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Homework - self-study of line activations in my chart
Overview:
I have slightly more lower trigam lines in my unconscious (8 – 1 unconscious gate in 1, 4 gates in 2 & 3 gates in 3); but overall am well balanced. I have 4 gates in line 5 and 1 gate in line 6 that are unconsciously defined. The same number of gates are defined in the 2nd line as the 5th line, which is interesting since they are harmonic lines.
Consciously defined gates:
I have slightly more lower trigam lines (8 – 4 conscious gates in 1, 3 gates in 2 & 3 gates in 3); but overall am well balanced. I have 1 gate in line 4, 1 gate in line 5 and 3 gates in line 6 that are consciously defined.
Example of a gate activation in the 6th line: Gate 27
This energy compels me to be role model for caring; I could be a good source of advice and coaching on how to enhance the quality and substance of activities through caring. If the circumstances are correct, I have an instinct to take a practical approach to nurturing; the strength to be realistic in my capacity to care and nurture.
3rl line exercise
I have three 3rd lines in my chart
20.3: Gate of the Now, line of Self-Awareness. I remember several years ago, of the strong push from the Moon to focus my awareness on the Here and Now; as Ra says, the Moon is responsible for the drive in us. I could really feel that powerful energy, especially in the fine details of its 3rd line: 'Self-awareness, the expression of self-conscious awareness in the now'. In everything I did, I put all my focused attention and the results were so enjoyable! Many times I felt like being a child again, discovering life for the first time; once, walking back from work, I looked at the sky with this focused awareness; suddenly, in a tenth of a second, the sky sort of opened wide and out of it poured so much love down and everywhere. Immediately, something inside of me shouted 'wait! wait! how did you do that?!!! I need to know!!! then I can do it again!...' it closed immediately and never came back!
Even now I like to bring my awareness back to the space around me, feel the temperature, look that moment of space and time, totally unique for It was never there before and will never be anymore exactly so. This brings me peace.
This was indeed experimentation, a trial which failed because pessimism slowly took place in me to such an extent that I do not want to make a technique out of this 'here and now, be aware' – although results were promising. I could not avoid to control; my not-self was restlessly checking: 'am I really in the now, now?!!!' as the detriment line says it: 'self-consciousness in the extreme that hampers development'. I could really feel the damages due to that on-going controlling process.
However, the 3rd line should persevere because I could make – again – real discoveries.
50.3: the values that guide, protect, nurture and maintain. Based on the tradition, tribal values serve and enrich the present and the future. The danger lies in that they would be too rigid, or become inaccurate for the continuous change. The 50.3 brings the solution: adaptability; yes to our fathers' traditional values because they proved to be helpful; but life is evolution, values must be adapted if necessary and, in any case, with the support of the others, otherwise one may face resentment because one's natural mental gifts are ignored by them. Let's try to change this and that aspect of this principle and see if it is not more suitable to everyone. It failed? Ok, we keep this part and perhaps we change that one. We shall persevere!
Gate 50 carries the fear of responsibility. The 3rd line, being introspective, personal and often pessimistic, is not of a big help for those 50s put in a situation of responsibility! In my case, this 50.3 is activated by Neptune; Neptune puts a veil to the place it sits upon, imposing a true surrender, a total submission; so there is in me this mechanism of true surrender to the values and principles and as such, it makes it hard for my 3rd line to take the responsibility for changing what has guided and inspired my group or my family. This is something I feel quite strongly in my family big circle; codes of conduct are very strict and rather than opposing them, I always preferred to go away and live my own life.
56.3: stimulation 'stability through movement. The perpetuation of continuity through the linking of short term activity'. Interestedly, I notice that my theme has much to do with CONTINUITY IN TIME: so many Gates are dealing with this theme, whether in keeping what is there or in transmitting what is there.
50.3: Gate of Values; Cauldron; the awareness to keep the traditional principles rules and values so that the young adults of the tribe enter in an orderly and fair society,
32.1&6: Gate of Continuity; Duration; the awareness that the only thing that lasts is change,
11.4: Gate of Ideas; Peace; line of the teacher; the teacher transmits knowledge, values, information, ideas and concepts so that they last,
56.3: Gate of Stimulation; the wanderer; the art of transforming abstract ideas and concepts into stories in order to stimulate the audience; one can be sure that, once stimulated, the audience will pass on these stories to a larger group; hence a long and lasting life for the original abstract ideas and concepts!
Here, the 3rd line brings 'Alienation. Determined self-sufficiency'. Given that in my theme the 56.3 is activated by Uranus, I might be tempted to stimulate in a rather unusual way or through unusual abstract ideas, increasing the danger of 'the drive to control and be the focus of expression' (Sun exalted) or the danger of 'the drive to control the expression at the expense of stimulation' (Venus in detriment). This is a danger I often felled in! 'come on guys, I'll show you how great are my ideas!' every single time, I ended up alone in my corner… because no one had listened!!! . This is what happens when one doesn't follow the Abstract Circuit code: the experience for the sake of the experience, not for the goal!
The commonness of all these 3rd lines:
All 3rd lines are yin and receptive. My Gates 20, 50 and 56 resonate to the same keynotes: experiencing or not, learning through mistakes (now I know exactly how to stimulate my audience! Where from my voice should come out to be really of value to others) and, most important, never forget in these 3 processes to be opened, receptive, humble.
jacques
exercise line 2
I have six 2nd lines in my chart
44.2: here is an instinctive alertness to transmit and make available to the tribe its memory resources – not out of socialistic concern, for we are more on the individualistic side of the Ego Circuit; being intrinsically loyal, it will be engaging itself in capitalistic work and that will benefit the tribe.
The second line brings to the 44 the facts that:
1. others see in it the ability to manage and develop a collective structure; this suits it fine because it is part of a projected channel. The recognition from others sets its capacities in motion,
2. though creative, its managerial talent is hallowed by shyness and a sense of ‘leave me alone, I’m organizing, but I don’t know how’,
3. it is a hermit kind of manager, because it doesn’t like to be called out and disturbed. As long as we invite it and leave it alone managing – that includes deciding of its own timing, work hours, meal times, etc. and no pressure* – it will prove very creative and ‘productive’; its instinctive memory of passed patterns and its sharpness will come out spontaneously into right and efficient cooperative modes that integrate harmoniously inferior elements into higher/superior forces. BUT, if it is not recognized properly, if it must compose with pressures, it might end up concentrating exclusively on goals, ignoring the inferior elements; and though that leads to ‘quantitative success’, it is definitely a ‘human social failure’.
