Why Do We Need Inner Authority?

Do you always make the decisions you really want to make? Can you allow yourself to follow only what you want without looking to others? Living in society puts certain obligations on us. There are rules of behavior on public transportation, there are traffic laws, there is a set procedure for going through security and boarding a plane, and so on.

And even when a person has a choice and the chance to make the one decision that is right for them, they turn it down themselves and prefer to follow the norms of behavior that society has set and considers “right.” Why? Because they don't know what to rely on... After all, no two situations are ever exactly alike, which means that a really right decision is a person's creative response to unique circumstances.

So how can you tell a right decision from a wrong one? There is one very important criterion: the reaction in your body, in line with the Inner Authority shown in your Rave Chart. It is precisely a reaction of the body, not a logical weighing of pros and cons.

Your mind may tell you that it makes more sense to spend your vacation at a five-star hotel, while your body warms to a camping trip in the mountains. Your mind may say that you should marry a practical young man with good prospects, while inside you are drawn to a refined romantic.

Many people attach great importance to “signs,” “hints,” and “omens” that they come across in everyday life. But it is worth remembering that any event happens outside you, while the sense that it really is a “sign” has to come from within. It is the feeling of a kind of inner nudge that shows you have come across something of real significance.

Human Design offers different Types different Strategies of behavior and rules for making decisions based on Inner Authority rather than on the mind's manipulations. They are very useful, because they always point to the moments that call for close attention.

The better a person understands how their own consciousness works, the less chance they have of making a mistake. And to find the correct decision, we need to take away the mind's exclusive right to give us orders and hand it over to Inner Authority. But our mind is built in such a way that it is desperately afraid of losing control over how actions are taken. How do you stop it and get out from under its relentless, logical “this is the only right way”?

The secret is to bypass the mind, to take away its right to control everything and give orders. Let it keep talking as much as it likes, but it will no longer have the power to make decisions.

The very first time you make a decision based on your Inner Authority and everything goes well, you will breathe a sigh of relief: “Phew, it worked this time, so I can try it again.” And that is important: to experiment, to see what happens when you trust your Inner Authority.

Also, don't forget to write down the results of the decisions you made from Inner Authority. And then go ahead and do the opposite. Run an experiment: go against your Inner Authority and write down, in the same way, what result it brings. This technique not only lets you see the actual, real difference between the decisions you made, but also helps teach the mind that decisions made against Inner Authority are incorrect.

Step by step, decision by decision, your mind will watch how everything happens without its direct involvement. It will become a mere observer instead of controlling everything around it.

There is no need to look outside yourself for guidance on making the right decisions. Just look inside. That guidance is already within you, in every moment of life lived through Inner Authority.

In fact, all of us can use the opportunities that life presents. Each of us can live beyond the strategies of the Not-Self. And each of us can come to know our own Gift, enjoy relationships beyond conditioning, and understand life itself as something unique.

When you begin the Experiment with your Inner Authority, you will find that you can love yourself. After all, at the deepest level, loving yourself means letting go of the fear of not being good enough. You will no longer be afraid that your life will not work out or will be dull and uninteresting. Instead of initiating events in your own life, you will hand the “controls” over to your body and let your mind be a mere observer. And thanks to this, love for yourself will blossom.

While in the Experiment, you will be able to keep your individuality. You will feel your inner strength and awareness grow naturally.

Good luck!