Cultivate Ekos Sacred

Cultivate Ekos Sacred? What does this mean?

By way of explanation, I might begin with the term Ekos, which is a variation on the spelling of Ecos, found in such terms as ecology and economy.

The ecology of a habitat and the economy of a nation, for example, both imply systems - one natural, the other contrived. With systems, we can talk about the totality of a system, with its interactions and exchanges - interactions and exchanges of organisms (in the case of ecologies) or interactions and exchanges of information (in the case of economies).

On a smaller scale, we create more personal systems in miniature, relative to larger systems like habitats or societies, such as residential areas, places of worship, areas of business, and centers of information or entertainment. The scale most amenable to cultivation on the individual level, however, is one that allows cultivation of body, home, office, and mode of transport.

For my purposes, I wish to concentrate on the most personal, and potentially, the most sacred of these objects: the body and the home (whatever or wherever that might be for you), each of which have their own Ekos, their own ecology of ends and economy of means.

The catchphrase, Cultivate Ekos Sacred, is really just a shorthand way of saying, "cultivate quality of soul through body and home as if they were sacred". In light of this statement, we might say that a neglect of soul shows up as a neglect of body and home or that a neglect of body and home are reflections of soul in neglect.

With the cultivation of attractive bodies and homes, we see significant degrees of personal worth invested in body and home. From a universal, evolutionary perspective, this makes a great deal of sense. When we treat body and home as sacred instruments of soul, soul can make a healthy appearance, suggesting both quality and fitness.

When we treat body and home as sacred embodiments of soul, not only can soul be nourished, but personal worth can be expressed peacefully through these projections of soul, providing places of stability for soul to acquire meaning, manifest its purpose, and provide the required weight for spirit to set its direction in harmony with soul.