* remember that 44s need the absence of any preconditions for successful interactions.
24.2: here the mind returns over and over on the deep mysteries of life, until it finds a new concept, a discovery that will empower itself and others with new insights. Its fear of ignorance is so high that it pressures itself to hope that, perhaps, one day it gets the ‘61 flash of inspiration’ that would make it finally know the inner truth.
The second line brings recognition to the 24. We know that second lines are always seen by others; second lines fit very well with projected channels which require being recognized prior to acting. The 24.2, enjoys just staying quiet in its own company, not being interrupted; it can then work on its complex individual rationalizing process, using its proper and spontaneous capacity of adaptation to new forms, keeping returning over and over on the same questions until an answer pops up from nowhere; then it should wait until the others invite it to communicate its mutative ideas. BUT, if it starts thinking that it will transform alone the world just with its new visions, if it gets infatuated in seeing that transformation only comes out of its personal achievement rather than a socially supported or natural phenomenon, it’s gonna get in trouble with others, who could stay away from it; here, the second line hermit could feel painfully isolated.
33.2: this is the Gate of Privacy. One needs to regularly retreat in order to ponder over past experiences; one may also have to willingly retreat in order to transform a weak point into a position of strength. The goal of 33’s is to unveil the deep secrets of all the others gates belonging to the Sensing Circuit, and to share them with others.
Being the Hermit, the second line is in real attunement with Gate 33. 2nd lines love to be left alone, doing their own things, privately; that is where they are the most creative. So, for 33.2, it is quite natural to step aside, go in a peaceful place and just be there; its retreat is not – as for the 33.1 – a flying away to prevent a position of weakness.
Here, the 2nd line carries the theme of surrender. Surrendering to higher forces makes it easier to retreat and transform a weak point into a position of strength. In my specific case, the activation of Mystical Gate 19 – the mirror Gate – is on line 5; so 33.2’s retreat and surrendering to higher forces provide the 19.5 with the conditions to experience with forces of Nature and to sacrifice itself in limiting its own potential for the sake of a larger goal. Both lines, 2 and 5 are lines of projection; in the case of 33.2, others see its potential of transforming a weak point into a position of strength through retreating.
7.2: Gate 7 is the Gate of the Role of the Self. It brings the ability to lead through a specific pattern – provided its role is recognized and it is invited to lead.
With line 2, the pattern for leading is ‘the democrat’, the capacity to lead in serving the will of the majority. 7.2’s are ready to share their leading talent in democratic ways; they will use the logic, focus and determination of every gate in the Understanding Circuit.
1.2: here the Self expresses itself through a great creativity, with a potential energy to manifest an unlimited inspiration. A 1, source of creativity, always empowers others, as long as it waits to be recognized and invited to manifest its specific quality.
Line 2 brings to this individual creativity a sense that Love is Light; all that the Creative – the 1 – will create, will manifest its ideals and values; if in detriment, the expression of the Self will be restraint by desires and passions. There is a harmony between Gate 1 and line 2: the 1 works better alone; line 2 too!
29.2: Gate 29 brings the power of saying yes and the power to persevere. Despite obstacles, perseverance leads inevitably to success.
Line 2 gives to the 29, assessment capacities. Against obstacles, one is cautious to say yes, and to persevere at any cost. All 29s represent an abysmal reservoir of energy opened to Life; the 29.2 needs aloneness to engage in its long term energy spending and persevering activities; there are three reasons for that: 1) it is not sure it will succeed 2) it is naturally shy and cautious 3) it enjoys minding its own business.
The commonness of all these 2nd lines:
With 6 2nd lines out of a total of 26 activations, I can proudly say that 25% of my ‘Earth Journey’ is concerned with being happy doing my own things, although not knowing how.
Six 2nd lines + six 1st lines = 50% of my energies that are busy in learnings and in ‘doings but not knowing how’.
Line 2 being a line of projection, there are many projections others can put on me; of course, I’m not at all aware of these projections (particularly since 2/3 of my second lines are unconscious!). Here are their fancies:
- capacity to manage
- capacity to stick to a problem until it is solved
- capacity to retreat and come back with a strong position
- capacity to surrender to higher forces
- capacity to lead in a democratic way
- capacity to express a great creativity
- capacity to say yes and produce a long-lasting effort to reach the goal
In conclusion, two last remarks:
- all these projections show the creative, yang, character of the second line
- All these second lines are projected – except 29.2, generated
In following the strategy of one’s type, one is assured to be properly recognized and invited; in the case of 29.2, one is assured to respond correctly.
jacques
Part C - Homework - Fifth Lines
I have four Fifth lines in my chart.
47th Gate - Realisation. The fifth line is about sharing practical realisations based on experience. It is in the Ajna and is where the inspirations of the 64th gate are realised. In the fifth line these realisations are received and the yin energy of this line draws others in however in this Gate the fifth line must wait until it is recognised as having realisations that are of practical value to the other. If it waits until others are drawn in it will be able to share the realisations of it's experiences with others in a practical way. In my case this gate is dormant in an open ajna centre, so the realisations received are based on who I am with and are therefore inconsistent, as is my ability to share this knowledge in a practical way with others.
18th Gate - Correction. The fifth line is about sharing practical corrections that will have use to and support the collective. It may be expected that the person with this line will know what corrections in the pattern are healthy for the collective, however as this gate is coming out of the spleen and pointed at the root centre, they must wait until they are confidant they have a correction that will be useful, and until they are invited to share it. When the spleen is defined there is the potential to be aware in the now that something needs to be corrected but unless they have a practical solution they must wait. I also have this gate dormant in an open spleen meaning that this energy to share practical ways of correcting is inconsistent and is activated when the spleen is defined.
37th Gate – Friendship. This fifth line is about a universal approach to providing friendship and relationships that support others. The 37th gate is part of the channel of community, so the fifth line has an important role in supporting each person’s role in the community. It may be seen by others as a source of friendship however, as the fifth line fears being punished by others if it cannot deliver what is expected, it may have certain conditions relating to how the friendships can operate in order for it to continue to provide its support. It’s Yin energy draws people to it however, being in the solar plexus, unless it is clear about what support it can provide, friendships it offers to others can lead to painful situations for both parties. For me, this line is also in an open centre (solar plexus) so the energy of this line operates dependant on who I am with – being that half the population has a defined solar plexus, this line could be a strong source of conditioning for me.
