In
this article, we examine the mind, and ways in which we
express it in the light of Human Design, and see how healthy
it is for us to say and do the things we think we think.
In
closing, we shall examine the Design of Fredrich Nietzsche, a
great philosopher and thinker, whose works, adopted by the
German Nazi party, affected the world for all time.
The
Crown Center, our source of questioning
In
Design terms, the Crown Center is our place of inspiration. It
provides a pressure for us to attempt to assimilate
information which is apparently sourced outside of ourselves
into explanations which we can absorb and equate within us.
The Crown Center can be in a state of constant puzzlement,
puzzling through what it is that we perceive to be going on
here in life. It is always goading us to make sense, to
understand and "know" what life is.
Within
the late Douglas Adams' stories related to the Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy, there is a sequence of references in
which all the computing powers of the Universe are programmed
and focused to work out the answer to the "Meaning of
Life." After thousands upon thousands of years of untold
gazillions of computer calculations, the answer arrives: 42.
Of
course, the answer is 42, as much as it might be anything
else!
In
his days of enlightenment and teaching, a story is told of
Gautama the Buddha, who was almost constantly surrounded by
his many followers, but who, one day, was walking through a
forest accompanied only by his cousin, Ananda. Ananda realizes
his moment of having the great mystic to himself, and asks the
Buddha if he has told them everything that can be told, or is
he, perhaps, holding out on something?
In
response, Buddha reached down and picked up a handful of
leaves. Waving the leaves in front of Ananda, Buddha indicated
that these leaves represent whatever it is that can be told;
that he, the Buddha, had told through his sutras and stories
that which the human mind could grasp. And then he waves his
hands, indicating the forest floor.
"And
do you see all the other leaves here in the forest?" Asks
Buddha. "This represents what cannot be told because it
is quite beyond the grasp of the human mind."
The
Crown Center and its connections to solutions at the Ajna
Center
Unlike
any of the other centers in the Human Design chart, the Crown
Center, (the Pineal Gland), the in-spiration center, connects
only to one other center, the Ajna Center, (the Pituitary
Glands) the place of cognition, mental awareness and analysis.
The Crown Center has only three gates within it which
interpret the pressure to explain our presence here in living
form. These gates operate through the dimensions of doubts,
confusions and an inner sense of balance.
Doubts
relate almost exclusively to our projecting into the future,
confusions relate to our connections with the past, and
"balance" or "imbalance" relates to our
perception of knowing our place in the scheme of life.
If
any one of these gates becomes overly energized, it is easy
for the person to get distracted and unbalanced in their life,
trying to resolve or equate something which cannot be
explained. Many of us walk around with a dense furrow on our
brow because we think we think we can think our way through
life. In essence, what we are indicating with these furrows is
that we are over-energizing our doubt that Existence still
remembers us, and has a perfect plan for us... if only we can
stop thinking about our concerns long enough to regain our
access to the plan.
In a
Design chart, if the Crown Center is colored in yellow, it is
defined, implying that there is always a pressure available to
be thinking. If the Crown Center is colored in white, it
implies that the pressure to think only happens when someone
else energizes that pressure because they themselves have the
Crown Center defined in their own Design.
It
can be seen in the Designs of Pablo Picasso and Walt Disney,
two of the great recognized creative geniuses of the twentieth
century, that they both have completely different ways of
accessing their creativity. The common ground for their
expression is not the Crown Center and the place of
inspiration, but rather, their defined Self Centers, their
personal sense of "connectedness" in life and the
appreciation given to them, from the world around the, for who
they are and what they relate.
The
Ajna Center, the "solution" center
Has
it ever been said that women generally don't look for
solutions, but rather, would like an opportunity to express
their concerns? Somehow they know that life itself is a
mystery and not a problem, and any good mystery is only really
good when even its outcome baffles us. I am not deriding the
power of the mind and the incredible "solutions" for
which it must, in part, take credit, but I am saying it is a
greatly over-rated bio-computer. Instead of the mind being
allowed to operate on auto-pilot, running the many functions
which our lives require of it, it has become the focal point
of our attentions, the boss. It has taken over.
In
the past 10 years, most people in the world have been exposed
to the computer, which in simple terms is a machine reflecting
our mind, the binary flip-flop process between left hemisphere
and right hemisphere. And most of us have a certain dread of
this apparatus which is quietly overtaking our lives, whether
it be through the 2.4 million surveillance cameras located
throughout the UK, many of which can scan any person walking
down the street and, through particular software, identify
them, or the computerized box which sits under our desk,
essential, expensive and apparently capable of wonders, but
remaining unbelievably frustrating in its stupidity and
inability to please us. Mind never satisfies.
