THE BODY IS EVERYTHING !! (MY SOAPBOX)

WELCOME TO MY HOLY TRINITY.

some may say father, son + holy spirit -

not domingo

I say - BODY (FATHER), MESSAGES (SON), SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (HOLY SPIRIT)

when I began to really understand Human Design, I would have never imagined that it would reconnect me deeply to my faith and understanding of the New Testament (NT).

I left the church a long time ago because the culture is beyond damaging - but I always understood the NT to be a metaphor to live life on my own terms.

I won’t lie -I’ve been reticent to put in writing the connections I see between the messages I received from my time engaging with the gospels and Human Design - but it’s time to just let it fly - this is my niche and calling atm for whatever reason - so here I am, Lord (lol)

You are uniquely designed and if you choose to listen to your messages and follow the clues from your environment, you can take the trip of a lifetime (being radically you)

To ME¹ - the reason we have the NT is to remember that the most revolutionary thing we can do is choose to go against the establishment and honor the messages we are receiving.

I understand the gospels to be a series of metaphors and stories that taught me about energy work, radical acceptance and deep self-trust.

I see Human Design similarly - it is a system that can be used as a tool for personal freedom. In understanding your chart you can liberate yourself from societal conditioning and cast off limiting beliefs that separate you from your power.

I see Human Design as a way-shower, a map back to our well of inner knowing and truth - it is a training ground so you can forge a foundational relationship with the most important being - YOU!

We are our body, but we are also a spirit - by understanding that the body is the vessel for life to be expressed through us, we can connect deeply with the world in a new and exhilarating way.

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FATHER // IN A NON-BINARY WAY, natch // BODY

THE BODY HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER - IT IS THE HOME FOR THE SPIRIT, IT IS BOTH A RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER FOR MESSAGES AND ENERGY

SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY (ALIGNMENT) COMES FROM RESPECTING (FORGING A RELATIONSHIP WITH) THE HOLY TRINITY OF YOU!

here’s how I understand life through the lens of the teachings of the gospel (abridged version)

Father, God = Your Body

Son, Jesus (the messenger) = Your Messages (after all, Jesus (allegedly) said - I am the way, the truth, and the life)

Holy Spirit = Your journey, your life, your purpose, the dance of life, your calling

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FATHER - BODY (MOVEMENT AND HONORING YOUR BODY AS DEVOTIONAL PRACTICE)

Your body IS a temple and our devotional practices are best applied to ourselves - being in devotion to god means you are in service to your body, to your mind and to your spirit - the order doesn’t seem to matter - all of these are the keys to the castle - they all feed into each other

Our physical body must be revered as our home and as divine intelligent form. 

Once I understood that exercise is not punishment to comply to a beauty standard - I understood the world in a new way. Movement is a devotional practice to self. We need movement to release past trauma and emotions, we need movement (especially Generators + MGs) to tap into our inner wisdom + gps

we honor our body with how we dress + show up in the external world

Vanity is only a “sin” in the sense that if your vanity is fueled by self-harm - you are committing a crime against you + your body.

there is nothing shameful or wrong with pursuing beauty and connecting with how you look - in fact loving your body and how you are showing up is a really beautiful part of the process of knowing yourself

what is a trap? (hell on earth)

In Human Design the not-self is how we know we’ve left the bounds of our energy and have been sucked into the vortex of someone else’s energy. The not-self is super seductive and is a mirage - it is a game we can never win - we can only disengage from the energy of the not-self by remembering who we are.

One of the biggest traps and drivers of the many faces of the not-self is the impossible pursuit of being ageless + taking up less space by attempting to control your body size.

Believing that success + satisfaction + peace will come from society’s approval of your beauty is deep not-self behavior - there is no ceiling

Harming your body to comply to beauty standards actively harms your intuition and dulls your ability to listen to your messages. Perhaps you will benefit from societal privileges - but at what cost? (this is the real deal with the devil)

we honor our body by caring for it - rest, movement, with the food we feed ourselves - as food is both fuel + food is pleasure.

when we are engaging in numbing or withholding from the body we are engaging in self-harm - which I believe is more prevalent in women because if you can trap women in disconnecting from their body under the false premise that being youthful and beautiful will save you - those in power win - you are disconnected from your power, you are not hearing your messages (because you are repressing your natural vessel) and you are distracted from living your actual life (nothing makes me more mad, tbh)

SON - MESSAGES (WHAT IS REALLY BEING SAID?)

