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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lecture One ....................................................................................... 1

From Pressure to Conceptualization ............................................................... 1
The Design of Forms ................................................................................ 1
The Channels .......................................................................................... 2
A Circuit Board ........................................................................................ 3
Everything is a Binary ............................................................................... 4
Moving Away From Mind ........................................................................... 4
The Two Pressure Centers ......................................................................... 5
Inner and Outer Authority ......................................................................... 6
The 64/47 Abstract: Experiential ................................................................ 7
No Absolutes ........................................................................................... 9
The 63/4 Logic: Experimental .................................................................. 10
The Open Head Center............................................................................ 11
The 61/24 Individual Channel: Acoustic .................................................... 12
Embracing Yourself ................................................................................ 13
Understanding the Forces........................................................................ 14

Lecture Two ..................................................................................... 15

The Metamorphic Life Forces ...................................................................... 15
The Metamorphic Process ........................................................................ 16
The 12th Gate ........................................................................................ 17
The Dropping of the Larynx ..................................................................... 17
The Abstract .......................................................................................... 19
Collective Sharing .................................................................................. 20
The 11/56: Searching ............................................................................. 21
The Logical 17/62: Organizing ................................................................. 22
The 62nd Gate ........................................................................................ 22
The Combination of Curiosity and Organizing ............................................. 23
The Solar Plexus Mutation ....................................................................... 24
The Dominance of Mind .......................................................................... 24
The 43/23: Originality ............................................................................ 25
The 43rd Gate ........................................................................................ 27
Decision Making and the Vehicle .............................................................. 27
The True Value of Mind ........................................................................... 28
Communicating Our Uniqueness .............................................................. 29
Authority .............................................................................................. 29

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Lecture Three .................................................................................. 31

Integration: The Survival Force ................................................................... 31
The 34th Gate ........................................................................................ 32
The Power to Drive and Empower Three Connections .................................. 33
Power in Response ................................................................................. 33
The 57/34: Intuition Empowered ............................................................. 33
The Root of Pure Individual Survival ......................................................... 34
Integration: Self-Empowerment ............................................................... 35
The 57th Gate: Fear of Tomorrow ............................................................. 36
The 20/34: A Driving Force of Survival ..................................................... 37
The Connection of the 20/34 to the 43/23 ................................................. 38
The Not-Self 20/34 Constantly Wastes Energy ........................................... 38
Action Guided by Awareness .................................................................... 39
The 57/10: Behavior Guided by Awareness ............................................... 40
Behavior is About Survival ...................................................................... 40
The 20/10: I Am .................................................................................... 42
Security Comes From Making Correct Decisions ......................................... 43

Lecture Four .................................................................................... 47

The Forces of Expressed Identity ................................................................. 47
The Relationship Between the Throat and the G Center ............................... 47
The Driving Force Has Three Possibilities ................................................... 48
Tribal Circuitry ....................................................................................... 49
The Construct of the World is Rooted Here ................................................ 49
The Logic Side ....................................................................................... 50
The 31/7: The Alpha .............................................................................. 51
The Patterns of Life ................................................................................ 52
The Alpha is a Force of Identity, Not a Motor ............................................. 53
Logical Gates: A Presumption of Influence ................................................. 53
The Abstract Side ................................................................................... 55
33/13 The Prodigal ................................................................................. 55
Individuality Changes the Game............................................................... 58
8/1 The Role Model ................................................................................ 58
The Individual Brings Mutation ................................................................. 60
Honest Communication ........................................................................... 61

Lecture Five ..................................................................................... 63

The Tantric Forces ..................................................................................... 63
Tantra is a Seven-Centered Concept ......................................................... 63
Generators are the Center of Life and the Divine Force ............................... 64

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The Tantric Forces .................................................................................. 65

The 15/5 ............................................................................................... 65
The Nature of Life is Being in the Flow ...................................................... 66
Strategy and Authority ........................................................................... 67
Finding Purpose through Surrendering to the Pattern .................................. 67
The 46/29 ............................................................................................. 68
The 46th Gate ........................................................................................ 69
Responding to the Vehicle ....................................................................... 70
You Awaken by Accepting Your Place in the Flow ........................................ 71
The 14/2 ............................................................................................... 72
Embracing the Mutation .......................................................................... 73
The Beat: The Key ................................................................................. 73
Participating in Evolution Consciously ....................................................... 73
Experimenting with Your Strategy and Authority ........................................ 75

Lecture Six....................................................................................... 77
The Formats ............................................................................................. 77
The Root Center..................................................................................... 77
The Abstract Format: Cyclical .................................................................. 79
Expectation ........................................................................................... 80
The Logic Format: Focused and Concentrated ............................................ 82
The Mind of the Not-Self ......................................................................... 84
We are Here to be Conditioned ................................................................ 84
The Circuits ........................................................................................... 85
The Mutative Pulse is Unpredictable.......................................................... 86
The Uncertainty Principle ........................................................................ 87
The 3/60: Melancholy and Depression ...................................................... 89
The Formats: The Source of Stress........................................................... 90
Live According to Your Strategy and Authority ........................................... 91

Lecture Seven .................................................................................. 93

