The Rising of the Yin
by Richard Rudd
In this article, Richard Rudd explores how the Venus Sequence reveals a powerful shift from individual awakening to authentic relationships, highlighting the rising feminine principle, healing of the sacred wound and the transformation of human connection and consciousness.
PART 2 – The Venus Sequence – The Rising of the Yin
In Part 1 of this series, I touched upon the dynamics of power between the masculine and feminine principles. It seems I hit a raw nerve, as the article provoked quite a response from both men and women. The very truth of this response illustrates exactly what the Venus Sequence is about – that the relationship between men and women and the balance of power in their dynamic has been dramatically shifting in the last 50 years or so. The nerve is evidently still twitching, and perhaps that is a good thing since the Venus Sequence is about transparency, authenticity and openness.
Let’s begin by getting one thing absolutely straight. Some men are from Venus and some women are from Mars. It’s not just about men and women, but masculine and feminine. Because the balance of power in the world is shifting back towards the feminine principle, this obviously does not mean that all men are suddenly becoming redundant. We are talking about a power change within the genetic sub-structure of humanity, which means that what will really change will be the structure of our society and the nature of our form. The global awakening that is upon us begins with the individual, regardless of gender. Whoever awakens, awakens, and awakening begins with the individual.
However, once an individual has awoken, which essentially means that they have become authentic, where does the awakening move from there? The answer, according to the Venus Sequence, is that it moves from the individual to the relationship. It moves along what is sometimes termed a ‘fractal line’. The fractal line is what brings individuals together in the first place. The ancients called these relationships karmic relationships. The moment an individual has awakened, then the force of that awakening begins to move into their relationships. The most key relationship of all is between mother and child.
When an awakened woman gives birth to a child, then that child will come into the world as itself, and what’s more, the child will be brought up without the full conditioning of the Shadow. Thus, the ancestral conditioning within that fractal line will have been broken. If on the other hand, the mother remains a victim of her culture and conditioning, then that Shadow ‘wounding’ is genetically passed into her children at the point of conception.
Authentic Relationships and the Sacred Wound
Just as the Activation Sequence awakens the individual, so the Venus Sequence awakens the Relationship, and in doing so, it passes the awakened mutation down the rest of the fractal. One of my first key realisations about the Venus Sequence was that in order to awaken a relationship, you only require one member of that relationship to awaken. The other person is then forced to either awaken or leave. The individual catalyses the relationship to become authentic, and when that happens, it sets off a chain reaction throughout the fractal. I have referred to this process in the past as ‘healing the sacred wound’, since it is a process which addresses the core issues within every relationship. It is also a ‘wound’ that has been here inside our genes from the beginning. Now is the time of the healing of the archetype of the mother and the father. Once this authenticity begins to travel down our DNA, then totally different kinds of children will come into the world.
So what exactly does an authentic relationship look like? Well, it isn’t perhaps what Hollywood would have us believe. As I understand the ‘sacred wound’, it is an in-built anomaly in our genetic makeup, and without it we would not exist. In this sense, the terminology of ‘healing the wound’ is not quite right. The wound is never meant to fully heal because the wound is what makes us human. But it is meant to be kept clean. This is what the Venus Sequence does – it cleans out the issues in our relationships but it doesn’t necessarily take them away. This is not all about those rose-tinted new age couples teaching tantra. All our mythologies show that the sacred wound actually conceals our greatest gifts, and in trying to fix it, we actually stifle those gifts. If you have the idea that the Venus Sequence is a ‘Love and Light’ system then you have entirely the wrong impression. Venus is an archetype that also has a dark side and was even worshipped by the Mayans as ruling executions.
The reality of the Venus Sequence is that it is a feminine transmission and because of its style and language it will appeal more to women than men. It primarily addresses feelings, and is presented in a hands-on way by hands-on people with real skills within the emotional domain. This obviously doesn’t mean that men will not be attracted to this work, but it is generally more challenging for us since we tend to be more mentally polarised than women. Anyone who has been around the New Age circles for any length of time knows that probably 70% of all workshops on just about any subject are made up of women. Even so, the world we see today is still essentially patriarchal, so the quickest way to change the world is through the feminine – through mothers and through women who will break the victim cycles within their relationships.
