Who hasn't heard of the concept of a trinity?

Christians in particular should be familiar with the concept of "the holy trinity"--God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. But the teaching of the trinity is not restricted to Christianity, one finds it too in the ancient Pagan teachings where they worshipped the Great Goddess in her triune form--Maiden, Mother, Crone.

But the idea of a trinity is not one to be relegated to beliefs in gods and religions, it is a fact that each and every one of us compromises an individual trinity.

You've heard the expression "Body, mind and soul?"

Think about it....each person on this planet is made up of three seperate and distinct parts.

Their Body, or physical shell. (Go on, pinch your arm, you know you want to )

Their Mind, or intellectual capacity.

Their Soul, or that part of them that is connected directly to everything else - indeed to the source itself.

And each of these parts is directly related to a plane or level of existence.

(Now for those 'spiritual' scholars among you, I am by no means saying that these three are the only realms...only that the represent the three BASIC levels of reality, sub-realities, layers, levels, I'm not going to get into an argument over it...just as each child grows differently, so too does each person experience these realms based on their own experiences and interpretations of such)

The Body, of course, being the most obvious, is directly connected to physical reality.

The Mind to the astral.

The Soul to the spiritual.

So what does this mean? What does it matter that we have three component parts? Why should it make a difference that each of these parts is finely attuned with a different level of reality?

What it means is that in order to be whole....in order to be complete in and of yourself, it is necessary for you to make your peace with each of these parts. Each of them needs to be fed and understood, otherwise we are going to not only feel incomplete, but will be hungry enough that we will try anything that offers to fill us.

Just as we are encouraged to eat three substantial meals a day, why not try three "meals" a day for your trinity?

Once a day give your physical body something that it craves; physical exercise, tasty food, a warm bath, hot sex.

Once a day give your mind something it craves; read a good book, have a good conversation with a friend, or (and I can't believe I'm going to say this) play an involved game of some sort, (computer or regular) that gives your logic circuts a good workout.

And finally, for your third meal a day, don't forget to feed your soul; take the time to meditate, pray, concentrate (however you like to define it); something that connects you to the source and that helps you to remember why it is that you are here, in this physical body.

Over time the care and feeding of your trinity will become second nature to you, but in the end it will be well-worth your effort.