Life is Designed to Provoke You!
As we enter into Gate 39: Provocation located within the Root Center of the Human Design bodygraph, in flows the dilemma of blockages. Its shadow is designed to provoke. Its gift is dynamism that ultimately leads to liberation.
I love visiting the mountains and breathing in the vastness of air that seems to circulate more freely at this higher altitude and was looking forward to travelling through during a recent trip from Vancouver Island heading towards Ontario last week.
What I wasn’t prepared for was the amount of construction through the Rocky Mountains as crews worked hard to expand the vast stretch of Highway 1 which will allow for greater traffic flow upon completion. It’s progress is slow as crews schedule blasting with dynamite around traffic stops, and utilize heavy machinery to remove the rocky debris so traffic can flow through once again.
Waiting times and traffic congestion provided a breeding ground for provoking a variety of energetic and emotional responses from those travelling through, yet it would become a perfect teaching for the energy within Gate 39: provocation.
Life provokes us constantly. Poking and prodding us to respond to life and offering opportunities for continuous growth. Every challenge and obstacle has the potential to either create a blockage within the body, where one tenses, limits the breath, flares the temper, refuses to accept what is ultimately beyond their control, or breaks free from the obstacle and liberates oneself. We are quite good at blaming others or claiming a victim mindset in the face of our difficulties, yet nothing is accomplished when we refuse to face the obstacle head on. We remain blocked energetically. Reinforcing our habits, patterns and mindsets while lying to ourself as we declare “it’s not our fault!”
What if you dared to embrace what provokes you? What if you claimed full responsibility for your moments, took a deep breath, and surrendered to traveling to the deep root of what truly irritates you?
In the teachings of human design and its evolution through the Gene Keys, gate 39 has the potential to be dynamic, clearing away the blockages that can be felt in the physical body through the breath. Take a moment to notice how you breathe. Many of us take shallow breaths, or breathe rapidly, especially when under pressure.
When you begin to pay attention to your breath and mindfully bring your breathing pattern back to its naturally state (children demonstrate this beautifully) you will breathe fully into the root. A full expansion of breath is a body free of blockages. A body free of blockages is a mind-body-spirit relationship that is not so easily provoked by life. Life just is. One becomes the observer leaning deeper into its teachings and wisdom. The breath continues, the body is soft, the moment passes by and a new one is offered.
Imagine what one can accomplish when you deliberately choose to expand your inner roadways. Your energy flow through the chakra system, increasing your health, vitality, and energy levels.
I hope in your awareness that you just took a deep breath (I did as I wrote this). That’s freedom. That’s liberation. That’s the potential of Gate 39: Provocation. Be grateful for your awareness of blockages that show up within you for they are the pathway to greater truth when one is ready to take responsibility for doing the inner work.
- Lisa Richard
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Lisa Richard is a certified Reiki Master / Teacher, Emotion Code Practitioner, Ancestral Healer / Past Life Reclamation, Lightworker Coach, Human Design Guide, Intuitive Channel / Oracle Card Reader, and Keynote Speaker.
Lisa specializes in supporting Spiritual Entrepreneurs in developing custom websites, online courses, self-publishing, marketing strategies, intuitive development, and business coaching. She uses her gifts as an empath and intuitive channel to guide clients towards fulfilling the calling of their life purpose.
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