Wow, there’s a bit of insight, I can certainly relate to that.
Generally, the fifth lines seem to have a lot in common with the Projector types – the fifth lines draw in based on what they project, and they need to wait to be recognised for what they can offer to everybody on a practical level. It’s chemistry, and electricity, I suppose. Fifth lines are like hormone receptors in our cells, they have a lot they need to do, but just sit there waiting until the hormone comes along and the hormone has been looking, looking for the right shaped ‘docking bay’/receptor in the cells. When it finds it, it’s drawn in, little does it know that if it joins with the cell, the cell has big plans for it, and it won’t come out the other side looking the same. However, if the hormone receptor receives a similar looking but not correct hormone, it can upset the balance of the whole endocrine system….
How to explain design to others
Hello,
I have not finished all my homework from the self-study section on hexagrams. That is coming. But before that, I have realized that I have trouble explaining to people I know what Human Design is. I felt I had to type something up; a 'standard' explanation for me to use. Here it is; please let me know if you have any comments.
The purpose of Human Design:
To allow you to know your true self, so that you can experience self-love. Supported by self-love, you should then be able to consistently be yourself, and to create a life that is perfect and beautiful for yourself. To be yourself also brings into your life those beings that are truly correct for you. Correct associations allow you not only to be seen and understood by others, but also allow you to understand them.
“Yourself” refers to the person governed by your physical genes, which express themselves as your chemistry, hormones and neurotransmitters. Out of genetic imperative, genes guide you down the correct path in life for you, if you let them. On the one hand, this knowledge may go against your beliefs that there is free will, and that you can and will create and achieve whatever you desire in life.
On the other hand, this knowledge assumes that ‘form’ governs ‘function’ and that ‘will’ can only be as ‘free’ as the form that is expressing it. So this knowledge may bring you great relief to know that you absorb and express the energy around you (life energy) in a certain way. This means that you are designed for a certain purpose, or perhaps several purposes, and that there are many things that you can rely on being good at and excelling at. This knowledge may tell you that there are some things that you may not be able to rely on in your life, but that does not mean that you are not free to try or explore anything in life. In fact, depending on who is in your life sharing their energy with you, and what the planets are doing, you may be able to rely on a variety of successes, achievements and experiences at certain times in your life. But no matter what, you always have yourself to come back to, should you find yourself alone or having failed a new experience or requiring a period of respite and retreat after wearing yourself out. Because you are designed to absorb and express energy in a certain way, and that is something you, and only you, can always rely on.
The point of providing you with this human design knowledge is to explain who you are, how you function in the world and what you are designed to contribute to the world.
The way to be yourself and to create your ideal life is to use this knowledge to make decisions. You life is a series of decisions, and the purpose of this knowledge is to guide the way you make your decisions. There is no way to prove this knowledge is correct; the only thing you can do with this is to start following your strategy whenever you have to make another decision and you think of it. Whether it be a decision about what to eat, who to associate with, how to solve a new problem, whether and how to ask a friend to see a movie, what movie to see, whether to take a job offer, whether to accept a date, whether to initiate a discussion with your boss about a raise and how to say it; whether to speak or not; whether to post on this forum or not. You can experiment with your ‘Human Design Strategy’ as often or as little as like, and over time you will notice whether you get to know yourself better and whether your life changes in a way that feels like your life is correct and joyful for you – that feels more right for you than your current life.
How was Human Design knowledge developed:
It is a synthesis of several meta-physical disciplines: the ancient Chinese I-Ching, Indian chakra theory, Kaballah tree of life philosophy and astrology. Additionally, it has been discovered that the mathematics of the I-Ching philosophical system are exactly the same as the mathematics of the human genetic system (64,2,3,4). So it is assumed that this is the link between Human Design and your genetic make-up. No one actually synthesized all these meta-physical disciplines together on purpose. Instead this knowledge was revealed to one man (Ra Uru Hu, the man who founded the Human Design teaching system) in a mystical sort of way. The understanding that this knowledge is based on an interconnection of several ancient meta-physical disciplines, and the practicalities of this system were worked out later. You could say that the mystical revelation was a message from the Universe to Ra to speed things up, as it would have otherwise taken eons to see all the interconnections and develop the system from scratch.
The revelation brought this system to us, and it is now being shared by Ra and others who have studied, and continue to study, this system for the purpose of showing everybody that they are perfect. If you don’t feel perfect, it is because you don’t know yourself and you are not living the life you were designed to live; you are not living as your true self. But it is important for everybody to know that they are perfect. Hopefully this Human Design knowledge will support you to know that you are perfect, and will show you how to operate in this world perfectly, if you are not already doing so (if you already feel perfectly content, you probably do not need to learn this system).
Part C Homework - Fourth Lines
I have three Fourth Lines in my design.
46th Gate - the Determination of the Self. The fourth line here is about externalising/sharing the discoveries that come as part of the determination of the self. This gate is in the collective (sensing) circuit so these discoveries are realised through experience, both of discovery and of the determination of being oneself. As this gate is in the G centre, externalisation can be by just being oneself, and also by speaking the self through the throat or through actions, if it is connected by others. It is also a very creative, outward looking energy but this line also needs to be secure in the foundation of it's discoveries and it's determination before it can share this with others. As a Yang energy it does have something in common with the second and sixth lines in that when it is secure, sharing it's discovery and determination will just happen, the yang energy will call out to others to listen.
25th Gate - Spirit of the Self. The fourth line here is about externalising the foundation of the spirit of the self and the centre of its innocence. This gate is in the G centre also but is in the individual (centering) circuitry - it's yang energy means that just being itself will project the spirit of itself out to others. The stronger the foundation of the spirit of the self the more naturally it will be externalised. The growth of this energy has the potential to be empowering and centering for itself and others.
32nd Gate - Continuity. The fourth line here is about externalising the foundation of continuity that supports the tribe and helps it endure. The 32nd gate is part of the Channel of Transformation, and for the tribe to transform, it must also be able to endure. Gate 32 comes out of the Spleen and the fourth line is there to externalise the healthiest way for the tribe to continue. It will have a strong and clear sense of what supports the tribe needs to continue/survive, but it still needs to examine the foundations of these supports before it can externalise/share this with others. In my design this gate is dormant in an open spleen and the energy is waiting to be applied to the tribe that it is in when the spleen is defined. When defined by the 54th gate (ambition) the possibility is there for the tribe to be transformed.
