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Gate 10: Behaviour of the Self

Loving yourself as a practice rather than an idea.

When it overshoots

Self-regard that needs witnesses.

At its best

Being yourself with no argument.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

For a chart holding this gate, the practice of self acceptance is easier now, and it shows in how the body moves through a room.

In a chart where it is open

Left open, other people’s ease can raise doubts about your own; this is a stretch to watch rather than compare.

When it is in the sky

The gate favours behaving naturally, without argument or apology. Authenticity is noticed, and so is performance.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorSelf acceptance starts in plain behaviour, doing small things in a way that feels true rather than approved.
2. Line 2, The HermitActing naturally is easiest unobserved, and the ease is noticed later by someone who needed permission for their own.
3. Line 3, The MartyrThe true way of behaving is discovered through moments of acting falsely and feeling exactly what that cost.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistBeing oneself comes easiest among friends who already know the real version, and those friendships are worth guarding.
5. Line 5, The HereticPeople may hold you up as a model of confidence; living it practically rather than performing it keeps the picture honest.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelOver a long span self acceptance looks less like a feeling and more like a habit of choosing your own way again and again.

Channels through this gate

• Awakening · 10-20Commitment to higher principles. Being yourself, in the present tense, out loud. With Gate 20, The Now.
• Exploration · 10-34Following one’s convictions. Energy for a life lived on your own terms. Self-empowerment with a motor behind it. With Gate 34, Power.
• Perfected Form · 10-57Survival. Instinct in service of behaviour. The body knows how to be right here. With Gate 57, Intuitive Clarity.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 10 is hexagram 10, Treading, read by an older tradition.