Fundamentals and origins
About the Human Design System
Human Design is a map of individual life mechanics and an invitation to experiment - not an article of faith, not a personality label and not a short-lived lifestyle.
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Where does human design come from?
The Human Design System goes back to Ra Uru Hu. He described its origins as an intense eight-day experience in January 1987, during which, among other things, the structure of the system was conveyed to him. Over the next 25 years he developed and taught the system until his death in 2011.
Human Design combines elements of the I Ching, one of the oldest Eastern wisdom teachings, Western astrology, Hebrew Kabbalah and the Hindu-Brahmin chakra system with concepts from genetics, astronomy and physics in its own model. This resulted in the BodyGraph or BodyGraph, a new, independent representation made up of nine centers, gates and channels.
Human Design as an integrative system combines and integrates Eastern and Western wisdom teachings with the natural science of genetics and the physics of neutrinos, the smallest mass particles in the universe. It contains spiritual and metaphysical assumptions and is therefore by nature not a scientifically recognized natural science, which by nature can only rationally grasp partial aspects of life. However, the spiritual and metaphysical basis should not be misunderstood as a pure belief system. Its practical requirements are quite banal and yet demanding 😉 in personal inspection and experience.
Speaking of neutrinos
In this context, the origin of “Neutrinos Through Windows” or “Neutrinos Through Design” becomes clearer:
We and the entire universe are permeated by myriads of neutrinos originating from the stars; they symbolically form the “fabric” of the universe. My kabbalistic word game “Neutrinos Through Windows” (neutrinos through the Windows program or neutrinos through the window of the universe) – today more commonly “Neutrinos Through (Human) Design” – is therefore a homage to the (blood) flow of the universe.
Not a lifestyle, but a serious experiment
What is important to me: Human Design is not intended as a fashionable lifestyle template - not as a psychological variant of a trendy diet that you try out for a few weeks and then replace with the next one. Nor is it intended to provide a new identity to hide behind. Nor should it be used as an excuse for yourself or others.
Just as important: Human Design is not a Bible. It is neither moral nor dogmatic, but rather integrative, appreciative, inspiring and orientating. Your experience of your surroundings reflects where you currently stand through your own perspective. You can't change the wind, but you can set your sails, i.e. realign your perspective.
It is a tool with which a person can more closely observe themselves, their decisions, their relationships and what Ra calls the “mechanics of Maya or life”. What matters is not whether a description sounds impressive, but whether the proposed strategy and inner authority prove themselves in your own everyday life.
That's why human design is not a belief system, but rather an experiential system for life. Such an experiment takes time. Conditioning, habits and mental justifications do not disappear by reading a report.
It is not the mind that decides, but the authority of the body
One of the most radical statements of Human Design is: The mind is not the inner authority for personal decisions. Individual authority is derived from the physical definition of the chart. Depending on the design, it can manifest itself, for example, as emotional clarity over time, sacral reaction, immediate spleen perception or another body-related process.
Strategy describes how a guy approaches life; Authority describes how a specific decision can become coherent for this person. Neither should be believed, but should be tested repeatedly in real situations.
The body already lives in the moment. The mind can compare possibilities and create stories, but it does not have the same immediate intelligence of its own form, according to this model.
The mind remains important - but in its correct role
Relieving the mind of decision-making authority does not mean devaluing it. He can observe, distinguish, remember, communicate and translate experiences into language for others.
Our language itself reminds us of the necessary physicality: we want to grasp and understand life. Knowledge remains incomplete if it circulates exclusively in the mind as an abstract thought. It gains depth when something is actually experienced, lived through and recognized in one's own body.
The mind is therefore a valuable witness and mediator - just not the driver of one's own life.
The difference between human experience and AI
Artificial intelligence can organize large amounts of text, recognize patterns, explain terms and summarize statements excellently. This can help you learn and reflect.
However, an AI has no human body, no personal inner authority and no lived biography. She can describe an emotional wave but cannot live through it; she can explain a sacred reaction, but cannot react in this way herself.
Human design therefore does not gain its potential value through ever more perfect descriptions, but through personal experimentation. Information can show the way - only people can walk and experience it.
The basic concepts step by step
Sources and further original illustrations
The presentation is based on the early New SunWare information and sources from the area of the original teaching. Statements about origin and mode of operation are identified as statements of the Human Design System.