Here it is again:

This is NOT building a sphere.

 

It is familiarizing yourself with the Medicine Wheel.

 

Take the symbol,

Preferably red, because the Road is Red.  (the sky is Blue)

Freehand.  No compass.

Draw it.

Notice where the imbalances are.  For example, in mine, here, the upper left quadrant is deficient.

An imbalance between north and south is a breakdown between body and emotion.  “I’ll take, What is Depression and Pain? for 20,  Alex”

Study your own drawings.

Do it on different days.

Learn about the relationships

Between

Your East – Air  – Mind – Ideas

South – Fire – Will – Passion

West – Water – Emotions – Feeling

North – Earth – Body – Physical.

(note, there are alternate associations with the directions, here:  Medicine Wheel and First Totem )

You can use it as a weather report.

Get up in the morning, draw a medicine wheel symbol.  See where your balances and imbalances are.

This is walking before running.

The sphere is important, but the elements of the sphere – Air / Fire / Water / Earth / Above Male / Below Female / Within – are more important than the shape and form of the sphere.  Let’s get familiar with the elements.

Draw it every day for a week.  Try it in different colours, how does it feel?

Draw it every day for a month.  How does it shift over the month?  Feel yourself gaining skill in making it, the more you draw it.

Doodle it on napkins, calendars – see what it tells you about the moment when you draw it.

This is a deep teaching symbol, and the basis for nearly all of my teach/learnings.