Gate 32: Awareness that can transform our instinctual nature
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Gate 32: Awareness that can transform our instinctual nature

The only thing which endures is change. This classic paradox is at the heart of why we strive to be better. We want the new and improved. We want the latest and greatest, the most efficient and certainly better than last year’s version. This could be about technology, political systems, health practices, anything at all….

Gate 57: Why “being here now” is so fundamental to our existence
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Gate 57: Why “being here now” is so fundamental to our existence

You’re walking alone at night and suddenly you have the sense that you should turn down a different street. Or you’re in a room with others and without warning or apparent reason,  your body tells you to leave. If this kind of knowing is familiar to you, chances are you’ve been called intuitive. In Human…

Gate 48: Humanity’s primordial well of knowledge
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Gate 48: Humanity’s primordial well of knowledge

It’s been said that talent is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Imagine humanity’s most talented thinkers, athletes, artists, and scientists. Imagine the prima ballerina, hour and after hour honing her skill until  finally she becomes her dance. Or the famous pitcher becoming his pitch. Imagine Einstein at his desk, perhaps in his underwear, his mind…

Gate 46: The love of the flesh
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Gate 46: The love of the flesh

Since your very first breath, you learned to experience yourself through your body, through the sensory delicacy of your fingers, eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. Only later did thought begin to shape your impressions of the world beyond your flesh.  The body, affectionately referred to sometimes as our “meat suit,” is considered a temple for…

Gate 6: The gatekeeper to true intimacy
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Gate 6: The gatekeeper to true intimacy

When we call to mind a passionate relationship, we usually assume there is going to be some intensity or drama – some conflict, heat or friction. And even though on the surface these things might seem negative, it’s hard to deny that arguments and fights (when resolved correctly) can strengthen a bond and deepen our…

Gate 47: The potential to find the clarity of meaning in our past
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Gate 47: The potential to find the clarity of meaning in our past

What if there is no point to life, no purpose at all? What if everything we do, see and experience has no meaning? This might be one of the most existentially dark and painful prospects about being alive. The fear is common and understandable. Human evolution, after all, quite literally depends on us seeking new…

Gate 64: The pressure to make sense of the past
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Gate 64: The pressure to make sense of the past

Have you ever found yourself sorting through memories in your mind like a rolodex of images? The fragments usually come to you for no apparent rhyme or reason. They tend to pop in your head without any linear or chronological order and don’t make much sense at first – almost like when you dream at…

Gate 40: The will to provide for the ones you love
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Gate 40: The will to provide for the ones you love

Every Tribe – each and every community, family, church, school, and workplace – needs a source of sustenance. Someone who ensures that all the members’ material needs are met and that they are nurtured, provided and cared for. The power and strength to do this comes from our Ego/Heart Center, a minor but essential motor…

Gate 59: Our energy to be intimate and create something together
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Gate 59: Our energy to be intimate and create something together

Has someone ever looked at you with bedroom eyes? Given you the impression they’re ready and willing to get down and dirty? This is the Gate of Sexuality talking.  In Human Design, of course, it’s all explained by the mechanics of the bodygraph. The energy of gate 59 is the epitome of seduction, and it can…