Defining Success

Follow your inner energetic compass

Hello dear friends,

One of the things that has helped me let go of old conditioning of mind stories and beliefs is the Human Design System. I’ve studied, been certified as a chart analyst, but most importantly I’ve experimented for almost 7 years now and I’ve noticed how much this has helped me live with more joy, space, and ease. Not that everything is easy, but there is a certain grace that comes with being true to you.

In the Human Design system of guidance, each type, of which there are four, has a particular inner compass.

This compass is called the Signature, and each Human Design type has one. As a Projector type my inner compass is Success. 

TYPES - SIGNATURE

Projectors - Success

Generators (and Manifesting Generators) - Satisfaction

Manifestors - Peace

Reflectors - Surprise

In this article I focus on the energetic compass for Projectors and I will follow up with articles on the other types and their energetic compass, or signature.

PROJECTORS AND SUCCESS

When following the energetic compass of success it’s important to define success and what that means for YOU before you start using it as an energetic compass.

What does success FEEL like in your body? 

Even if  you are not a Projector type in Human design it’s good to explore your overall ideas and concepts of success and define what it feels like for you and how it might look in your life and work. 

We all have conditioning and have downloaded other people's ideas about success and quite possibly we have either tried, denied, rejected notions of success because we’ve never really defined what success is for ourselves. Especially for women who have worked in patriarchal systems and have conditioned ideas of what success looks like.

It’s time for a new earth paradigm, which is emerging. The old is crumbling and in terms of energy you can start NOW to embody what it means to you to be successful on your own terms.

My own story of success

Success was something I wasn’t terribly interested in growing up because I automatically equated it with what I saw my parents equate success with - material wealth. 

This didn’t appeal or resonate with me at the time. And yes, I grew up privileged and had all my material needs met so material wealth as a definition of success wasn’t something I felt drawn to. 

So it was really intriguing to me when studying and experimenting with Human Design to see that my inner compass is success. 

If my energetic compass is pointing me towards the feelings of success, then it means I need to be willing to let go of my conditioning and explore what success means for me so I can use my signature to help me align and flow in my life, work, relations, creations.

For Projectors their strategy is to be recognized for their wisdom, skills, talents and to be invited to share that. One could say that feeling successful for Projectors means being recognized and then invited to share what they have to offer.

Many Projectors get bitter at not getting the recognition they think they deserve. They may feel invisible. This bitterness is the polar opposite of feeling successful. Feeling bitter is a good one to become very familiar with though because when you get to know that feeling intimately you can quickly recognize its presence and then give yourself time to pause and re-align by doing the things you enjoy doing which might include learning, creating, being out in nature.

It took awhile to understand the sensation and feeling of bitterness in my body and the accompanying thoughts. What’s the difference between frustration and bitterness, I would ask. Isn’t it the same thing?

Well actually no.

Bitterness is that feeling inside when you feel you are being overlooked, not given credit for your insights, solutions, support or whatever. 

And this is when you spiral out of alignment.

This is when you understand that you need to recognize yourself first and not depend on that acknowledgment from anything outside yourself. 

You let go of needing external validation.

Trust that if you keep doing what you love and sharing that in whatever form sharing takes, you can wait. 

Doing what you love while waiting for that right person or situation to recognize and invite you does make waiting easier.

Frustration is different from bitterness. Frustration, which is the opposite of satisfaction, is when things don’t work out, and it creates that feeling of frustration and often accompanied with burnout and overwhelm. This relates to Generators and Manifesting Generators. But more on that type next time.

BE TRUE TO YOU

With all the support systems available to help us, it’s so important to remain sovereign.

The systems are here as a guide, or a map.

But the maps are not the territories. They are only maps.

Use them to experiment with and let them help, but don’t let it become a “religion”. 

Always return to your inner authority to guide you.

You can easily find out information about Human Design and also find out what type you are if you’re interested in exploring this tool that helps you understand and embrace who you are and how you work best.

If you’re a Projector let me know how this lands for you.

BE TRUE TO YOU

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https://www.aeshakennedy.com/blossom-coaching/