Creating space within ourselves to understand we are energy beings - we are so intelligent and there are so many ways to connect with our truth and intuition!!

how we get our messages can be understood by listening to the body and working with your authority (how your messages come in)

For me, I am a splenic projector - so what the means is I have instantaneous information and intel that comes to me via my body - it is a Zap AND I KNOW.

I get direct downloads and I also get very clear body messages - for instance - an intense constriction can alert me that I am in fear, sometimes I experience what I refer to as “cement body,” where I literally can’t get up because my body wants me to stay put (not a logical process, but always makes sense afterwards) spaciousness (how channeling comes in) and lightning hits of knowing (spleen direct line) to name a few - there is A LOT going on somatically. The more I slow down and listen and pay attention, the more I can read my own energy and pick up clues from my environment about my path.

Meditation, sound baths, walks, body work, journaling and gentle yoga continue to be ways that I develop my inner listening.

living “IN SPIRIT” HOLY SPIRIT - SPIRITUAL (CONNECTION)

Allow your spirit to be fulfilled. We spend time with ourselves contemplating and investigating inward so that we can journey outward and allow our path to flow forth naturally, on our own rhythms. 

Listening to our body and learning to decode the messages means we can start to co-create with spirit.

The old school Human Design people believe that your life is a movie you watch from your body - I believe that through the body we have the opportunity to deeply interact with the energy around us - creating from what we see and perceive - which is why shadow work is so important.

FULL EXPRESSION IS SURRENDER TO THE PROCESS:

the point of all of this work is to fully express yourself into the world. Surrender to the messages and allow life to work through you.

the process is on-going: there is no “healed” or “destination” - it is a constant unfolding moment of now.

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FORGIVE ME FATHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED -

(SELF)FORGIVENESS IS AIDED BY (SELF)COMPASSION

Like I said before and it bears repeating because this is seriously the foundation of everything !!!

“god’s love + forgiveness” is our love and forgiveness- it is frequency, it’s choice, it’s always available to work with - some people call this source, energy, higher self, divine intelligence - I’m leaning back into God because it’s how I originally learned all these things and it just makes sense to me to continue to use it as metaphor for understanding

THE WORST CRIME WE COMMIT IS THE CRIME AGAINST OUR OWN SELF -

ORIGINAL SIN = BEING TAUGHT TO BETRAY THE BODY

We are taught from a very young age to disconnect or numb the body to assimilate into our environments

We always can choose our redemption (honoring our body)

THE BODY IS STRONG AND WANTS YOU TO WIN (you can always come back to yourself, to divine love)

When people say God is always there - I think this is what it means - No matter how disconnected or numb, the body will continue to work to communicate to you. No matter how hard we try to block these messages, the body will work to get you to wake up to your truth until death.

In Human Design terms - you can always choose to tune into your authority - you can always choose to listen to what your body is saying - no matter how long you’ve chosen to not listen, the opportunity to listen remains.

Your body is your temple - and you always have the opportunity to tune in and listen - there is no such thing as too late!!

There’s a parable of the vineyard workers that I have recently begun to understand in a new light - no matter when you decide to choose yourself and choose to be in devotion to your own spirit - you will reap the rewards. I REPEAT, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CHOOSE YOURSELF.

ANY TIME WE DECIDE TO COME BACK HOME TO OURSELVES AND OUR BODY IS THE RIGHT TIMING!!

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Honoring the body and allowing space to receive and process our messages opens new doors (and closes doors too) - this is the journey!

If you are ready to listen to your body and take the ride - I’d love to work with you 1:1

if you want to read more about my feelings on diet culture and how it’s harmful to our intuition + how I was able to dissolve that hold - you can read more here and here and here

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ICYMI - I’VE BEEN RECORDING A VIDEO PODCAST SERIES THAT YOU CAN WATCH OR LISTEN TO ON SUBSTACK OR APPLE PODCASTS

there are 3 episodes so far and the conversations are fire if I do say so myself.

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1. (the irony of modern churches and American christian culture to repress and obfuscate this message has been too much for me and I formally deconstructed from “the church” in 2005)