Human Design Academy By Ra Uru Hu: Part 5 - Conditioning And The Role Of The Undefined Centers In Relationships
Part 5: Conditioning and the Role of the Undefined Centers in Relationships Based on the original teachings of Ra Uru Hu “Conditioning is when you are living someone else’s energy instead of your own.” — Ra Uru Hu In Human Design, conditioning refers to the external influences and energies that shape the way we think, feel, and behave. These influences often come from our upbringing, society, education, and the people around us. While some conditioning is positive and supportive, much of it distorts our authentic design, leading to misaligned decisions and conflict in relationships. The concept of undefined centers is central to understanding how conditioning affects us. These centers are areas in the bodygraph chart that are not consistently defined by fixed energy. They are open and susceptible to the influence of external forces. In relationships, this plays out as mirroring or amplifying the energy of others, often leading to confusion, frustration, and the feeling of being disconnected from your true self. What Are Undefined Centers? In Human Design, the centers in your chart represent different aspects of your life: the Mind, Emotions, Willpower, Identity, and so on. Some of these centers are defined, meaning that the energy in these areas is consistent and reliable for you. However, other centers are undefined, meaning that their energy is open to external influences. When a center is undefined, it is a receptive area. You may feel this as a sense of lack or inconsistency in that part of your life. You are not meant to express the energy of that center in the same consistent way as someone with a defined center. Instead, you are designed to receive, sample, and sometimes mirror the energy of others in those areas. "Don’t miss out — click ‘Get Link’ now to unlock the full post and exclusive video!"
Human Design Academy By Ra Uru Hu: Part 10 - Open Centers In Relationships - The Source Of Pain And Transformation
Part 10: Open Centers in Relationships – The Source of Pain and Transformation Based on the original teachings of Ra Uru Hu – “Understanding Our Design in Relationships” (1998) “Your openness is where you are conditioned. In relationships, it is where you are most vulnerable — and most distorted. But it is also where you can become the most wise.”— Ra Uru Hu What Are Open Centers? In the BodyGraph, every center is either: Defined (colored in): consistent, reliable energy Undefined or Open (white): inconsistent, receptive energy When a center is open, it is not broken. But Ra made it clear: “It is open to conditioning. That means in relationship, it’s where you try to be what you’re not.” The Trap of Open Centers in Relationship We are deeply attracted to what we’re open to. But we’re also most distorted by it. Example: You have an open Emotional Solar Plexus. Your partner has it defined. Result: You will feel their emotions amplified. You may become afraid of emotional waves. You’ll avoid confrontation to keep the peace — not because you’re peaceful, but because you are avoiding discomfort. In this way, we try to please, fix, manage, or control our partners — not out of love, but out of conditioning. Ra called this: “The not-self love strategy. Trying to be what you think your partner wants, based on your openness.” "Don’t miss out — click ‘Get Link’ now to unlock the full post and exclusive video!"
Human Design Academy By Ra Uru Hu: Part 16 - The Role Of Openness - Where We’re Conditioned In Relationships
Part 16: The Role of Openness - Where We’re Conditioned in Relationships From Ra Uru Hu’s “Understanding Our Design in Relationships” (1998) "The open centers are where you are vulnerable to conditioning. It’s where the world plays with you."—Ra Uru Hu What Does “Openness” Mean? In Human Design, openness refers to the centers in your chart that are undefined (white). These centers are not fixed or consistent like the defined ones — they are open to influence, to conditioning by the people and environment around you. Ra described them as the “soft spots” of our designs. They’re the places where we’re impressionable and reactive. The problem is, most people don’t know they’re being conditioned by others. "When you're open, you are like a sponge, absorbing energies. If you don’t understand this, you’re likely to be pulled into something that’s not you." Which Centers Are Open? There are nine centers in the Human Design system: Head (Inspiration) Ajna (Conceptualization) Throat (Communication) G Center (Identity, Direction) Heart (Ego, Will) Solar Plexus (Emotions) Sacral (Response) Spleen (Instinct) Root (Pressure) When any of these centers is white in your chart, it means that energy is open, and it is subject to external influence from the people around you. "Don’t miss out — click ‘Get Link’ now to unlock the full post and exclusive video!"
Human Design Academy By Ra Uru Hu: Part 22 - Openness, Conditioning, And The Aura Field In Relationship
Part 22: Openness, Conditioning, and the Aura Field in Relationship (Advanced Teachings Inspired by Ra Uru Hu) "You’re not here to fix your openness. You’re here to witness what it shows you.” — Ra Uru Hu 🔹 What is Openness? In Human Design, openness refers to the undefined centers in your chart. These are the areas where you take in life — where you are receptive, where you are not fixed. And this openness is where you meet the other. You’re not here to become what’s in your openness.You’re here to see what’s passing through. But the homogenized world teaches you to try and fill those spaces — to be consistent where you are not, to prove, to seek, to compensate. In relationships, this becomes the source of distortion. 🔹 The Aura is the Delivery System Every human aura is a field of frequency. When two people come into each other’s aura, there is a full body transmission. Definition meets definition. Openness meets openness. And the result is conditioning. You pick up their defined Throat? You feel pressured to speak. Their defined Ego conditions your undefined Ego? You try to prove yourself. Their Sacral buzzes through your openness? You think you're energized when you're not. This is not mental. This is biological.Your body is literally responding to the other person’s field. And the conditioning is intense. "Don’t miss out — click ‘Get Link’ now to unlock the full post and exclusive video!"
Human Design Academy By Ra Uru Hu: Part 26 - The Role Of The Open Centers In Relationship - Where The Not-Self Meets The Other
<b>Part 26: The Role of the Open Centers in Relationship: Where the Not-Self Meets the Other</b> Open centers are not your weakness. They are your deepest intelligence, but only when you're no longer identified with them. In the relationship field, these open centers are like magnets. They draw in the other, reflect the other, amplify the other — and in that, they shape the way we experience intimacy. But for most people, what’s open becomes what’s distorted. What’s open becomes the place where the not-self lives. Let’s be very clear: the not-self is not the enemy. It is the passenger trying to drive the vehicle. It’s what happens when you live from your openness, instead of simply witnessing it. In relationship, most people are not meeting the other — they are desperately seeking to fill what’s open in themselves. That’s where distortion begins. Where Conditioning Happens Conditioning doesn’t come from culture. It doesn’t come from parenting, or schools. It comes from the people you’re most intimate with. Your open centers are like windows with no curtains. When someone with definition walks in, the energy pours through. And if you don’t know it’s not you, you will begin to need it. You will become addicted to what the other provides — not because it’s correct, but because it feels familiar. This is how dependency begins. Take the open Solar Plexus. The undefined emotional center is deeply sensitive to emotional waves — but not its own. It feels others’ feelings more intensely than the defined being does. And if you don’t recognize that, you start to avoid conflict, to people-please, to suppress your own truth so that you don’t rock the emotional boat. You call that love. But it’s fear. Or consider the open Heart. No willpower, no need to prove. But in the not-self? It will do anything to prove it’s worthy of love. It will take on debt, take on roles, take on pressure to be what the other needs — just to feel deserving. That is not a relationship. That’s survival. "Don’t miss out — click ‘Get Link’ now to unlock the full post and exclusive video!"