... You are most probably lost, I shall elaborate: my triumvirate theory comes solely from the ancient teachings of Hinduism. At the heart of Hindu belief comes the concept of the cosmic functions - creation, maintenance and destruction - being personified by the forms of Brahman (the supreme being): Brahma who vitalises passion, Vishnu who sustains goodness, and Shiva who provokes ignorance. Without an equal influence from the Trimurti we cannot abide by the necessity of Samsara (the cycle of life - life, death and rebirth) and therefore we are compromised by the inability to reach Moksha (enlightenment) which is the end goal of each Hindu believer. Put in simple terms; if not for the Triumvirate, our existence fails to keep an equilibrium. Without the correlative influence of a deity's two counterparts our existence would lack structure and ambition: we our of understanding that Karmic consequence shapes our reincarnation therefore conduct ourselves appropriately, but without the knowledge or action of death, implemented by Shiva, one is faced with little or no incentive to oblige to the practice of Karma. If you look at life from a similar perspective, we can manage our lives as a triumvirate: work, family and relations. If you take from that triumvirate one aspect you are left with in-balance; without work we lack motivation, without family we lack sentiment, and without relations with friends or a loved one we lack passion. Sociologically we could compare this theory to primary and secondary socialisation, whereby one learns values such as conformity in the early stages of life through family influence and secondarily through an institution such as school or work: each aspect will inevitably reach a restriction, therefore that responsibility must then pass on to the next. I believe keeping an equilibrium in our triumvirate is essential, and when one aspect suffers deficiency this has a knock on affect.
With my relations reaching their nemesis my equilibrance terminates, leading me astray from rationality. You become impulsive, unnecessary and nonsensical! I've distanced myself from normality's grasp and this takes its toll on my triumvirate's competence.
Melanie x
