A major part of Human Design is acknowledging and dealing with conditioning in our world because conditioning often influences the decisions and decision-making processes of individuals, groups, and the collective. But what is conditioning? Can we eliminate all conditioning? Is everyone conditioned to the same degree? What are the benefits of being conditioned and deconditioned? These are key questions I believe people would benefit from knowing the answers to.
Conditioning begins at the cellular level for us bioforms. If you have a body and life within that body, then you are dealing with conditions against that body. Conditioning is not something we need to try to eradicate because it is futile and impossible. Conditioning is a part of our entire life process, having been present since the beginning of the universe's development. The conditioning focused on in the Human Design system pertains specifically to how it influences our decision-making, which is crucial in this realm. Ultimately, conditioning prepares us for a future event or a future "now," much like an athlete conditions their body to perform in future competitions.
Natural conditioning aids the life form in being ready to take on what's coming next. This type of conditioning can be vital for the life process and its determination. The conditioning dealt with in the Human Design system typically involves someone's beliefs and the authority of another being thrust upon them, which influences and overrides their decision-making. Instead of making decisions based on their inner knowing and authority, individuals often make decisions based on outer authority. This can be viable in some cases, but humanity has reached a point where most decisions are determined by forces outside of themselves. This leads to a lack of self-awareness and self-love, which are important for individual decision-making.
Conditioning can begin at birth. A child can be conditioned by a parent to eat and sleep at specific times, based on nurturing at a young age. This conditioning can align with the child's nature or go against it due to various circumstances, often stemming from the parent's ignorance of their child's design or nature.
Let me provide some examples of conditioning. A basic example revolves around racism. People are not born hating others of different so-called races. This belief is conditioned into someone's system through various means, such as observation, where a child observes a parent or relative exhibiting racist behavior and communicating racist ideologies. This is conditioning. It's not self-conditioning but rather a result of erroneous identities, false histories, and global conspiracies perpetuating racism.
Another example could involve a child with low self-esteem. A parent might position them to undergo certain experiences, processes, and education that build self-worth and confidence, returning them to a more natural state. Low self-esteem often arises from being open to outside influences, such as trauma, family dynamics, or environmental factors like bullying.
Most of the time, people are told false information about themselves, what it means to be human, and their roles on Earth. Words condition people in a way that self-conditioning takes place. The pen is mightier than the sword, meaning words can condition people more easily than physical force. This widespread misinformation has conditioned the entire planet. While not blaming any individual or group, negative conditioning is something the entire planet has dealt with.
Conditioning ultimately involves nurturing one's nature correctly. The conditioning addressed in Human Design is called "not-self" conditioning, which does not support our nature and goes against it. If decisions are made based on false, not-self conditioning too often, it creates significant resistance in individuals' lives, manifesting as health complications, physical encounters, or legal issues. These decisions determine our behavior and, consequently, the responses and effects we receive from the world around us. We cannot escape these effects, but we can synthesize and filter them to respond genuinely and authentically, aligning with our correct navigation.
There are times and places for homogenized actions as part of the grand scheme, but currently, sacrificing one's inner authority for group decisions can be detrimental. We are born into a world with millions of years of history and storylines playing out for thousands of years. We are genetically conditioned from birth by our bloodlines' past decisions.
People entering Human Design thinking seven years will completely transform their situation may face a rude awakening. The seven-year deconditioning process in Human Design aims to correct the cellular aspect, which involves habitual decision-making patterns. Cells are designed to be programmed, and our decision-making becomes habitual. With strategy and authority, these decisions will change. Over seven years, cells will adopt a new decision-making pattern, setting the stage for a new process moving forward. This doesn't erase all conditioning but levels up the individual to a new stage. Each subsequent seven-year cycle continues this leveling process, addressing conditioning accumulated over thousands of years. The first seven years set the foundation for future growth.
Conditioning may never be fully eradicated for many of us until we transition from the body, and that is okay. The key is decision-making: how to reach a place where decisions align with internal experiences, preventing the acceptance of external authority over one's own.
We experience immediate conditioning from our parents and generational conditioning from family members like grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Conditioning is pervasive. We live in a world where many accept lies about health, history, economics, law, science, and more. People make decisions based on these inaccuracies, imposing these beliefs on others. Making decisions from inner authority requires withstanding enormous external influence.
In understanding and addressing conditioning, we empower ourselves to make decisions rooted in our true nature, fostering self-awareness and authenticity. By recognizing the layers of conditioning that influence us—from immediate family dynamics to broader societal forces—we can begin the process of deconditioning, aligning our actions with our inner authority. Again, this journey is not about eradicating conditioning entirely but about transforming our decision-making patterns to reflect our genuine selves, ultimately leading to a more satisfying, peace, successful, surprising and fulfilling life.