Experimental & Experiential Forces .............................................................. 93
Decision Making and the Nine-Centered Being ........................................... 96
We Are a Binary Consciousness ............................................................... 97
The Collective Fulfills Our Collective Relationships on this Planet .................. 98
The  Collective  Doesn’t  Like  Tribes  or  Individuals ........................................ 98
The 58/18: The Channel of Judgment ....................................................... 99
Logic Can Find Satisfaction .................................................................... 100
The 48/16: The Channel of Talent .......................................................... 100
Logic is Experimental ............................................................................ 101

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The 30th Gate: The Fates ...................................................................... 102

The Abstract Discovers Possibilities within the Pattern .............................. 103
The Experiential Process ....................................................................... 104
The 41/30: The Channel of Recognition of Feelings .................................. 104
The 30th Gate and Its Lines ................................................................... 105
The 35/36: The Channel of Transitoriness ............................................... 105
The 36th Gate ...................................................................................... 106
The 35th Gate ...................................................................................... 107
The Abstract Is Never Satisfied .............................................................. 108
The Potential to Differentiate ................................................................. 108

Lecture Eight ................................................................................. 111

The Mutating Forces ................................................................................ 111
Individuality is a Creative Force ............................................................. 111
Knowing Often Has No Way of Expressing Itself ....................................... 111
The  20/57  “I  Am” ................................................................................. 112
The 28/38 ........................................................................................... 113
The  “I  Am  Because” ............................................................................. 114
The  “I  Can” ......................................................................................... 115
Purpose and Spirit ................................................................................ 116
Our Dualistic Experience ....................................................................... 116
Purpose and Spirit are Themes for the Vehicle ......................................... 117
The Solar Plexus Mutation ..................................................................... 117
Signature ............................................................................................ 118
The 12/22 ........................................................................................... 119
Life Needs Drama ................................................................................ 119
Life is a Creative Process ...................................................................... 120
Strategy and Authority brings the Reality of Your Nine-Centered Life .......... 120
Inner and Outer Authority ..................................................................... 121
The Not-Self Mind ................................................................................ 121
We’re  Truly Alone................................................................................. 122
Self-Love and Self-Trust ....................................................................... 122
The World is Waiting for Unique Expression ............................................. 122

Lecture Nine .................................................................................. 125

The Forces of Preservation ....................................................................... 125
The Defense Circuit .............................................................................. 126
Role Gates .......................................................................................... 126
The Sacral Center: The Life Force .......................................................... 127
Genetic Role Gates ............................................................................... 128

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The Theme of Preservation .................................................................... 129

The Channel of Intimacy ....................................................................... 129
Population Crashes ............................................................................... 130
The  Change  in  the  Life  Force’s  Focus ...................................................... 131
Human Design and the Individual ........................................................... 131
The Solar Plexus System ....................................................................... 132
The 6th Gate ........................................................................................ 133
The 59th Gate: Searching for the Mutative Partner .................................... 134
The Channel of Preservation .................................................................. 135
The 50th Gate: Spontaneous Knowledge .................................................. 135
The Knowledge is for Children ............................................................... 136
The Cross of Planning ........................................................................... 136
The 1st Line Theme Moving Into a 6th Line Theme ..................................... 137
The Change from Tribal Gates to Individual Gates .................................... 138
The Pressure to Nurture our Young......................................................... 138
The 55.6: Selfishness ........................................................................... 139
Reaching the Place of Our Potential ........................................................ 139

Lecture Ten.................................................................................... 141

The Supporting Forces ............................................................................. 141
The Tribe is Focused on the Heart Center ................................................ 141
The 40/37: The Channel of Community ................................................... 143
The 37: Affection/The 40: Denial ........................................................... 143
The 19th Gate: Neediness ...................................................................... 144
The Emotional Side: Loyalty .................................................................. 146
The Breakdown of the 19/49 ................................................................. 146
The Breakdown of the Bargain-Loyalty Relationship .................................. 147
The 32/54: The Channel of Transformation ............................................. 149
The 54: Ambition ................................................................................. 149
The 32: The Personnel Manager ............................................................. 149
The Tribe Needs to Develop ................................................................... 150
The 44/26: The Channel of Surrender ..................................................... 151
The 26: T Cells; the Salesperson ............................................................ 152
The 44: Manipulation ............................................................................ 152
The Not-Self and the Bargains ............................................................... 153
Dysfunction and Backlashes .................................................................. 154
Living Your Inner Authority ................................................................... 155

Lecture Eleven ............................................................................... 157

The Heart Center and the Tribe .............................................................. 157

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The 45 Speaks for the Tribe .................................................................. 158

The 21 Controls the Tribe ...................................................................... 159
Democracy and the Tribe ...................................................................... 159
The Collective ...................................................................................... 160
The Fork in the Road ............................................................................ 161
The Tribe and the Individuality .............................................................. 162
The Primary Life Force .......................................................................... 162
Uniqueness and the Tribe ...................................................................... 163
Power of the Tribe is Beginning to Fade .................................................. 164
We’re  Here  to  Stand  within  the  Power  of  Our  Own  Being ........................... 165
Human Design Knowledge is for Children ................................................ 166
Luck ................................................................................................... 167

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INTRODUCTION

The Life Force energies of the Channels is one of the least explored areas in Human
Design. A great deal of written and audio material is available about Gates but
very limited information on the Channels.

This course, originally taught by Ra Uru Hu in an 11-lecture series in 2008, was

designed for newcomers as well as long time students of Human Design. It offers
an in-depth examination of the Channel as a quantum expression of Gates.

We hope you enjoy this journey.

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