How to read this breakdown — shadow and gift, lines, channels and the partner — on a single page for all Gates.
Where this Gate lives
Gate 1 belongs to the G center — this theme shows itself through it.
Shadow, Gift and Siddhi
Shadow — when you go off course
Entropy
Gift — when you’re yourself
Freshness
Siddhi — the highest note
Beauty
The melancholy of this Gate
Melancholy comes when your work is compared with others’ or seems not to be unique — a feeling of “there’s no point in creating” sweeps over you. The most painful thing is an accusation of plagiarism.
Absolute uniqueness doesn’t exist. Put the emphasis on what is different in your work, not on what it shares with someone else’s.
Channels this Gate is part of
Programming partner
Opposite it on the wheel — Gate 2.