The 36 Channels

You have strength for a direction of your own — means turn up when you follow what draws you.

You put your strength into other people's goals and wonder why your drive runs out.

With your next effort, ask: does this serve my direction?

You make new things out of tight spots. You can bear that change takes time instead of forcing it.

The pressure turns into impatience: you force the change and produce chaos instead of a beginning.

With something new, wait three days before you take the first step.

You test whether something adds up and find answers that stand up to doubt.

You turn doubt into a permanent examination and find a gap in everything.

Test one thing through to the end today — and then let it be.

You have a natural beat, and in it you can move a surprising amount.

You step out of your beat in order to belong, and lose your flow doing it.

Keep your own rhythm today, even if others are at a different pace.

You can break through barriers and create real closeness where others stay polite.

You go too close too quickly — or turn closeness into a claim.

Ask today before you go closer — and accept a no.

You can lead when you are chosen, and give a group a direction.

You take over unasked and wonder that nobody pulls with you.

Wait for the invitation to lead — and then really take it on.

You can concentrate on one thing for a long time without losing the thread.

You get caught on trifles and take persisting for focus.

Set an end for the matter you are in — and stand up afterwards.

In the moment you can be what you are and say it — authenticity without a run-up.

You talk about your being instead of living it, and become a commentary on yourself.

Do one thing today that belongs to you, without explaining it.

You follow what draws you and get to know yourself in the doing.

You are constantly busy without knowing where to — activity instead of direction.

In the middle of the activity, ask yourself: is this me right now — or am I just doing something?

Your sense tells you what is right for you now — an instinct for what is your own.

You fail to hear the quiet hint and afterwards explain why you passed it over.

Notice the first stirring when you enter a room.

You gather ideas and can tell them in a way that lets others think them further.

You take your ideas for assignments and look for experiences to confirm them.

Pass an idea on today without making a plan out of it.

When your mood is right, you find words that touch people.

You force the conversation at the wrong moment and come across as curt or incomprehensible.

Before an important conversation, check whether you feel like closeness right now.

You gather experience and pass it on — what you have lived through becomes useful to others.

You pass on what was entrusted to you, or carry it until it weighs you down.

Before telling, ask yourself: is this my story?

You recognize depth and can translate it into enthusiasm — skill that is catching.

You wait until you consider yourself good enough, and therefore never begin.

Begin something today that you do not yet feel ready for.

You can back an opinion with evidence and make it understandable.

You take your ordered opinion for the truth and crush others with detail.

Say your next opinion without a single piece of evidence — and see whether it holds.

You recognize what could be better and have the appetite to tackle it.

The appetite turns into carping, and the correction into an attack on people.

Name something today you would improve, and offer to do it yourself.

You sense what is needed and recognize whether an agreement still carries.

You do not ask for what you need, and then break off out of nowhere.

Say today what you need, before it becomes too much.

You can do what fits in the moment — strength that becomes visible in the now.

You are so busy that nobody can reach you, not even yourself.

Pause in the middle of the activity today and ask whether you still want it.

In the moment you know what to do and can say it straight away.

You think the spontaneous clarity to pieces and talk yourself out of it.

Say an impulse out loud today before you examine it.

You can manage means and see to it that there is enough for everyone.

Managing turns into ruling, and sharing into a claim.

Ask today what is needed before you decide how it gets distributed.

You can say unusual things understandably — from the flash to the explanation.

Said at the wrong time you seem odd, and you take the others for slow.

Wait until somebody asks — and answer in one sentence.

You can live with an open question until it clears up by itself.

Thinking becomes a loop in which the same question never comes to rest.

Note down the question that occupies you and put the paper away until tomorrow.

You can grow through being shaken, and lead others into something.

You look for the shock and hit people harder than you meant to.

Before a push, ask yourself: is this about the matter — or about holding my own?

You recognize what is possible and can win others over to it.

You stretch the truth until the deal fits, and are the last to notice.

Check your next promise sentence by sentence for whether it is true.

You care for others and keep the values that hold a community together.

You take on responsibility nobody asked for and wear yourself out on it.

Ask today whether your care is wanted before you give it.

You fight for what gives you meaning and hold out longer than most.

You fight for the sake of fighting and find yourself opponents where there are none.

Say out loud once today what you are fighting for.

You can commit yourself without knowing the ending, and find what you are looking for on the way.

You say yes to everything and land in stories that were never yours.

Agree today only once your gut has answered.

You can imagine something and bear the longing for it until it is ripe.

You mistake the imagining for the experience and race from wish to wish.

Describe one wish to yourself precisely — and do nothing about it today.

You want to get on and can tell which part of it may last.

Ambition turns into being driven, caution into the worry of losing everything.

With your next goal, ask yourself: what is left of this if it does not work out?

Strength and instinct work together in you — you know in the doing what is right.

You set off without listening to the quiet hint, and spend yourself on the wrong thing.

Listen inwardly once today before you start.

You want to experience things and can make something out of what you have lived through that helps others on.

You chase the next experience and mistake variety for fulfilment.

Tell someone about an old experience today instead of looking for a new one.

You can put yourself in and get something back — community as an agreement.

You keep giving although nothing comes back, and then withdraw hurt.

Say today what you need in return.

You set moods in motion and can show what is missing right now.

You provoke to get a reaction, and make your mood the measure of things.

Before the next sharp remark, ask yourself: am I looking for clarity or for attention?

You can close circles and know that a beginning needs its time.

You begin without finishing — or hold on to something that has long since ripened.

Look today at which circle of yours is still open, and close it.

Out of apparent muddle a picture forms in you over time.

You want to force the meaning and take the confusion for your own failure.

Let an unclear picture stand today and look again in a week.