Discord → Discernment → Empathy

GENE KEY 13: LISTENING THROUGH LOVE

Spectrum: Discord → Discernment → Empathy THE SHADOW — Discord

COMPROMISE

THE LEAKING WAGON

In the Chinese I Ching, the word for the 14th hexagram is usually translated by the phrase Possession in Great Measure and it is traditionally symbolised by a large wagon laden down with goods. It is a symbol of wealth, health and prosperity, which are all themes linked to good fortune as well as hard work. This 14' Gene Key and its Shadow really concern the way in which humans work. It concerns the actual choice of work you do, the people you work with and above all, the way you work. Every human being has a built-in genetic need to work. Interestingly, the very word work has become associated in the English language with the concept of effort, which shows just how deeply the collective Shadow of this 14 Gene Key has descended into our lives. Work can actually mean many different things. It all depends upon your attitude toward life. The source of the 14th shadow is compromise, and compromise has become the norm for the majority of people on this planet. Compromise has become so embedded in our psyches that we don’t even realise that we are doing it anymore. Compromise is the by-product of living without a sense of personal freedom. It implies a lack of imagination and an inability to believe in the power of your own uniqueness and individuality. The 14h shadow is paired with the 8‘ shadow of Mediocrity, and thus we humans live, sandwiched between these two low frequency victim states, unable to envision a way out of our uninspiring life situations. Even those of us who can see a way out of our dissatisfaction rarely have the courage to actually follow through with our dreams because of a deep-seated fear that we lack the power and capacity to complete the long journey toward those dreams. Compromise begins deep inside us. It begins when we are very young, as we inherit the world Shadows from our parents and our schooling. Many people dream and aspire to greatness when they are young, but most have given up on their dreams by the time they reach their forties. Many give up much earlier, and some of us never even get off the ground. Most young children growing up in today’s world dream of being film stars or footballers or famous singers. And most adults see these dreams as passing phases in a young person’s life. However, these young people are unconsciously projecting their own inherent urge to excel in an area of life. This kind of early dreamy aspiration actually burns at a very high frequency and if it can be maintained, harnessed and given direction, it will eventually lead these children in the direction of their excellence. The sad truth is that the dreams of most children are stamped out by their schools in the endless monotony of the set educational curricula. It is in school that most children learn to associate work with boredom, effort and drudgery. The problem with such modern school systems is that they tend to homogenise children, treating them as one collective body that needs to be educated, inst... THE GIFT — Discernment