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GENE KEY 17

Opinion → Far-Sightedness → Omniscience

Gene Key 17 moves from the Shadow of "Opinion" through the Gift of "Far-Sightedness" to the Siddhi of "Omniscience" — the same theme expressed at three frequencies of consciousness, from fear to awakening.

Gene Key 17 — Far-Sightedness

The Path of Transformation

ShadowOpinion

Fixation on opinions, excessive analysis. The tyranny of the mind trying to control reality.

GiftFar-Sightedness

The ability to see far-reaching consequences and form genuine perspectives on life.

SiddhiOmniscience

Omniscience — a state of direct knowing where the mind becomes an instrument of divine vision.

GENE KEY 17: THE EYE

Spectrum: Opinion → Far-Sightedness → Omniscience THE SHADOW — Opinion

JUDGEMENT

THE VICTIM MIND

Built into the human genetic matrix is a deep sensitivity to imperfection, and it is this sensitivity that gives rise to the human qualities of criticism and judgement. As we shall see, the 18" Gene Key and its themes of Judgement and Integrity can have either an empowering or a disempowering effect on you and others. This theme of Judgement runs about as deep in human nature as any other trait you can imagine. The 18' shadow begins in your childhood. It has a built-in need to challenge authority, and the first real authority in your life is your parents. Challenging our parents is a fundamentally healthy thing to do, as it is a part of our innate urge to become differentiated. This process begins in earnest as we enter our third seven- year cycle and roughly spans the ages of 14 through 21. This stage of our development primarily concerns the growth and expansion of our mental faculties, and it is during this period that our future opinions are laid down and our capacity to judge is tested and forged. The key to this process lies more in the frequency of the parents than the child. If the parents make the mistake of taking this process personally, the child will never fully make the transition through this biological phase, instead becoming stuck at the same low-frequency as the parents. If, however, the parents do not get stuck in their own judgemental or self-judgemental patterns, then this phase will result in true adulthood. Sadly, most children never make it to true adulthood but stay solidly trapped in deep low frequency patterns of judgement for the rest of their lives. The 18" shadow gives rise to a collective phenomenon in the world known as the victim mind. The victim mind is a conglomeration of all the undermining, judgemental thought patterns throughout the world. If you sincerely examine your own thoughts during a typical day, you will probably discover that a great percentage of your thinking is affected by the victim mind. In other words you are allowing your mind to be influenced by the collective negative thought patterns of the whole of humanity. The true import of this last statement can come as a huge shock to many people. The world of the victim mind is an inner world of gossip, complaining and worrying. Most of us complain inwardly about all aspects of our lives, especially the people in our relationships, and we worry incessantly about mundane issues such as money and our health. Ironically, it is exactly this kind of thinking that keeps us from being abundant in terms of both our wealth and our health. You may think it is absolutely human to complain, but it creates a negative frequency in the human aura of both the complainer and the victim. In other words, the more you complain the more you damage yourself and the world. The more you complain the more you damage yourself and the world. Morally speaking, judgement gets a bad rap in the modern world. We talk about being non-judgemental as th... Programming Partner: 17

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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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