Recently, I’ve been thinking deeply about this… What are ways to look at ourselves and others in a way that enables us to understand how and why we behave the way we do… I really enjoyed the King Warrior Magician Model by Robert Moore: Here’s an amazon link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/King-Warrior-Magician-Lover-Rediscovering/dp/0062506064
Once you familiarize with the model and even take a test that allows you to see how you are expressing the 4 archetypes in your life… the question becomes: how can one consciously express and cultivate these energies in order to play to one’s strengths and to shore up weaknesses through self-improvement and partnerships?
Here are some ways… not an exhaustive list of course… but a great place to start. Source: http://www.integralpsychology.org/a-journey-for-men—whats-your-archetype.html
King
- Leave a legacy
- Develop practical wisdom
- Become a mentor
- Find a mentor
- Develop the virtue of order
- Break away from your mother
- Develop traits of true leadership
- Establish your core values
- Develop a life plan
- Protect the sanctity of your ideas
- Become decisive
- Avoid corruption
- Live with integrity
Warrior
- Do something that scares you
- Be more decisive
- Quit seeking exits
- Find your core values
- Have a plan and purpose
- Strengthen your resilience
- Find out who you are loyal to
- Establish and live via non-negotiable terms
- Compete
- Strengthen your discipline via habits and routine
- Adopt a minimalist attitude
- Take up a physical discipline e.g. martial arts
Magician
- Commit to lifelong learning
- Meditate
- Create more, consume less
- Work with your hands
- Take part in rites of passage
- Find a mentor
- Become a mentor
- Create a sangha (a spiritual community)
- Create a sacred space
Lover
- Cultivate the virtue of moderation
- Become fully present
- Find the centre of your bliss
- Be spontaneous
- Work out what your lover needs
Have a read, introspect, feel, think, do.
Here’s to you living in congruence with a deeper understanding of yourself and the universe.
Abhi