In each of these gates, the balance between understanding the foundation and externalising it to others is opportunity - whether it is in a 'manifesting', 'projecting' or 'generating' channel, it must wait until it's yang energy is sensed by others, and in this moment, an opportunity is created for externalisation of the gates foundation.
Part C Homework - Third Lines Exercise
I have ten third lines in my chart, so I have selected a few as examples.
61st Gate - this is an individual gate in the head centre and in the third line it is about adaptation to the mysteries of life through trial and error and finding what is truth/inspiration through this process. Although the third line is not necessarily transpersonal, for me it is an open centre, so I will experience this trial and error through meeting the projected inspirations of others, but finally finding what does work is very empowering.....
5th Gate - this is about adaptation to natural rhythms and discovering the natural rhythms through trial and error. This line is about finding/being receptive to your own rhythm and sharing it, as it is part of the collective circuitry. But this sharing is not necessarily consciously done as the 5th gate coming of the sacral is a generating force and has the potential to draw others into your rhythm/pattern.
35th Gate - this line is about adapting to change through the trial and error of experience, and making progress as part of the process. It is a throat gate so knowing what works and what doesn't is designed to be shared with others. For me this is a gate in an open centre so I need to wait to respond to share my trials and errors and what I have found with the right people. Sharing will be a trial and error process that is influenced by the conditioning of others. I have found in the past that other's receptivity to what you want to share is dependant on their mood...
Part C - Second Lines Exercise
I have only two second lines in my Design, both in the 9th gate (Neptune conscious and design).
This line appears to be about naturally being able to focus - I don't necessarily know how I do it but I can be seen by others as a source of creative focus. This line has a creative rather than receptive quality, particularly coming out of the sacral centre, and as part of the energy format of the Logic Circuit, it is primarily focused on identifying and projecting patterns into the future.
It is an energy that is there to be shared with the collective and this type of energy is very attractive to others. Personally, I feel that this energy is the very reason I was offered a role a couple of years ago where I didn't really have the right qualifications/experience, however my supervisor later shared with me that she specifically wanted to employ me as she felt that I had the focus and concentration skills to balance the those of my colleague, who she saw as generally unfocused and disorganised. However, experience led me to wonder whether I made the decision to take this job from my sacral....
Gate 9 also has a relationship with the 62nd gate (gate of detail), and rereading the Self Study has made me wonder about something else in my life, it says
'When we take this into Gate 62 we find people who can be caught in something of a trap. They project outwards that they have all the details and can share them...... When questioned directly about the details they may have to confess they don’t have them. No wonder they are shy. If they share a detail, the other might well ask “Oh, that’s interesting, how did you find that detail” The 2nd line is apt to reply "I didn’t really want to share that detail. In fact I wasn't even aware I shared it. I don’t know how I got it so just leave me alone.”'
I have an open throat, ajna and head and what I have been observing is that if I open my mouth express whatever happens to be floating through at the time then I can get in big trouble because people want to know, why I think that, how I got to that conclusion, or, I do respond from my sacral and there is none of this detail, but there is an expectation that I will know why, and often I don't. Perhaps they expect that I will have the focus to answer, however there is not a natural energy connection here as my 9th gate is not connected to the throat, head and ajna.
abc '1st line' exercise
I have six 1st lines in my chart
261: so I’m an Egoist with A Bird in The Hand! When it comes to the point of transmitting, since I am insecure (1st line), I should better study in depth what I want to transmit or sell, because this is the foundation of my success. Knowledge is my bird, and I must master it, if I want the others to recognise and support me in transmitting or selling my stuff out.
451: here comes the Gatherer, with his Canvassing talent! It is quite obvious that, to get people gathering together, the foundation is to canvass. With the 1st line activated and insecure, I need to study the ways to communicate with people, with the goal of getting them to gather together; how to speak to them, what kind of canvassing works best to get them gathering together. I learn that the words they are most receptive to are: ‘we have!’ Of course, I can do all this canvassing when and only when my spokesman’s talent is recognized and supported by the tribe.
321: the foundation for Continuity is of course the ‘Conservation’ of the 1st line. How to adapt without losing continuity? How to fulfil one’s very conservative nature in the midst of a life process where the only thing that endures is change? Such a challenge deserves full inquiry! Since Gate 32 belongs to the Tribal Circuitry, adapting needs the support of the tribe, especially if it requires the tribe to improve. Transforming oneself and society is a risky business and, high is the fear of failure! Here again, better be well prepared by studying the mechanisms of transformation.
141: in the realm of Power Skills, Money isn’t everything! Based on the recognition that wealth isn’t all because it has its own problems – money isn’t everything – I realize that the enormous power of the sacral energy isn’t everything: skills are needed to manage it so that it is successful; to be powerful, power needs skills. Hence the need to study the mechanics of power skills; the need to get out of insecurity in knowing how to manage power. The power we’re speaking of here is the fuel that empowers the Self, the sacral key for the Vehicle of the Self, without which the Self goes nowhere. So, I have here to study how to skilfully manage the power of that sacral energy which determines the direction taken by the Driver in Gate 2.
311: here we have the Gate of Leading and the line of Manifestation. In realizing that influence cannot exist in a vacuum, I become insecure; thus the need to study the ways to avoid vacuum by creating and maintaining an ‘audience’ so that there is no vacuum; by the way, this fits very well to my unconscious profile (2/4) which is very social and relationships oriented (but this is another story). So I study the rules to have any kind of audience, thus I get the chance, when asked, to take the lead and let my Self assume the role of a democrat (7.2).
The commonness of all these 1st lines:
Obviously, these Gates represent fields where I feel insecure, thus the need to learn how to deal with them. Apart the 14th, these are all quite ‘social’ themes, meaning that they get me involved with others: transmitting, canvassing, transforming, leading… but, having to go deep inside the learning process – an inward sort of movement of awareness – I don’t seem to communicate really with others, except for the purpose of learning! Not very social in these very social areas.
With 6 1st lines out of a total of 26 activations, I can proudly say that 25% of my ‘Earth Journey’ is concerned with learning… something for my unconscious 4th opportunistic profile to rejoice and take advantage of when the opportunity comes…
jacques
Gate 34 - first line activation
I have an activated first line in gate 34. Gate 34 is the gate of power, and, for me, it forms the channel of charisma with gate 20. The energy in this channel propels me to turn awarenesses (thoughts or body signals or emotions) into action. The first line activation leads to an energy of indiscrimintae use of power.
