Trusting Your Inner Authority
Inner Authority in Human Design refers to how you make correct-for-you decisions about the big things in life. Rather than relying on pro/con lists, gathering advice from others, or having someone else tell you what to do, you can empower yourself by tapping into your own Authority.
For most, but not all Inner Authorities, there is a connection to the physical body that tells them what is right for them.
Because we’ve all been conditioned not to trust ourselves through media, marketing, society, or friends and family pressures, trusting yourself to make correct decisions for the big things in life using your Inner Authority takes practice.
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Rather than looking outside of yourself for direction, relying on your Authority comes from within. Only you will know when something is right or wrong for you. As you can imagine trusting your inner Authority can take practice, but as you learn to lean into this innate wisdom, you also have to navigate telling other people in your life that you trust it. Your friends and family presumably want the best for you and will likely continue to question if you “know what you’re doing” or ask you “if you’re sure.” Rather than doubting yourself, consider how you can amplify your feelings or ground them into your truth without becoming dogmatic about it.
Try using your Inner Authority on things of minor consequence first, and as you gain trust in it, you’ll naturally begin to use it for more significant decisions.
When navigating your Inner Authority, whether you make the correct decision or not, it is something that you have to allow time to play out and look back upon to see. Even if you have Splenic or Sacral Authority, and you know in the moment that the decision is correct–for you to see it play out can take time. I know this probably sounds incredibly frustrating if you’re new to this idea, but the more you make aligned decisions and learn what it feels like in your body to make a correct-for-you decision, the more you will trust the process and yourself.
Some Inner Authorities have a more direct connection in their body to their knowing, such as the Sacral Authority. It connects you to a gut feeling or an audible response to listen for that gets to your truth. The other end of the spectrum has the Mental Authority and Lunar Authority, which requires you to be more observant of your surroundings and responses.
Some people can stay more connected to this knowing throughout their lives and can easily take in and filter the information they need to know to make a decision–they quickly get what is being asked of them and can respond to that. Others who are reconnecting to this wisdom need more time to practice it. They may need to operate with more of a training wheel approach until they understand how leaning into their truth compass gives them freedom from the mental chatter.
The truth is, trusting your inner Authority takes time and practice. Play with it with the more minor decisions in life so that when you need to make a more significant decision like who to be in a relationship with, when to buy a house or car, or any other large purchase, you have more understanding of what is right and true for you.
What decisions do you find the most challenging to navigate? What are your Type and Authority?
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