The uncolored areas in our chart— our Open Centers — are crucial to understanding our Design. It is these open areas that hold the distortions of the Not-self, and where we can get lost in homogenization. These open areas show what we’re not and what is not true for us.

Initially, we may see them as indicators of what we lack and where we fall short. As we walk through life without awareness, we tend to live what we are not. This Not-Self, our shadow, can trap us into living life in fear and worry. How can we live free of the shadow and instead realize the wisdom held in our open Centers?

In You and the Shadow, Ra addresses each Center, providing keys to understanding and meeting the shadow.