Expanding on Mind, Body, and Spirit

I really like the traditional Mind, Body, Spirit breakdown. It nicely summarizes some distinct yet interconnected areas of the human experience. Here's some working definitions for how I look at them:

Mind - Decision making. Learning. Every choice and all intellectual knowledge falls here, from pondering the intricacies of quantum mechanics to the reflexive action of your hand when catching a ball.

Body - Fitness, wellness, sleep, water, nutrition. Everything directly physical like strength. Overlaps with mind where balance and reflex are concerned.

Spirit - The willingness to continue living. The hope that keeps you striving to accomplish your goals. The joy of living that makes you laugh and enjoy good art.

These categories are great, but I do find them limited. For example, modern life in a western democracy can be greatly impacted by having adequate health insurance. That could be covered under Body sorta, but really this is a characteristic of your economic situation, not your body. Likewise, all lives since the dawn of time have benefited from living in an environment that can sustain life and is generally non-toxic.

So I propose some "environmental" categories that ought to be considered by any modern ninja:

Feng Shui (literally, the water and air) - First of all, the literal aspects of the quality of water and air. But also more emotional things, like having a place to relax where it is easy to relax or a place to work where it is easy to work, or how often you get to feel the sun. This category is a good one for the contemplation of the phrase, "I and the land are one."

Social - Yes, this really impacts your Spirit, but worth a separate category. Are you in a situation where you get to spent time with people and animals who enrich your life, or are you isolated or abused by your social situation?

Legal - Are you on the right side of the law (assuming the law is itself in the right)? Are you able to protect your rights?

Economic - Do you have a good balance of incoming and outgoing money? Are you insured (collectively or individually) against unexpected problems? Do you have investments that will improve your lot in the future?

Societal - Are the strangers around you well cared for and therefore pleasant and safe, or are they in desperate situations and therefore unpleasant and aggressive? To wax mildly political, it's important to understand that if you allow the people around you to suffer from a lack of aid and guidance, your own life may suffer.

Political - Do you have the freedom to be who you want to be, or are you forced into a role by an aggressive culture and politics? Do your police and military have enforced rules to curtail their powers, or do they abuse the public? Do policy-makers take care of the societal category adequately, or do they generate societal problems?

Astrophysical - This may sound silly, but asteroid impacts are a genuine concern over at NASA, and I think we'd be better off as a species if we were better able to detect the really dangerous ones. Similarly, a massive and unluckily-timed solar event could fry half the power grids and computer networks on the planet. So don't write this off too quickly.

I'm sure there are other categories I could come up with, but these are a good start. Much the way that the chakras progress from the most basic emotions, like fear for survival, and work out to the most suble ones, like the feeling of spiritual connectedness, the above spheres move from the personal to global (and beyond). It's not a bad exercise.