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User Guide – Personal Portrait

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Background

The framework of the Personal Portrait is derived from the Levels of Living, a key part of the structure of Star Journey’s Circle Pattern. Concentric rings of colored points define a spectrum of different categories of personal experience. These range from aspects experienced in the external world to those felt more deeply within oneself, and the various stages in between.

More explanation on Levels of Living can be found in Geer’s book:

Star Journey – A Cosmology of Self.

Creating Your Own Portrait

Use Star Journey symbols to describe your current status at seven different Levels of Living. The chart above defines these. The text below is more detail on each.

Stars

What kind of energy do you feel is around you now?

States

What kind of condition or circumstance do you feel you are experiencing right now?

Star Crosses

Which self-expression symbol best describes what you are showing to others now?

Gifts

There is an inner gift or quality you are bringing out into the world now. Which one is it?

Keys

What kind of challenge are you facing at the moment? Remember, every challenge can lead to realization and transformation.

Gates

What attitude or approach do you find most useful right now?

Signs

What type of fullfillment or reward do you seek?

For each Level, click through the symbols to find the one you are drawn to. Roll over the symbol to see its Keywords. Type a personal comment in “In My Own Words”, then click Update to save that row of the Portrait.

Continue this process through all seven Levels to complete your Portrait. Make notes at every Level to give more detail about your selections.

Now you can save this particular Personal Portrait to your own private Diary. Use the Save Now button. Add to it any journaling or other notes you want as a record. Later, you can come back, compare a past Portrait with a current one. Note the change and growth you see over time.

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