I've been exploring Human Design a lot recently. My favorite podcast is the DayLuna Human Design Podcast. The hosts of that podcast are 2 very intelligent & very loving, confident women that are helping spread the message of the power in coming home to our own true nature and expressing the best parts of ourselves & supporting others to do the same. Listening to them, it's like they're exuding love. I highly recommend...especially listening to their earlier episodes & how they got where they are now based on the power of shifting their beliefs and embracing an abundance mindset. I reflect on how understanding my Energy Type (through Human Design language) is helping me become more confident, love & respect myself & others more, & gain self-efficacy through consistency.
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Ender's Game Whispers begin around 21min...or just after that...a couple seconds into 21min...In this chapter of Ender's Game, we begin to see character development in Valentine & Peter (a break from the camera being on Ender & his life at Battle School) & the philosophy of power gets introduced in a new light. The importance of the changing relationship between a previously & naturally more violent & naturally non-violent person, & how their dynamics shift each other-what they learn from each other... This chapter switches back & forth between Valentine's point of view, & Peter's point of view...to give is the most unfiltered truth from each character's unfiltered thoughts & slightly more filtered speech (especially from Valentine). This is the beginning of a hint at the power of the divine feminine, although not discussed in this way in this chapter.... it's how I see Valentine's power. Her ability to empathize...even with her brother, who she's seen skinning squirrels. How...she is able to empathize with someone whose actions she would never imitate...and how that empathy helps her form strategic alliances & even help keep the balance between her formerly violent brother Peter & the rest of the people that she might view as more "innocent." She also understands her own shadow, as described in this chapter, & doesn't deny it...but understands that one can both enjoy power AND be genuinely caring at the same time- that those 2 ideas or experiences don't have to be separate & can actually potentially help a lot of people when combined. They're only 12 & 10, but their intelligence, care, self-awareness, & even some wisdom.... is above average. As they get older, this only improves and refines. A pretty intellectually intense chapter!