Here, Spirit is not treated as a rigid or inherited idea, but as a spacious pointer to what is most fundamental in experience. The word itself gestures toward breath, a shared intuition found across wisdom traditions that link the sacred to the simple fact of being alive. Whether named Spirit, God, Consciousness, I AM, or something else entirely, these traditions are pointing toward the same Great Unnamable. The invitation is to honor that shared essence while allowing everyone the freedom to use the language that resonates for them.
The Spirit Wheel within the WAN Map offers practices that guide us into increasingly subtle, vivid, and narrative-free presence. Where the Awareness Wheel helps us see through our blindspots and loosen our attachments, the Spirit Wheel opens us to the benevolent field that holds all experience. By letting things be, resting from mental noise, and releasing our compulsive doing, we discover that our true nature is already joyful, free, and present—nothing needs to be manufactured.
The Big Wheel: The Spirit Slice
Each slice of the Spirit Wheel explores this One Thing in lived, embodied ways. Celebration invites us to rest outside The Net and trust intuition over habit. Nourishment asks us to listen inwardly and respond creatively to what the body truly needs, without formula or self-improvement agendas. Healing expands relational freedom into generosity and shared presence, while Liberation is not something we practice so much as what we gradually realize we are—an open, timeless way of being that can coexist with life’s inevitable ups and downs.
Throughout, the emphasis is on experimentation rather than belief, curiosity rather than dogma. Concepts are meant to point beyond themselves, not replace direct experience. We are encouraged to take what resonates, notice resistance with kindness, and keep returning to our own felt sense of being. If we stay oriented toward the One Thing—whatever name we give it—we are continually led back to it. Many call it Love, and it is always known by its openness and warmth.