For someone with the first line activated in this gate it is important to observe others who use power indiscriminately, and to learn the negative consequences of this. It is also important for me, because I do not have gate 57, to study the design of those around me, to seek out people with an activated gate 57 who can provide me with awareness and intuitive insight regarding which awarenesss to turn into action. Observing those around me can also help identify what people provide thoughts/awarenesses that are for the common good, rather than self-centred. It is also important for me to study and observe my own awareness centres, my solar plexus and my spleen, to ensure that I enter into a mission to turn thoughts into action correctly. Careful study and observation of myself and the the people around me will provide me with the foundation to ensure that the powerful energy that I express serves the common good, and thus is truly great.
Activated first line in gate 46
Gate 46 is one of the gates of love, and is specifically focused on self-determination and serendipity. The first line in this gate is an energy of being discovered in obscurity.
Thus someone with this activation will benefit from studying and learning ways to keep their own body (ie, their Temple) in good condition. This provides them with a strong foundation of a "healthy form", to being able to act on opportunity when it arises. Someone with this activiation will also study philosophies, religions, people and other methods to find the determination to accept that they are in the right place at the right time, and to give them the patience to focus on self-fulfulling creative activities, rather than fame or fortune or 'being discovered'. Being in a place, participating in the self-fulfilling process of caring for their own body, and participating in other self-fulfilling creative processes, will provide them with the foundation to trust that they can consistently rely on attracting potential opportunities for discovery and to be discovered, and that all they need to do is be prepared (ie have experience and some skills) and healthy to be able to pursue the opportunities. Opportunities will come to them, even when they are in obscurity. This is something they can rely on.
hanging gates
I have gate 30 activated. Does that gate complement the channel 59-6 which runs from the same centre (the solar plexus) or does it complement my channel 48-16, which is the activated channel in the same circuitry (Collective circuitry)?
First line exercise
I have looked at all the gates in my rave chart that have the first line activated. Does the first line provide focus for the energy in that gate?
Part C - Receptive and Creative Lines in the Hexagram
I have studied the 1st, 3rd and 5th (Receptive) and 2nd, 4th and 6th (Creative) lines in my Conscious Personality.
It was diffiult to see a pattern but I got the impression that the lines are like a cycle of starting and stopping - in the Receptive 1st line you are stopped at one point; in the Creatove 2nd line things are moving again and you are out there doing your thing; at the Receptive 3rd line, you've paused on the path to take something in; then in the Creative 4th line, you're off again, getting out there; the Receptive 5th line is like the final pause for reflection before the completion of the process in the Creative 6th line. It's a bit like breathing - breathing in and 'receiving' in the 1st, 3rd and 5th lines, and breathing out 'creation' in the 2nd, 4th and 6th lines. The nature of the breath depends on the 'environment' of the gate that it is in. Creation (yang) doesn't come from nothing, it is made from what is received (yin).
E.g. 9th Gate - Focus
1st Line - Sensibility - being receptive to focus
2nd line - Misery Loves Company - getting out there and focusing with others
3rd line - The Straw that Breaks the Camels Back - having to pause to reassess/refocus after loss of focus
4th Line - Dedication - back out there, dedicated to focusing on the detail
5th line - Faith - having found the detail, the ability to pause in a focused state and trust in the process
6th line - Gratitude - moving forward with the creative power of the process of focusing
In mundane speak :
1 - It's your husband's birthday, you're in rush , but you you know that the best way to make a cake is to read and follow the recipe (Receiving a focus)
2 - some of the measurements aren't clear so you call your Mum and ask her (she's very tribal and knows about this stuff) (a creative source)
3 - you forget to put in the Baking powder and the cake is a pancake (receiving a flop - pause for reflection and few choice expletives)
4 - you start again, with the recipe, a pair of glasses and all the ingredients (creative)
5 - you've carefully followed all the instructions and you wait for the cake to bake (receptive)
6 - the cake is yummy and you are grateful that you were able to focus on making it
Part C Homework - first lines in my chart
50-1 The immigrant
18-1 - Conservatism
22-1 Second Class Ticket
I have three first lines in my design. The 50-1 is called 'The Immigrant' in the Gate of The Cauldron, or Values. Gate 50 establishes the values the underlie the rules of caring and support in the tribe. As an immigrant to a new land, the 50-1 studies and explores the foundations of the values of the community in which it lives. Facing a new set of values allows new perspectives for the refinement of previously held values.
18-1 is called Conservatism in the Gate of Correction, or Work on What has ben Spoilt. It is in the spleen and the is part of the Collective circuitry and so when activated it is about awareness in the now of a need to correct. With the 58th gate it forms the Channel of judgement. The 1st line in this hexgram investigates what has been spoilt. In order to make a correction, what has been spoilt must be studied in order to determine what is worth challenging.
The 22-1 is called 'Second Class Ticket' in the Gate of Openness/Grace. It is in the Solar Plexus and with the 12th gate forms the individual channel of Openness - the design of a social being. This gate seems to be about emotional awareness and openness to the other. In order to develop the social skills to communicate this awareness, emotional awareness needs to be developed through study and observation, or by taking a 'second class' or 'back seat'.
Overall, what these first lines seem to have in common is a sense of stillness and observation. They are not overtly active but exploring through objective investigation and analysis. Through this kind of process it would be possible to develop a strong foundation. However without this process, a secure foundation for building will not be possible and the not-self could end up in all sorts of trouble. Additionally, for the 18th and 50th gate, it also seems to be about investigating within the contect of the 'past' in order to understand and share (18) and to support and preserve (50).
One other interesting point is that all these three gates are in open centres, waiting to be activated by conditioning. Could it be then that these first line qualities in me are useful in building a foundation by observing others?
Tribal Channel Homework - Channel 59-6
You have the channel of mating - a design focused on reproduction. This channel connects the Sacral centre and the Solar Plexus centre and it is all about the energy of creation in response to life. This channel is not necessarily about sexual reproduction but it is about relationships and intimacy. You have the ability to break down barriers with others and this allows you to discriminate when to be intimate or not. You recognise that conflict is necessary to grow healthy relationships and when you are responding correctly to life you have the power to constructively work through conflict and renew intimacy at deeper levels. For you, relationships and creative projects are always in a cycle of conflict and renewal, hope and pain. Support is important in your relationships with others and when responding correctly you will find that you will get the emotional support you need that won't damage your spirit. The energy of this channel is very powerful and it is important for your relationships and creative endeavours that wait out your wave before making a major committment.
distance needed to absorb outside energies-undefined centres
Gennaro,
The Living Your Design manual indicates that people are surrounded by auras that project approximately 6-12 feet.
