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Gene Keys/Gene Key 18

GENE KEY 18

Judgement → Integrity → Perfection

Gene Key 18 moves from the Shadow of "Judgement" through the Gift of "Integrity" to the Siddhi of "Perfection" — the same theme expressed at three frequencies of consciousness, from fear to awakening.

Gene Key 18 — Integrity

The Path of Transformation

ShadowJudgement

Chronic criticality, inability to accept imperfection in yourself and others.

GiftIntegrity

The ability to correct and improve with love. Integrity as a striving for harmony.

SiddhiPerfection

Seeing Perfection in everything as it is. Every 'imperfection' is part of the greater whole.

GENE KEY 18: THE HEALING POWER OF THE MIND

Spectrum: Judgement → Integrity → Perfection THE SHADOW — Judgement

CO-DEPENDENCE

THE GREAT CHANGE

Along with the 49th and the 55" shadows, the 19 shadow is perhaps the most topical Shadow of our current age. We are living through a time of unprecedented global mutation. This mutation is on many different levels, from the most physical to the most spiritual. To truly capture the essence of what is occurring to humanity, one needs to look not so much at the spiritual dimension, but at the opposite end of the spectrum — the biogenetic. The mind of man is steeped in causality — as long as we recognise a cause we believe there is a purpose. If you are a geneticist, everything you look at appears to serve the purpose of the evolution of life, whereas if you are a mystic, everything serves the purpose of the evolution of consciousness. For millennia humanity has tried to understand the purpose of life from the spiritual dimension, but until fairly recently we have not had the ability to understand the purpose of life from the material dimension. With the advent of genetics we are beginning to see the micro-processes that drive evolution itself. A scientist might say that man’s spiritual evolution comes about as a result of his biological evolution. The mystic tends to see it the opposite way around. What is fascinating about the scientific view is that it focuses on the lower frequency realms — the realm of matter. The 19" shadow represents an aspect of our genome that is currently undergoing an intense mutation. A mutation is a spontaneous and usually sudden quantum leap from one state to another. In genetics, mutations are often the mistakes that happen when genes copy one another. Such mistakes can lead to fascinating new chemical combinations which can in turn lead to the evolution of entirely new forms. The 19 shadow of Co-dependence has its roots deep within our tribal ancestral past. Co-dependence refers to the state of consciousness below independence. To be independent means to rely only upon yourself, whereas to be co-dependent means to rely on outside agencies. As primitives we primarily relied upon nature for our survival and because we relied upon an outside agency we anthropomorphised it. In other words, we created gods to represent that agency. Thus it is out of the 19'” shadow that all the world religions have been born. Our relationship with God or a set of gods is a purely co-dependent relationship because it is based on this need for outside authority. It is here in the 19" Gene Key that one of the great human stories is coded — the story of our relationship to God. As long as man believes in a God outside himself, the frequency of our planet will remain at the level of the 19t shadow. The vibration of human suffering depends upon the existence of a separate authority of a higher frequency than us. This last sentence is the ultimate definition of what it means to be a victim, which is what characterises the shadow frequency. The programming partner to the 19" shadow is the 33"4 Shadow of Forgetti... THE GIFT — Integrity

Corresponding Gate in Human Design
Gate 18 →
Programming Partner
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What are the Gene Keys?

Gene Keys is a system of consciousness transformation created by Richard Rudd, based on Human Design, I Ching, and genetics. Each of the 64 Gene Keys corresponds to a Human Design Gate and describes a spectrum of consciousness from Shadow (low frequency) through Gift (middle) to Siddhi (highest frequency).

