My Type: Time Bender
FOCUS:
Shortcuts to Mastery, Respond, Right Work, Family, Here to Build
LIFE PURPOSE:
Build (work, family)
STRATEGY:
Respond, then envision, inform, then act
EMOTIONAL THEMES:
Frustration and anger
WEALTH THEME:
Mastery over time
CHALLENGES:
Finding right work, frustration and quitting, patience and waiting, trusting their inner response (Intuitive/”Gut”)
ROLE:
To do the work of the world, to find mastery in their work, and to discover the shortcuts through experimentation with multitasking and skipping steps.
Considered the most powerful motor center in the body’s circuitry, the Intuitive (aka, the Gut) Center controls work and life force energy. Anyone who has this center activated is a Generator type, because they are able to sustainably generate work and life force energy. There are two Generator types: Time Benders and Alchemists.
As a Generator type, I have the potential to master what I respond to and create. I know I hold this energy, even if I haven’t been conscious of it or known how to verbalize it. I’ve probably often felt frustrated because I can sense deep inside of myself that I’m here to do something that fulfills my full potential, yet my pursuit of that seems to run into one wall or failure after another. I’ve likely been trained by the world to use my thinking and the power of my mind to set my path to mastery, but the truth is that the path is revealed to me by the world outside of myself; it takes faith and the understanding of how to connect with that path correctly to align myself with my destiny and the ultimate fulfillment of my potential.
In other words, as a Generator type, simply following every idea I have leads to frustration instead of satisfaction. I have to wait for something outside of myself to confirm that:
• My idea IS actually the right idea for me.
• The timing is now right to take action on my idea.
There are four “motor” centers: Intuitive/Gut, Will, Creative, and Foundation. Anyone who has activated circuitry connecting any motor to the Throat Center (directly or indirectly) is a Manifesting type; Initiators and Time Benders are both Manifesting types.
Brief mechanics explanation: the pathway between two Gates (the numbers on the Centers) is called a Channel. When both Gates on a Channel are activated, the Channel becomes activated and activates the two Centers it connects. When only one Gate on a Channel is activated, it’s called a “hanging” Gate. If a Center isn’t connected to any activated Channels, it remains receptive (picks up and amplifies energy created by others); any hanging Gates in the Center create an influence that will be explained later.
As a Manifesting type, I am a powerful creative being. I have an internal, non-verbal creative flow that moves quickly when the timing is correct. This creative flow is so fast that I often don’t have time to put words to it. When I intuitively sense that the timing is right for me to act, I can just get up and get to it. Because of this frequency of powerful energy, people pay attention to me and are always waiting to see what I do next.
As soon as I take action, other people usually notice and will often interrupt my creative flow. They ask me if I need help or want to know what I’m doing; those closest to me may expect me to explain everything I’m going to do and why before I do it. They don’t intend it as an interruption or attempt to stop me. It’s usually just that they sense something is about to happen and they feel the need to be a part of it (or to be ready for what’s next). That said, those operating from a conditioned state (i.e., lacking awareness) are more likely to react out of fear and struggle with trust, which leads to consistently thwarting my creative flow despite well-meaning intentions.
This interruption and these questions can be very difficult for my Manifesting energy. I have an internal, non-verbal creative flow that I’m following. It’s an inner, gut-level sense of flow. When I have to stop that flow to find the words to explain to someone what I’m doing or that I don’t need help, it’s often hard to find my creative flow in the same way again. If I don’t understand this about the way my energy works, it’s easy to react with anger towards others. Other people can also become angry with me because they feel that I’m not involving them (or sometimes being inconsiderate) when they don’t know what I’m doing.
As a way of dealing with my energy, others may want to help me. This is due to their need to feel useful, but it’s not my obligation to fulfill this need. I may find that if I’m trying to keep others happy to avoid the anger or attempts to control me that I may have often experienced in my life. I may have developed elaborate strategies to secretly do what I want to do without the interference of others. Not being upfront and honest, as hard as it can be, uses up a lot of energy and can make me feel exhausted whenever I feel like I have to deal with people.
The truth is that I could be done with what I’m doing in the time it can take to find the right words to try to explain to someone what I’m doing, and I’ll lose my speed if I stop and inform the people around me what I’m going to do next.
