resources:

  MySQL Table                           CakePHP Model Association

    +----------+-------------+          class Resource extends AppModel {
    | Field    | Type        |              var $name = 'Resource';
    +----------+-------------+              var $primaryKey = 'id';
    | id       | int(11)     |              var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array('Media');
    | user_id  | int(11)     |          }
    | uuid     | varchar(15) |
    +----------+-------------+

  media:

    MySQL Table                         CakePHP Model Association

    +-----------------+-------------+   class Media extends AppModel {
    | Field           | Type        |       var $name = 'Media';
    +-----------------+-------------+       var $primaryKey = 'id';
    | id              | int(11)     |       var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array('Resource');
    | type            | varchar(50) |   }
    | uri             | varchar(255)|
    | created         | datetime    |
    +-----------------+-------------+

  media_resources:

    MySQL Table                         CakePHP Model Association

    +-------------+---------+           class MediaResource extends AppModel {
    | Field       | Type    |               var $name = 'MediaResource';
    +-------------+---------+               var $primaryKey = 'id';
    | id          | int(11) |           }
    | resource_id | int(11) |
    | media_id    | int(11) |
    +-------------+---------+

$this->Resource-find('All','conditions'=>array( 'Resource.id' => 2 );

Array(
    [Resource] => Array(
        //Resource Data
    )
    [Media] => Array(
        [0] => Array(
            //Media Data
        )
        [1] => Array(
            //Media Data
        )
        ///... etc.
    )
)

Array(
    [Resource] => Array(
        //Resource Data
    )
    [Media] => Array(
        //Media Data
    )
)