Therefore, if you are within this distance of another person, you will both be absorbing each other's transmitted energies at your undefined centres/channels. But does that mean that whenever you are not within that distance of another person you are not being conditioned by anyone? What if you feel like you are being conditioned by your mother or your best friend that live overseas. Is that purely in the mind; is their "influence" actually non-existent when you no longer interact with them? Or do letters and phone calls and "objects/gifts" that are in your proximity transmit that energy that these people used to provide when you spend time with them in person?
Homework for April 25
Up until now my conscious personality has struggled through life thinking it is all there is to rely on. This class has chrystalized for me the knowledge that I have several unconsciously defined centres, channels and gates that carry energy that I can rely on. My conscious is relieved to have that additional energy to draw on. I can see looking back that these unconscious definitions have always been there, but I was never aware of this and never knew I could rely on this.
Homework - Collective Circuits - Channel 63-4
You have the channel of logic, the design of mental ease. This channel is about being inspired and the pressure to conceptualise this inspiration as thoughts and express the thoughts in language. You feel pressure to conceptualise this inspiration which comes in the form of doubts about things you see in the world around you. You like to formulise answers to these doubts so you can try and understand them in a logical way. Your doubts and answers need to be shared with others and the beauty of this channel is that when the right people recognise that you have answers that are useful to them on the pressure is released. When your doubts are not able to be shared you may feel overly suspicious but seeking answers is a natural state for you and can be very useful when shared with others.
exercise n°7: ego channel 40/37
Channel 40/37
The channel 40/37 is the Channel of Community. It connects the Heart Center to the Solar Plexus Center, the ego to the emotions; the will power is always under the control of the emotions. That implies that it knows ups and downs: when you feel great, you could eat the whole world, but when you’re down, you just want to forget about everything and be left alone.
This channel has a design of a part seeking the whole; it connects the 40, Gate of Aloneness to the 37, Gate of Friendship. When I am left alone, it is but natural to seek contacts, make friends; and the best way to do that is to help my neighbors, my colleagues, my mates etc; let’s be a family together, work together, enjoy together and let’s support each other! The energy we invest in the other and in the group make that we can better survive on the material plan. 40/37 belongs to the Tribal Circuitry, and the super keynote for it is: support. We support the community. Now support is never for free! I support you so that you also support me… but remember, I don’t want any money and you also not; we support with things money can’t buy; is it a deal? Yes! Then let’s shake hands; let’s hug; let’s stick together! It feels good to touch you and be touched by you; it’s like we’ve made a contract, we’ve been sort of married now. The touch makes the bargain more real, more secure, and that is essential because it will have to resist the ups and downs of the emotions. When our mutual support stands above all emotional miseries, then we respect and honour each other.
The HD is dual; the Channel of Community is also the Channel of Individualism, a design of a part seeking loneliness. Living in a group – family, work etc – has also its pains; being alone sometimes has also its hopes. According to the wave of hopes and pains, one is likely to step in and out/out and in the community.
To conclude:
A part seeking the whole wants always to be recognized. All the members of the community have been recognized as worth belonging the community. If one of them is not recognized anymore, he’s kicked out of the group. So before offering your support, make sure you are recognized first. Recognized for what? That we’ll be seen from the lines of gates 40 and 37: they tell what you precisely bring to the community.
jacques
exercise n°6: defence channel 59/6
Channel 59/6, having a design of being focused on reproduction, is the Channel of Mating. Mating is, primarily, for the sake of reproduction; in gate 59, the Gate of Sexuality, there is the genetic need for transmitting the genes: the race must go on! the seeds must be sawn and dispersed (if the chart belongs to a man), received and gathered (if the chart belongs to a woman). After all, with the Sacral Center, we’re dealing with fertility, vitality, movement; through its gate 59, it is ready (consciously or unconsciously, depending on the definition) to break down the barriers in order to achieve union. And the deepest union, the most intimate one requires friction. Gate 6 is the Gate of Friction: I feel intimate with you when we can have friction. On the emotional side, friction is called conflict. Quarrels often lead to sex – think at the fire between Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice. Emotions are sex and sex is emotions.
But, remember: only when you are in the mood, because your 59/6 links the sacral to the solar plexus; and the solar plexus has the frequency of a wave; a wave of hope and pain. So when the mood meets the desire for intimacy, gate 6 feels (again, consciously or unconsciously according to the definition) the need to produce friction; nothing would exit without friction; this is the basis of life, and the basis of the continuity of life.
Now, Gate 59 is focused on breaking the barriers to achieve intimacy; sexual intimacy of course, but also any other type of intimacy: be friend with others, be close from them; Gate 59 is like the whole Tribal Circuitry: sticky! It loves gluing itself to others! When they are emotionally or sexually intimate, the 59/6 feel themselves protected: then they belong to a tribe which will protect them and support them.
It may be difficult for 59/6 to break down barriers; HD is dual. Depending on the line of the 59 which has been activated, the way of realizing intimacy will vary. A good trick: 59/6 hardly resist when someone of the opposite sex physically touches them! They immediately get the message: ‘let’s be intimate’; great! That’s all they want!
To conclude:
Generators often fall in the trap of behaving like manifestors, which they are NOT! They can’t simply go to somebody and say ‘hi I want intimacy with you!’. Each time they do it – their parents have educated them to achieve, to realize, to build – they suffer a lot.
Living the right intimate relationships will only be possible when you follow your strategy, as an emotional generator: you need to wait for the response of your Sacral Center (does it groans in the belly ‘huh huh’ or ‘hun hun’?) and you need to wait for the completion of your emotional wave (only they, you’ll know if this intimacy is for you or not). Here, patience is the key!
jacques
exercise n°5: tribal channel 32/54
Channel 54/32
We have here the channel of transformation which belongs to the tribe circuitry. In our modern times, the tribe is any group in which we participate: family, work, associations, clubs etc. and this channel is under strong pressure to transform that group. 54/32 links Gate 54, the energy to transform, with Gate 32, the consciousness of what needs to be transformed. This channel knows instinctively what is to be changed in the group! And since it is a design of being driven, the dynamism of the root Center makes it very hard for the person to not rush and change everything!...
