About the TriScale:
The TriScale demonstrates the relationship that exists between Physical, Intellectual and Spiritual.
Balance is observable and measurable.
And lack of it produces obvious symptoms.
The TriScale is based on “The Dilomina theory …,” which presents the Soul as three-fold: Physical, Intellectual, and Spiritual, and demonstrates that whatever effects one effects all.
In short, it’s the mechanical representation of the holistic view, namely that our “health” and “well-being” is rooted in the balance that exists within those three parts of ourselves.
Too much Physical, and we become the brute.
Too much Intellect and we’re “all up in our heads”.
Too much Spirit and we become “so heavenly minded that we’re no earthly good!”
Likewise, not enough Physical, and our bodies atrophy.
Too little Intellect and we become the ignorant fool.
And, too little Spirit causes us to drift, doubt, and feel empty.
Balancing the Soul is no small task, and I must confess that I get annoyed by those who throw the idea around lightly.
Balance involves how we spend our time, and our efforts ...
…how much work versus how much play, or how much survival versus how much luxury and relaxation.
Keep in mind, when things are “out of balance”, it creates more work somewhere else.
In other words, lack of balance increases our stress load.
It also involves thinking in terms of nutrition.
Physical nutrition, obviously, but Intellectual and Spiritual nutrition as well.
Prayer, meditation, reflection and worship are nutrition for the Spirit.
When each part of our being is in balance with the others and properly cared for, the whole Being (Soul) is healthy. But if one area is suffering or injured, the others must work harder to compensate.
The relationship of the Physical to the Intellectual to the Spiritual is triune.
Each is a separate compartment, so-to-speak ... and yet each completes the other to the degree that it's difficult to say with any certainty where the one ends and the other begins.
Therefore , whatever affects a part affects the whole.
I believe that massage therapy, while focusing on the physical, indirectly affects the intellectual and spiritual as well.
CD’s, incense and flavored bath soaps are sold under the “mind, body, spirit” slogan, and offer a “sense of well-being”. Really? I’m sorry, but “it’s gonna take a little more than that . . .!”
“Well-being” is not a sense, it’s an assessment. It means everything is ‘being well’.
Senses play a role, yes, but senses are easily fooled. A glass of wine can give a “sense of well-being”, as can narcotics, for that matter.
But is that really what we’re after? Just a feeling that everything’s OK?
Therefore, any therapist who wishes to call themselves holistic must be schooled in a variety of disciplines well beyond simply that of anatomy and physiology.