Venus Pour Homme – A New Fragrance
As a man, receiving this Venus transmission has been very challenging. When I was in my twenties, I always remember something one of my male mentors said to me – he said that he would not go back to his twenties for all the money in the world. He said that it wasn’t until his forties that he actually began to feel something alive in his chest. Having said this, the Venus Sequence isn’t all about men’s groups crying together in the woods either! It’s about being real in your relationships. It’s about not hiding or escaping into your work or into your mind. It has been challenging for me personally to see my own issues and work with women bringing this knowledge to maturity. There are times when I have felt the swift edge of the executioner’s axe delivered curtly but compassionately by one of my female colleagues!
For a man, keeping the wound clean means that you can no longer hide, run or outwit your true nature. This means that we have to learn to come more into the moment and our bodies than we are generally comfortable with. Our normal solid defences are laid bare. Even our spiritual knowledge will be exposed. Below is an excerpt from Eckhart Tolle where he gives an excellent example of how easy it is to use spiritual or mental systems as a means to stay in one’s old patterns – the culprit in this case is Acceptance:
'When you have been practising acceptance for a while, there comes a point when you need to go to the next stage, where those negative emotions are not created anymore. If you don’t, your 'acceptance' just becomes a mental label that allows you to continue to indulge in unhappiness… true acceptance would transmute those feelings at once. And if you really knew deeply that everything is 'okay', as you put it, and which of course is true, then would you have those feelings in the first place? Without judgement, without resistance to what is, they would not arise. You have an idea in your mind that 'everything is okay', but deep down you don’t really believe it, and so the old mental-emotional patterns of resistance are still in place.'
We men are so clever at avoiding our feelings. I myself can say this with one hundred percent authenticity. As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series, the problem with all systems for awakening is that they can easily trap you. The Venus Sequence also falls into this category, but it is designed precisely around the six patterns that we humans use to escape true awakening. In the language of the Venus Sequence, if for example, you have a 5th line Core Issue or IQ, then you will use the Venus Sequence or indeed any other system to build your mental delusion even more strongly around you. If you have a 3rd line Core Issue or IQ, you will probably make fun of it, or use it as a means to escape whatever deeper fear resides inside you. The Venus Sequence confronts you directly and emotionally and for this reason, it is best done as a one-to-one session or even better, in a group.
The Venus Sequence Meets Human Design
Since The Venus Sequence grew organically out of my own process of awakening through Human Design, it shares many similarities, even though its prime purpose is different. Whereas Human Design initiates the individual process of awakening, Venus specifically targets relationships. Both systems challenge the not-self or Shadow patterns within our nature, but in different ways. Once someone has been introduced to their own sequence, they can see clearly how they are not operating at their optimum potential.
In the months after the knowledge that is now the Venus Sequence streamed into me, my whole world was turned upside down. No one can ever predict when such encounters will occur or even know why. As I grappled with what I had been given, I found that I had to move away from my knowledge of Human Design in order to approach this knowledge in a fresh and untainted way. Now, as the Venus Sequence begins to mature, I realise how integrally interwoven these two systems are. I am not in any way suggesting that they should be fused or used together, as that would entirely confuse two different streams of knowledge. However, it is my hope that they can support each other without colliding or undermining each other. The underlying message is inherently the same.
The message is that spirituality is not outside of us. It is latent within our genes. My ongoing work on the 64 Gene Keys is showing me the truth of this – that within each of us lie real untapped gifts, and that when they are unlocked, we stop being an imitator or a follower of others. In my recent words taken from the 1st Gift:
Out of every dark hole the 1st Gift dives into comes forth a sally of startling and profound creativity. The genius of freshness is to bring something new to the world that no other has ever seen before and that no one else could ever replicate.
Our Gifts, whatever they may be, release us from the need to depend upon any authority outside ourselves. In these extraordinary times, a huge mutation is sweeping through our DNA and it is bringing an end to so many things that we hold dear. In the future, our relationships will look entirely different, since the old human ways are being superseded. In this changing epoch we really have the chance to live in relationships in a way that we never have before – without the need to change the other, deeply understanding the dynamics that lie between us and above all, releasing the hidden powers that lie at the root of all real partnerships.
In Part 3 of this series, I explore the 64 Siddhis, the hidden qualities of a higher consciousness hidden within human DNA. The 64 Siddhis, also sometimes known as the ‘64 tantras’ are an ancient Indian tradition that has come down to us through the Vedas and which over time became amalgamated into all the major tantric systems from China, India and Tibet. As you will also see, the Venus Sequence is a true Tantric teaching rooted in our genetics, whose sole purpose is the transmutation of the Shadows in relationships thus unlocking the potential of higher states of consciousness.
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