The Channel of Awakening
Commitment to Higher Principles
Overview
Channel 10-20, The Channel of Awakening, connects the G Center to the Throat Center through Gate 10 (Behavior of the Self) and Gate 20 (The Now). It is an Integration channel within the Individual Circuit Group. This is a Projected channel with the design theme "A Design of Commitment to Higher Principles."
The keynote is a declaration: "I AM! I am alive NOW!" this as the fullest, most poignant, selfish and primal expression of the essence of being. This is the channel that speaks for itself, declaring existence in the present moment.
Buddha means "the awakened one." In Human Design terms, The teachings states that to be awake means making decisions as yourself and living by them. When you are able to live your own design, love being yourself no matter the cost, and accept how mundane your experience may be, you are as awake as the Buddha. True awakening through surrender is not a commitment to becoming something. It is a commitment to being yourself.
Key Points
- Authentic self-expression in the now
- Commitment to living higher principles
- Voice of the self that awakens others
- Being fully present and truthful
Practical Tips
- Express your authentic self without apology
- Let your truth speak through actions
Not-Self Signs
- Compromising authenticity for acceptance
- Speaking truths before being recognized
Deep Dive
Gate 10 and Gate 20
Gate 10 (Behavior of the Self) sits in the G Center. The teachings calls it the most complex gate in the G Center, one of the four Gates of the Incarnation Cross of the Vessel of Love. This is the gate of the love of oneself. Its six lines represent six potential behaviors or roles: Modesty, The Hermit, The Martyr, The Opportunist, The Heretic, and The Role Model. Depending on connections, Gate 10 can be guided by the intuition of Gate 57, empowered by the Sacral response of Gate 34, or manifested through Gate 20.
Gate 20 (The Now) sits in the Throat Center. It expresses the full range of being in the moment, from "I am now" to "I know I am myself doing now." There is rarely time to mentally consider or control what comes bubbling up from inside of you, so what you say or what you do is suddenly there for everybody, including you, to witness.
Self-Love as Foundation
two pillars of awakened life. The first: "I am because I love myself." The second: "I can because I trust myself." Together: "I am and I can because I love myself." Gate 10's strong emphasis on loving self-acceptance will deeply impact how humanity moves through the 21st century. You are one who recognizes that awakening is not possible without self-acceptance.
The G Center is not an awareness center, so Channel 10-20 can only do one thing: it speaks for itself. It perfectly expresses the wisdom that to survive, flourish, and experience the love of life, you must fulfill your potential to behave as a living expression of awakened self-love, acceptance, and trust.
The Projection Paradox
For you to have your intended impact on people around you, to fulfill your potential as Integration's voice of leadership, others must sense that there is something clear and awake about you because you cannot see it clearly in yourself. Simply by being yourself, you will influence and inspire people around you to be themselves, most often without you knowing it.
You are normally in a constant state of awakening, of being recognized by others, of becoming aware of yourself as your life unfolds before you. Your survival and your self-empowerment are the end result of embracing, loving, accepting, and living as yourself in each moment. Others see it through your decisions, your speech and interactions, your behavior in the world. You often see when you are not looking, or hear when you are not listening.
Correct Recognition and Invitation
the kind of recognition that elicits proper invitations from others. This keeps you from meeting resistance, prevents you from taking criticism personally, protects you from being burdened by uniqueness, and guards against problematic self-absorption.
The flow works like this: be yourself, project awakened presence, receive proper recognition, accept correct invitations, experience no resistance. As you come to know, accept, and love what makes you unique, you empower others to love themselves as well. As you embrace the honor and pleasure of exploring life in a self-aware form, you empower our potential to live as our true selves, awake in the now moment.
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