The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose

by Richard Rudd

One of the deep fears emerging from the 8th Gene Key is the fear of success. This fear is reinforced through its programming partner, the 14th Shadow of Compromise. You compromise your dreams not because you fear you will fail, but because you know that to succeed you will have to rebel against the whole of society and its expectations of you. You fear what you might become because you do not know who you are. The highest frequency of the 14th Siddhi concerns Bounteousness, which is the reward for the individual who dares to break free from the trap of mediocrity. In other words, the path less travelled leads to treasure. The 8th Shadow gives you a recognisable stereotype in the world which not only makes you feel safe about who you think you are, but also makes others feel safe about who they think you are. Without this stereotypical facade, who might you be and how would others approach you? The answer is that the mainstream would look at you with a mixture of both fear and awe.

Such people live purely artificial lives. On the surface they may seem successful and even original, but beneath their patina they have compromised their spirit to some aspect of the system. You can spot the difference between the repressive and reactive nature through their relationships — the repressive side never leaves their relationships out of fear of change. The reactive side cannot stay in their relationships because their façade inevitably breaks down and rage rises to the surface, at which point they usually run away.