Now, a very interesting point: Gate 54 belongs to the Ego Circuit; hence, it is also the Gate of Ambition. Depending on whether that Gate – or the whole channel – is conscious or unconscious, you will be aware, or not, of the subtle appropriation of the 54/32 transforming energy, by the ego, in order to fuel its ambitions to lead, to have power. So you’re a passionate person, quite selfish indeed, driven by the instinctive ambition to improve yourself and the group, the tribe. This is how you support the tribe. But remember, any support will be efficient ONLY when this capacity to transform the group is recognized by the group itself; the group must also support any intention of transformation; it doesn’t make sense trying to change people when they don’t want to. If the 54/32 doesn’t get the support of the tribe, it is running in big troubles! First it becomes very bitter and second, it might be kicked out of the tribe: job lost divorce etc.
Gate 32 is the Gate of Continuity. This gate has the instinct to adapt in the now for the sake of continuity; you knows that there is only one thing which is eternal: change, transformation. To transform oneself and the tribe, in order to last for ever. Gate 32 has also the fear to fail; this, consciously or unconsciously, adds to ‘the need to transform’ of Gate 54: one MUST succeed, the tribe MUST live forever, and because I know what to transform and how to adapt here and now and I have the energy for it, I MUST help the tribe. Yes, BUT, first get the support of the tribe!
All the Ego Circuit channels are very sensitive to the rest/activity cycle. Fuelled by their ambition, the 32/54 have a tendency to work like dogs; they are the ones to become work alcoholics. If the Ego Center, the Heart Center, has a connection to the Splenic Center, then they know when it’s time to rest. If it is not the case, or if the Sacral Center is defined, they must be very vigilant, for they don’t know when to rest.
To conclude:
The advice for you is: live your strategy; if you’re a manifestor, inform before you start to transform – even if it’s hard to resist the pressure to do so; if you’re a generator, wait to respond the answer of your sacral; if you’re a projector, wait to be invited; if you’re a reflector, wait 28 days and ask your friends what they think about it. If you are an emotional, sleep on your need to transform, allow your ambition some time, until the end of your emotional wave. Clarity will make you act correctly.
jacques
collective channels
18-58 Is the channel of judgement. 58 is the gate with the them work on what has been spoilt and 18 is the joyous gate. This has to do with the love of life, the vitality which fuels life and causes us to want to perpetuate it. This gate has a constant desire for "more and better" and that has to do with the impulse that keeps us alive and halthy although it is not possible to constantly have more and better. Fortunately, this gate is connected to the 18th gate which links the channel of judgement is rooted in logic which is all about comparing patterns and understanding what is inherently correct based on the knowledge of the comparison. So when you feel that something is inconsistent or breaks a pattern you may feel the need to express this and alert others to it and this is coming from the eighteenth gate with regard to working on what has been spoilt as this is how things are perceived when the pattern has been broken. The main theme of this channel is about sharing what is perceived that needs correction. This is a projector channel so you need to wait to be invited or recognized as it is this kind of direction which has helped to perpetuate our existence.
exercise n°4: collective channel 30/41
Channel 30/41
This is the channel of recognition, a design of a focused energy. You’re here to experiment with feelings, emotions; all sorts of emotions. Your energy is focused in desiring to live strong emotions and to share them with others. So in that meaning, you are a very social person, always searching for new experiences which will make you discover unlived (yet) emotions and share these with people. This sharing is something that pours through you; you can’t help but share; and what you share best, here, are your emotions.
Gate 41, here in the root centre is a very powerful gate because it fuels the whole emotional stream, the whole emotional process; this is the Gate of Contraction. This means that at any moment, your feelings in Gate 30 – which is the Gate of Recognition of Feelings – are sort of shrinking, fading away and this contracts the energy in Gate 41, and produces a pressure, the desire, for new emotions. So your experience is like ‘I want to get more feelings; I need more, more, new emotions; I need to discover always new emotions, to recognize new feelings’.
This 30/41 channel links the root centre to the solar plexus centre; the root centre brings a pressure and the solar plexus centre is a wave of hope and pain. So what the 30/41 is all about is the pressure to recognize strong and new emotions of hope and pain.
Now, this thirst for always experiencing strong emotions must be recognized, accepted. If you follow your strategy, if you wait for the response of your sacral center, not only will you enter correctly into new emotions, but you’ll be able to live them from their beginning till their end. This is very important for you, having this channel of the sensing circuit : you must really, fully experiment the whole span of new emotions ; don’t stop the experience, saying ‘wait, wait, I’ve got to understand what is going on’ ; when the thought ‘o, what’s happening to me?’ comes, leave it to after the end of the experience, in order to ponder on it, to assimilate it. This is not in the nature of this channel to experiment and understand at the same time.
Another very important point. Don’t rush into your desires to taste new feelings – even when your sacral told you ‘go for it!’; you’re an emotional, and emotions are like waves ; sometimes you feel fantastic, you’re up on your wave; sometimes, it’s horrible, you’re in the hell and you don’t know why ! actually trying to know the reasons would bring you nowhere, because, this wave is part of your genetics. It is definitely a channel to experiment new strong emotions but it is not a reason to rush into action. Sleep over it, give yourself some time – it might take 1 minute or 1 week; if your desire is as strong when you’re up as when you’re down, then you know this is for you.
jacques
Homework #3 - Individual Channel 25-51
Channel 25-51
You have a design of needing to be first. When you wait for life to come to you, you have the willpower to move in the direction your spirit needs to go to be yourself. This process is empowering for you and others around you even though your competitive drive to be the first to get where you are going can be some bring some shocks. However these shocks can be the intitiation your spirit needs to grow and be centred in the feeling you are where you need to be.
personal conscious and unconscious - class one
I have unconscious open head, defined ajna and various gates extended from the g center and also gate nine extended. I believe that these points have led me to extend a lot towards others; sometimes overly so. Then later I can be barraged by, perhaps, my personality about how everything could be twisted to make all that I had done initially out of kindness to then look as though it was done for selfish reasons and for personal gain. I believe this has to do with the defined and conscious head center, solar plexus and ego center. It seems that it was these centers perhaps battling it out over perception of the action done.
exercise n°3 : 10/34
Channel 34/10 (assumed to be conscious)
A 34/10 is somebody who is going to go to the end of its convictions, no matter what others think. What are these convictions? To be yourself, to adopt behaviours in harmony with your own self. In being in harmony with your own self, you are always going in the right direction, you are always going to live in the right place.
