05. Definition, Conditioning & the Not-Self

In this episode, Kelsey explores the concepts of definition, openness, conditioning, and the not-self, which are some of the most important concepts to understanding how your energy operates and how you experience the world. In this lesson, you'll look at how defined and undefined centers shape your consistency, your sensitivities, and your unique way of relating to others and the world. Finally, Kelsey breaks down the role of conditioning in both distortion and growth.

This is where Human Design becomes deeply personal: your specific arrangement of definition and openness is your own fingerprint. By understanding it, you can begin the differentiated process of deconditioning, which is not a quick fix, but an ongoing attunement to the truth of who you are.

What's discussed in this episode:

• Defined vs. undefined centers: how they function and what they reveal
• The gifts and challenges of openness
• Conditioning as a universal, neutral, and inevitable part of life
• The difference between conditioning with awareness and without awareness
• Distortion and the role of the not-self mind
• The “not-self” in relation to type, strategy, authority, and center openness
• The 7-year deconditioning process and cellular transformation
• “The shattering” — what happens when old self-identities fall away

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