25. Understanding the Not-Self in Human Design
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You may have heard me mention the “Not Self” before. But I’ve never really gone into what it is. That’s where this episode comes in.
The not-self is a term we use in Human Design when the mind falsely identifies us as something we’re not.
So a projector thinking (and acting like) they’re a hard worker – or that they’re a worker bee – is the not-self. Because projectors aren’t here to work hard all the time. Being a hard worker occasionally is fine. But being a hard worker all day every day is part of the not-self for projectors.
Many of us come to Human Design having lived as our not-self our entire lives. We listen to what our society or our families tell us we need to be – a hard worker, an initiator, a go-getter, etc. And then we mentally identify with that. So we spend most of our lives in our not-self, not working with our energy and wondering why things aren’t going great.
This episode is here to change that.
We’ll cover
- The Not-Self theme for each Human Design type
- The Not-Self theme for each center
- Figuring out your whole Not-Self theme
- Steps to distance yourself from your Not-Self theme so you can live in alignment with your energy
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Hey! I’m Ardelia Lee. And my mission with That Projector Life is to offer support and guidance to my fellow Human Design Projectors so you can shift into alignment, joy, and success. Human Design is such a neat (and complex) system, and I know it can get a little overwhelming sometimes.
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