Plenus — The Functions of Life

Plenus

The Functions of Life

From a full cup — filled with health, fitness, clarity, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-belief, connection, conscience, spirituality, connection to god / source, alignment with Dharma, and unity in mind, emotion, body, and soul —

one settles into a reality of an ever-flowing cup, where giving of yourself comes with ease, with no diminishment of self.

Funny enough, giving of yourself — selfless service, seva — gives energy.

Approximately 20 minutes  ·  10 functions

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A Guiding Articulation

Now, write your truth in present tense — in the voice of the version of you living it fully.

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The Functions of Life

A twenty-minute exercise. Ten functions. Written in your own voice, in present tense, as the version of you living it fully.

Plenus is Latin for full, complete, abundant. The slogan — from a full cup — names the doorway. This is not a self-improvement exercise. It is an articulation of the version of you that already lives within, written into present-tense form so it can be seen, felt, and claimed.

At the end, your articulation is composed into a single document you can save, print, or return to.

On the origin of the tool.

I created this process while sitting down to reflect.

I wrote the presupposition first:

From a full cup, one settles into the reality of an ever-flowing cup, where giving of yourself comes with ease, and selfless service (seva) gives energy rather than taking it.

Then, intuitively, ten functions emerged.

I applied the presupposition to each, and the frame was so powerful that I decided to build a tool so anyone could follow the same process.

This is that tool.

The Ten Functions

A short note on each, for those who would like to go deeper before — or after — they write.

  • What enters the body becomes the body. Food is not fuel alone — it is mood, energy, longevity, and the architecture of your daily self. Choose what nourishes the version of you you are becoming.

  • Every cell, every thought, every breath depends on water. In heat, in haste, in conversation, the cup empties without your noticing. To drink consciously is to honour the vessel.

  • The most visible of personal practices. What you wear is how the world first reads you — and, more importantly, how you read yourself when you catch your own reflection. Dress as the version of you that is becoming.

  • A home is more than four walls. It is the field within which you wake, work, love, rest, and pray. A sacred space produces sacred days. Where you live, slowly, shapes who you become.

  • The first and last act of a life. Most of us breathe shallowly, unconsciously, throughout the day — and there is genuine depth available here. Breathwork, meditation, pranayama, holotropic and box-breathing practices, the simple discipline of the noticed breath: each opens a door. Begin wherever you are.

  • We do not become whole alone. Who you spend your hours with — who you allow into your inner circle — is who, slowly, you become. Choose your people deliberately. The full cup is filled, in part, by the people you stand beside.

  • Money is not the goal; it is a form of energy that moves through your life. The relationship matters more than the amount. To direct money in alignment with your values keeps the cup full while it serves the world around you.

  • The sacred meeting of two whole vessels — not two halves seeking completion. Intimacy is depth, vulnerability, presence, and the courage to be fully seen. For a deeper exploration of this function, see my four-part series on intimacy, published on Medium.

  • Sleep is not lost time — it is the restoration of body, mind, and spirit. For the science of why this matters far more than most of us realise, read Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep — it is, plainly, one of the most important books in print on the human condition. Deep, consistent sleep is the most underrated practice in any life.

  • The body is the cup made manifest. Movement is not vanity, not punishment — it is the daily practice of inhabiting the vessel you have been given. Strength, mobility, flexibility, proportion: these serve you for life, not just for a season.