Gate 20: The Now

Gate 20, The Now, sits in the Throat centre. Living in the present moment.

Living in the present moment. Your awareness is a gift when you're not overthinking the now.

Located in the Throat center.

Channels

  • Gate 20
  • Gate 20
  • Gate 20

The six lines

Line 1: Investigator

You investigate the nature of present-moment awareness, building a deep understanding of what it means to truly be in the now.

Line 2: Hermit

You have a natural gift for being fully present, embodying a quality of awareness that magnetizes others without any effort on your part.

Line 3: Martyr

You learn to live in the present through repeated experiences, discovering what now-ness actually feels like by contrasting it with distraction.

Line 4: Opportunist

You express your present-moment awareness through your relationships, bringing others into the now through your social connections.

Line 5: Heretic

You are projected upon as someone who can teach others to be present, called to offer practical and universally applicable awareness.

Line 6: Role Model

You develop a wise embodiment of present-moment awareness after years of oscillating between presence and distraction, eventually modeling what it means to truly be here.