Gate 6: THE GATE OF FRICTION
This
is the most complex gate of the Solar Plexus and the most difficult in
terms of finding the awareness within the wave. Not only is it a
powerful motor with the energy for producing life itself but it also
contains the awareness possibilities of all three Streams of Emotional
awareness; Feeling, Emoting, and Sensitivity.
Where
the 50th gate is the awareness of our Personal Defense Reflex, Conflict
is our evolved Genetic Defense Reflex. There is no survival for
Humanity unless it continues to reproduce. From the perspective of our
genes, this is our only purpose, to maintain and continue the genetic
pool. Gate 6 is where the energy originates for the emotions of the Emotional Solar Plexus Center (this is reflected on the other side of the Defense Tribal Circuit in Gate 50, where Gate 50 is where the awareness originates for the Splenic Center).
In
our biology, the 6th gate is associated with our PH balance. It is PH
that keeps our outside/outside and our inside/inside. It establishes the
boundary of the body. Throughout most of our history, this has been a
mechanical process.
The
possibility of awareness in this gate could transform the nature of all
of Humanities intimacy. Who is in and who is out, who can penetrate or
be penetrated is the work of this gate. However, as an energy, and this
is its general state, it always confines intimacy to a hope and pain
cycle.
6 The peacemaker 27° 18' 45" - 28° 15' 00"
5 Arbitration 26° 22' 30" - 27° 18' 45"
4 Triumph 25° 26' 15" - 26° 22' 30"
3 Allegiance 24° 30' 00" - 25° 26' 15"
2 The guerilla 23° 33' 45" - 24° 30' 00"
1 Retreat 22° 37' 30" - 23° 33' 45"
THE FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN COMPONENT OF PROGRESS. THE LAW THAT GROWTH CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT FRICTION.
The Lines:
6. The peacemaker
Sympathy/Apathy
The discipline and integrity of a superior force to unilaterally cease conflict to permit surrender and survival of its foe.
The
highest form of reason is that life is sacred. The emotional power to
end conflict tempered by feelings and sensitivity to others.
The
peacemaker whose actions are just but whose terms are unacceptable. The
emotional power to end conflict but only after one's conditions have
been satisfied.
5. Arbitration
Seducer/Seduced
The faith derived from analytical diligence and emotional control that permits a higher authority to judge a conflict.
Harmony furthered through the avoidance of direct conflict. Sensitivity to conflict can lead to the avoidance of intimacy.
Where
a party to arbitration sees itself as the best possible judge and will
only accept judgement if it is the victor. Insensitivity to the concerns
of others in a conflict.
4. Triumph
Confident or Not, Brotherhood/Sisterhood, Kindness/Meanness
A position on natural and unchallengeable power.
The
charity and wisdom that must come with victory and the movement towards
new horizons.. The power of emotions to dominate a relationship.
The conqueror and purger. The lack of emotional control that is destructive in relationships.
3. Allegiance
Bonds Made/Broken, Allegiance/Rejection
The
ability to secure support and create strength out of a weak position.
When connected to the harmonic Gate 59, mating that results in
conception.
The
destruction of old forms through union; either mundane, as above,
sexual union, or exalted as universalization. The depth of feelings that
can enrich union and intimacy.
The rejection of allegiance as submission to established order. Sensitivity to controls which may eventually reject intimacy.
2. The guerilla
Shyness/Boldness
The ability to maximize an inferior position through timely contact and withdrawal.
Aesthetic
sensitivity and mental detail can find the weakest point. The
sensitivity to find the weakest point in a conflict and to exploit it
emotionally.
The kamikaze, striking but moot. A lack of sensitivity that blunders into conflicts.
1.Retreat
Weakness/Strength, Pursuer/Pursued
The realization that wasting one's resources against overwhelming odds is not courage but folly.
The power of regeneration that can embrace retreat as a phase and not a failure. The emotional stability to accept conflict.
The inferiority complex, where retreat is experienced as personal weakness. Emotional instability in times of conflict.