The
Ajna Center operates through the senses of sight through
light, and inner knowing, coming through the dimension of
sound. It attunes from the Pituitary glands, the Doors of
Perception, through the eyes and the inner ear to the
inspirations, which enter through the Pineal gland. It
rationalizes, cogitates, ruminates and projects its findings
to the Throat Center where we exchange our perceptions with
those around us through speech. Constantly the Ajna is trying
to get things to "fit" within the realm of what it
perceives around it, because when things seem to
"fit," there is a good chance someone else will be
able to relate to it, somehow. The collective enjoys having
things fit. Here inn America, for instance, we see the good
sense in everyone driving on the right, an apparently perfect
two-dimensional solution to a three-dimensional situation.
Does
having a defined (continuously active ) Ajna Center imply one
is clever? Well, in some ways it is possible, but being really
clever involves being able to master your mind and relegate it
again to the information-handling device it so perfectly is.
If you have an undefined mind, it gives you the possibility of
a lifetime in which you can watch the machinations of the
mind.
The
Throat Center, Expression
In
Design, the Throat Center relates to the Thyroid and
Parathyroid glands, which control the making of thyroid
hormones, which in turn regulate the body's metabolism. In the
first few days after conception, the Throat Center is the
energetic foundation for the fetus, and ultimately affects the
formation and operation of all the other centers, throughout
the body's lifetime.
The
Throat Center is our place of articulation, expression and
manifestation. It is the most complex of all the centers in
the body graph and, particularly in these days, it handles
intense pressures. We use it to describe our world; to explain
who we are, what we do, how we live and, beyond that, it is
the center from which we create in the world through
manifestation.
There
are at least 11 different voices in the Throat Center which we
use to express ourselves; our great challenge in life is to
identify the voices which most closely represent our truth and
use them in a right way. Having one of the voice gates
activated in a Design gives you access to that particular form
of expression, but in order to use that voice on your terms,
you need to wait your turn, until you get your cue. For
instance, if you are a Generator in Design, you can only speak
or engage your energy in response. A Projector needs to wait
for invitation. Using the voice, or attempting to manifest in
any circumstances, ultimately leads to the thyroid gland being
strained energetically, which in turn leads to the whole
metabolism being affected.
One
has to realize that the age old adage of "putting your
money where your mouth is," or "walking your
talk," may not be possible for many people in terms of
their Design. To engage in something just because you hear
yourself talking about it might not be in your best interests
at all. Certain words are bandied about which have a very
deleterious effect on our lives: words like,
"should," "could," "would,"
"must," "might," constrain us into actions
which have nothing to do with our makeup.
The
Design of Fredrich Nietzsche, one of the world's great
thinkers
In
his Design, Fredrich Nietzsche is an Emotional Manfestor with
a Manifesting Generator aspect and a defined mind. He is a
feeling, thinking, doing person, whose whole life journey
relates to providing a description for everything that happens
here on earth. He observes the processes of growth and change
and relates them to what he sees as universal underlying
principles at work in our Universe.
He
is a feeling man with a great "lust for life" that
drives him into a myriad of experiences with all kinds of
people who encourage his deeply held feelings for dramatic
change. He has a push within him to take on any project which
appears interesting to him, sometimes completing things in a
hurry and dispelling his companions so that he can get started
with the next project before he has established a sense of
inner, emotional clarity about that next project.
He
is obsessed with correction, particularly with correcting what
he sees as illogical in his world and especially within
himself. He allows his logical mind, which is defined
unconsciously to his Throat Center - meaning that he never
knows what he is going to think or say next - to rule his
world, despite the fact that his mind largely disagrees with
his feelings and his way of doing things. In other words, with
an undefined Self Center, Fredrich never clearly knows who he
is at any given moment in time, allowing his unconscious mind
to take over and juggle with many identities. An undefined
Heart Center makes him prone to seeking companionship with
whoever appears supportive.
There
is no question that Nietzsche brings into form some amazing
and profound thoughts, and thought-provoking insights. His
undoing is in the placement of the planet Uranus in the 25
gate, where he continually gives way from his deeper clarity
in what is right for him, and passes off his startling
thoughts for an expression of truth.
In
conclusion
The
mind is an incredible tool, but it is just a part of our
being, having the ability to assimilate and process many
sources of information for us. The Throat has been our source
of communication and manifesting, but if ever there was a time
to be clear in these areas of our lives, that time is now.
Communication has become a burden to the psyche with hundreds
of TV channels of "talking heads" talking endless
nonsense. Manifesting has brought about a non-stop-shop-til-you-drop
culture. Our Spirit calls out for quality in life and this can
only be found when we find ourself, complete and perfect and
accepted in all our dimensions.
Next
month: Human Design and money.
