{"id":31469,"date":"2025-01-29T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humandesign-berufsberatung.de\/human-design-the-meaning-of-your-life\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:51:11","slug":"human-design-the-meaning-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humandesign-berufsberatung.de\/en\/human-design-the-meaning-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Design and the Meaning of Your Life \u2013 Freedom or Limitation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Do the answers that Human Design provides about the meaning of life tend to restrict us or do they give us a benefit? This question has occupied me for half my life. In this blog post, I take a critical look at the question of meaning with the help of Human Design. Let yourself be inspired and form your own opinion.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span>Who is to be believed, honest friend, I can tell you: Believe life; it teaches better than speakers and books. &#8211; Wilhelm Busch<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Human Design: A framework for more orientation?<\/h2>\n<p>In a highly complex world, we often look for structure in order to gain security. Systems such as Human Design provide orientation and help us to better understand our own identity. Many people hope that human design will provide answers to life&#8217;s big questions, especially in uncertain phases of life or when choosing a career. But how helpful are these answers really? Do we really understand our identity or do we identify with something we only seem to be?    <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Vitality or limitation by Human Design?<\/h2>\n<p>I keep asking myself the critical question: Is Human Design &#8211; especially the interpretation of the life task via the <a href=\"https:\/\/humandesign-berufsberatung.de\/en\/incarnation-cross-human-design\/\">incarnation cross<\/a> &#8211; a help or a restriction? Does Human Design give us security, or does it prevent us from opening up to life in all its spontaneity? Perhaps there is no need for a system if we trust that life will naturally lead us in a direction of natural unfolding.  <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>The Human Design book \u201cThe Book of Destinies&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YErij4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Destinies*<\/a> by Chetan Parkyn and Carola Eastwood* describes <a href=\"https:\/\/humandesign-berufsberatung.de\/en\/incarnation-cross-human-design\/\">192 incarnation crosses<\/a>, which are said to provide insight into a person\u2019s purpose. These crosses are said to influence our nature from birth. Although I regard this Human Design book as a valuable source of inspiration, the question remains:<br \/>Do we really need a predefined meaning of life? Or is this search rather an expression of our mistrust in life itself?   <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Questions you can ask yourself:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; What sense does it make for me to ask about the meaning of life?<br \/>&#8211; Is the meaning of life given to me from the outside?<br \/>&#8211; Is life itself perhaps the highest purpose?<br \/>&#8211; Is a purpose in life necessary to live a fulfilled life?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Science vs. the question of meaning<\/h2>\n<p>From a scientific point of view, the question of the meaning of life is irrelevant. Science describes and explains phenomena without assigning meaning to them. However, every scientific process requires a subjective observer. Therefore, science can never be completely objective.   <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>An alternative view: Live sensually, not sensibly<\/h2>\n<p>Therapist <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4hxKiap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Ruppert*<\/a> has a clear opinion: it is not necessary to display a meaning to life from the outside. It is more important to experience life sensually instead of subjecting it to a greater purpose. The constant search for a \u201cuseful\u201d life can even make you sad, because it often means submitting to the purposes of others. Instead: Just make yourself useless! Enjoy life in its fullness.    <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThere is no mental interpretation of the whole.\u201d &#8211; Jean Baudrillard<o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>My conclusion: between structure and freedom<\/h2>\n<p>I will not throw the Human Design book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YErij4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Destinies*<\/a> in the garbage can, just like my other Human Design books. I appreciate the wisdom that Human Design brings. But in my coaching sessions in particular, I consciously ask questions that focus on people&#8217;s inner world &#8211; without consulting a system. 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