These believe are made very strong thanks to the power of the Sacral Center; it gives so much of its energy to one’s convictions that one feels very bold to explore new ways. Think of Columbus on his boat in 1492: against all odds, he kept his sextant pointed to a very specific direction and held on; he eventually reached a new territory which was not India, as he thought, but America. When one’s convictions are powered on by the sacral energy, one becomes an explorer; and one empowers others to have the courage of following their convictions, to be themselves, to be centered, because then, they see they are always right. This is the magic of this channel (and also of the 25/51, the other channel from the centering circuit): its magnetic energy, which brings everyone back to his/her center, to his/her self, is so powerful that it radiates like a vortex; it could even cause a person who has difficulties to love herself… to start loving herself !
Please be aware that this ability to be centered is a mechanism; a selfish mechanism because the primary motivation of this channel is to empower one’s own self and thus, empowering the self of the others. By going against all odds in its own center, it mutates others; they have no choice other than going to their own center. And the whole thing is purely mechanical.
So, a 34/10 will receive a lot of attention; whether this is a positive or a negative attention is going to depend on his capacity to respond. If he follows the voice of his sacral center, and if he doesn’t try to impose on others his convictions, he can be incredibly convincing! He can then avoid a lot of frustration.
Now, being part of the individual circuitry, the 34/10 might experience some king of melancholy, some sadness. This would be normal, as melancholy is part of the biochemistry of every individual. When such periods of sadness arise, it is important to accept them without trying to give them a reason; only depression would come out of such attempts. Remember that these times of melancholy are very favourable to creativity.
In conclusion, the 10/34 in an explorer who relies on his conviction that the Self will guide him wherever far he goes; one way of exploration that suits a 10/34 is meditation: self exploration, energy centering; use the guidance of the Self to discover the Self, with the overwhelming energy of the sacral. This is called the tantric way! transform the sexual energy into a spiritual energy and give the Self the possibility to live its full potential of Love and Certainty. What could better empower oneself and the others ?...
jacques
Homework for April 26
You have a channel that compels you to put yourself first, and to display self-love. In your life, the energy in this channel will compel you to successfully turn some of your thoughts (use your strategy to decide which ones) into action in a way that is most appropriate for you and enjoyable for you at that time. In this way the energy in that channel is fulfilled, and expresses itself as true empowerment.
Reading for Integration Channel 34/57
Reading for someone with Channel 34/57
You are a very instinctual person, you know how to survive. You have an intuitive response to what is right for you that gives you the power to survive. This is your personal radar system that is constantly scanning your environment to let you now when there might be a threat on the horizon. This radar can respond to anything that’s in your environment – people, places, food, situations, suggestions etc. If you listen to this intuitive response, you can trust it will lead you away from anything or anyone that could threaten your health and safety.
exercise : choose and comment one integration channel
Channel 10/57 (assumed to be conscious)
A 10/57 has one and only one theme : ‘how to make myself stronger, more powerful; other people don’t interest me at all; life is full of dangers and I need to survive; I need also to be perfectly beautiful; I need to love myself’.
According to the way we look at it, the emphasis will be either on survival (10) or on self-perfection, making one’s image ideal (57).
Let’s see it as 57/10 ‘a design of survival’:
This channel is a deep intuition that works in the now as a true and reliable instinct for one’s survival; when one gets aware of anything that endangers one’s life, one survives by immediately changing one’s behaviour and, if necessary, one’s place. Example: I get the intuitive feeling that if I continue walking in that direction, something bad will happen to me; hearing that message, I turn right now back and take another way (and I don’t care what my friends think or do). Gate 57 has provided a warning and Gate 10 has heard it and immediately changed its plans.
Now, Gate 57 is very acoustic; our splenic system, our immune system is an extremely sound-sensitive consciousness; that means that in order to ensure our well-being, our survival, the splenic center keeps all the time hearing and ‘interpreting’ all the sounds around us. As soon as it detects even a small, tiny ‘uncomfortable’ sound, it beeps ‘watch out!’ and please note that it beeps only once! So better not ignore it…
People with this channel are often seen as real egoists, not caring at all for others than themselves; in a midst of a catastrophy, they simply disappear; in fact, they are just managing to survive; God helps the others! At that moment, the 10/57 knows what to do (and he can’t understand that others have absolutely no idea and no guts to react to the danger and escape); he wouldn’t even tell the others ‘hey I know the way; follow me’. As a true survivor, he leaves without notice because his sole concern is: I’ve got to survive; if others die, ‘not my fault’.
Let’s see it as 10/57 ‘channel of the perfected form’:
Gate 10 brings the concern of who I am, of how I look and what to do to make myself perfect, ideal – thus so loveable… :roll: this includes not only me, my body, my clothes etc., but also my apartment, my house, my car, my good manners, my education. I must make my image beautiful in every way; and this is a pure mechanism because the G-Center is not an awareness.
Gate 57 brings that awareness, as an instinct, an intuitive consciousness; that is why, as a channel, I am very much aware of my form, and how to make it perfect (10); for that, I use and rely on my instinct(57).
Such people might be considered as narcissists*; but this love of themselves is their way to feel strong; when they love themselves, they know who they are, where they go, where they should live; this love is their very identity.
Parents with a 10/57 child should always encourage him to love himself, particularly when they see him putting so much attention to his image, so much energy to make his room beautiful or to care only for himself.
This channel has a projected nature; it needs to be invited before acting. If you don’t feel this coat you’re going to buy, if you don’t love yourself in it, don’t go for it. You will always be right when you do things after you’ve been or felt invited. Like this you will avoid a lot of bitterness and be in the right action.
Human Design is a dualistic system; the channel of the perfected form is very sensitive to ideal forms. It can show up at a meeting, jumping out of a Mercedes, dressed in a suit from Dior 8) as well as receiving friends, in old jeans and not combed :twisted: . In the same way, he could also sacrifice himself to help others in danger.
In conclusion:
As many people around the 10/57 will criticize it for his utter selfishness and tendency to constantly be preoccupied with its form, the advice to all 10/57 is: you are unique! So love yourself!
* although this channel, not being connected to the throat, makes it difficult from the outside to sees its egoist or narcissist behaviour.
jacques
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