The trick is learning to honor my own inner creative flow and letting the people who will be impacted by my actions know what I’m doing. Informing is NOT asking permission. I’m not here to ask people for permission. It will be easiest to live in alignment with my authentic self in relationships with people who understand this about me, don’t live life from a place of fear, and are able to trust me. These are the people who will encourage and support my creative flow by requiring minimal informing from me and not taking it personally if/when I do forget to inform. Once I’m no longer compelled by my flow, they’ll be eager to hear about my experiences rather than reacting with anger or punishment.
The biggest lessons for me to learn as a Manifesting type, especially as a Time Bender, are honoring my creative flow, informing others, not letting other people’s discomfort be a reason to make myself “smaller” than I’m here to be, and valuing myself enough to choose relationships that support my living authentically.
Initiators do not have an activated Intuitive Center and Alchemists do not have any activated Channels that connect a motor Center to the Throat Center. Initiators lack the sustainable work and life force energy of Alchemists and Time Benders. Alchemists lack the ability to independently express creative energy that Initiators and Time Benders have. This is why Time Benders are the strongest type. Time Benders are the only type that can have an activated Channel from the Intuitive Center to the Throat Center, which is why the Channel that directly connects those two Centers (34-20) is called the Channel of Power.
As a Time Bender, I have the strengths of both Alchemists and Initiators. I have a deep inner awareness to know what’s right for me as I wait for a “sign” or a signal that the timing is right to act. A strong intuition turned on by gut-level pulses will lead me to simultaneously be in the right place, doing the right work, and having the right impact. I have the ability to multi-task work and family. Since I need to be doing many things at once, my internal signals are more about knowing which of those things are right for me to complete and recognizing that I can release what I don’t need to complete without guilt or shame. I’ll learn more about this in my Strategy section, but I can start noticing and developing my internal signals any time: Using My Intuitive Center
Common Traps or Challenges
What makes a Time Bender:
• An activated Intuitive Center – the most powerful motor in the body, focuses work and life force energy.
• A motorized energy connected through a channel to the Throat. That means I can initiate conversations, although I still need to use the Generator strategy in other areas of my life (wait to respond).
• Finding the right work and right partner in life is important, and finding the fastest way to do them is the way I’m meant to approach these topics.
• Patience is extremely important. I need to focus on waiting to respond from my Intuitive Center, as well as informing everyone in my “impact field” before I act.
• Time Benders determine the fastest way to complete tasks, often skipping steps in the process of getting things “done.” If I discover those skipped steps were important after all, I’ll eventually complete them.
• Time Benders are the busiest Type. I’m an intense multi-tasker filled with enormous bursts of energy; I often feel that nothing seems to move fast enough. When fatigue comes, I’ll take the time to recharge, only to start all over again (often without sufficient rest time). Being the most powerful type (not to mention that having the 34-20 channel makes me the most powerful version of the most powerful type) means I’m also at highest risk for burnout.
Contemplations
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- How much do I relate to this description? In what ways does it ring true for me? In what ways does it feel inaccurate for me?
- What have been my experiences with the lessons/challenges? In which ways have I experienced growth so far during my life? Can I identify ways I’ve experienced the challenges with negative outcomes? Can I identify information provided by those experiences that can lead me to better outcomes and more fulfilling experiences in the future? In other words, what have I learned so far?
- Is living true to this Type something I want to pursue? If so, what’s something I can do to move in that direction?
For these and all contemplation questions: Journaling is great to do during this experiment, but I don’t need to worry about figuring out or verbalizing “answers” for these questions. I can think about a question and then write (or just draw/doodle) whatever feelings come up. If journaling doesn’t feel good to me, it’s not necessary. I can talk into a recording app instead. Recording is just to engage areas of the brain that activate during external expression, which doesn’t engage the “looping” that can happen when expression is solely internal.
I can delete the recordings when I’m done expressing, unless I want to reference them later and see how far I’ve come. The same is true for anything written: I can choose whether to discard or keep it according to what feels good to me. External expression about questions is simply a method of healthy processing and self-discovery, not about right or wrong answers or conclusions.
If nothing comes up to express (written or spoken) for a question, I can ask it before I go to sleep and see what comes up in my dreams or when I wake and then express it. Tapping on the center of my forehead while I ask the question(s) will help provide a physical signal to myself of my intention to process this while sleeping.
If I want more insight, I can always request a message from the universe.