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SENSITIVITY

THE WHISPERERS

The Gift of Sensitivity is about being highly attuned to the needs of others. In order to be able to sense others and their needs, you must first become independent from them, which is what this 19” Gift is about. The moment you reach the frequency of independence your natural energy becomes apparent. This 19'" Gift is also a gift of touch. It does not have to be literal touch, although it can be — many of these people are gifted healers or therapists. It is more than just a physical sense of touch, but a touch with people as well as animals. As we learned from its Shadow, this Gene Key is rooted in material need, and when you elevate the frequency from your own need, you suddenly become aware of the needs of everything and everyone around you. This makes the 19" Gift a great environmental barometer. The higher frequencies of the 19"" Gene Key have access to the realms of magic. There is a rare phenomenon in human beings known as synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is the genetic ability to link different senses internally — for example, to smell with your eyes, or sense colours with your hands. It is actually deeply connected to the 19th Gift and can often be activated when a higher frequency passes through this Gene Key. Synaesthesia is a by-product of increased sensitivity to your sensory environment. If this 19‘ Gift is an aspect of your Hologenetic Profile then it is highly possible that you may discover latent abilities that allow you to feel deeply into your environment and in particular to sense the emotional patterns and needs of others through the living auric field. Many artists and healers have these kinds of gifts and can sense the hidden higher energy fields through their fingers or through their skin or hair. Sensing these fields in nature allows you to see a completely different world from most people — a world of energy fluctuations, intense colours, moods and internal pressure patterns. In the deepest sense, the higher frequencies of the 19' Gene Key have access to the realms of magic. We may recall that the 19' shadow finds its basis in the human dependence on external food. The 19" Gift simply shifts this perspective to a higher level. At a higher frequency food is really life energy, or what the ancients called prana or chi. This Gift allows you increased sensitivity to this living bio-energy that connects all creatures. When your heart and being opens to sense the abundance of this energy throughout nature, you become for the first time emotionally independent. Only the activation of the love inside your own DNA gives you this wider sense of being. Furthermore, because this 19' Gene Key is one of the first places in the human genome where the Great Change is having an immediate impact, the movement from co-dependence to independence is something we see increasingly throughout our human cultures. In its early stages, it is not an easy passage. Suddenly having increased sensitivity to your environment ma... THE SIDDHI — Perfection

PERFECTION

THE BODHISATTVA

Just as the 18‘ Gift completes our journey from childhood to adulthood, the 18" Siddhi shows us how to heal our mental anguish and assume our true place in the universe as whole adults. It does this through tireless compassionate service to the vision of perfection. When you put your Integrity in service to the whole, an amazing thing happens — you become more and more dissatisfied! The more good you do, the more you realise how much more you could do. This is known as divine dissatisfaction. Everywhere you look, you see how the world could be improved. As you become more and more anchored in your integrity you aim higher and higher in your service. Perfection is the highest vision a human being can aim for, and you do begin to aim for this highest of ideals — not for yourself, but for the sake of the world. At this level you are using the archetype of judgement to challenge the fabric of reality itself. The higher levels are infinite and therefore seem impossible to attain, but like a Zen Koan that cannot be solved by the mind, if you keep aiming for perfection it will eventually blossom within you as a natural state. You will pass beyond the very definition of perfection. The 18 siddhi contains some profound paradoxes. Living in a state of perfection entails the death of the mind and, as such, perfection is an ending. When you realise perfection, evolution ends. But the 18" siddhi is the source of the tradition of the bodhissatva vow. The bodhissatva is a being who forgoes their highest state of consciousness in order to stay in the world and help others attain that state. This tradition holds a deeply metaphorical genetic truth. Our genes are all bodhissatvas programmed to serve the whole until it has attained perfection. We have seen that the 18" Gene Key is designed to ensure human health by constantly challenging our environment to come in line with higher principles. What then is perfect health? This is an interesting question because it involves the whole of creation. The true physical health of humanity cannot be attained until all human wounds have been healed. Even though a human may attain a state of perfection beyond all human understanding, the body is still a part of humanity and as long as there are still wounds in the world, almost nobody can experience perfect health. In other words, perfect health cannot occur unless the whole is healed. This is why the siddhic states of consciousness still have a purpose in the world — they reflect the state of inner perfection to all humanity so that in time we will recreate that state in the outer world as well. The 18" siddhi will also one day bring a new science of mental healing into the world. This science will be built upon the understanding that the mind is an energy field existing on its own plane. As we begin to unlock this Siddhi, so our minds can be used to heal mental, emotional and even physical problems instantaneously. Even deep psychic disturba... Programming Partner: 33

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