THE SPLEEN AUTHORITY

"Instant Decisions" 

This is your strategy if the Spleen is defined and the Emo­tions and Sacral are undefined.

Your correct decisions are made in the blink of an eye.

You are designed to seize the "now," deciding instantaneously, without hesitation.

It is a snap decision in every sense.

If an Emotional Authority is based on watching the entire movie and experiencing the drama's ups and downs, the Spleen Authority is all about being decisive in a freeze-frame, snapshot moment.

This might seem like a frighteningly rash process, but it's the only way your deci­sions can be trusted.

This is because your intuition senses whether something sounds right or wrong, genuine or insincere.

Your instinct senses whether some­thing smells fine or fishy.

Your taste knows whether something is suit­able, whether it be food or "tasteful" people or surroundings.

All these senses view the end result in an instant and alert you in a split second.

The process can be impressive when you learn to trust it!

You either pay attention to your lightning-quick authority or let the moment pass ­and your fortunes with it.

If you find yourself hesitating or pondering, you've disappeared into the Mind and are not being true to your nature.

This then is not the time to make a decision.

Spleen impulses come only once and you either live by them or ignore them.

There is nothing to think about!

The use of this authority may well alarm others around you. "Take your time. Think about it," they will urge.

Don't listen to them.

Stick to your guns.

Your snap decision is not ill considered or impatient… it's right for you.

So trust this reliable Zen-like "now" process.

You cannot afford to base a decision on a past premise or a future reckoning.

With this authority, your senses are naturally sharp.

It can mean something as simple as walking into a restaurant and finding its noise, smells, or decor jarring to your inner being.

Take the following real-life case when the Spleen Authority was seen in action:

* A friend had booked a table at a well known restaurant in Santa Barbara, California.

He and his girlfriend sat down and he started to scan the menu.

He looked up and his girlfriend was scanning the room, looking distracted and bothered.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I don't like it here. Can we leave?" she said.

"But we've only just sat down!"

"I know, but something's not right.

It's the ambience and I don't like the smell," she said.

And with that, they got up and left and went elsewhere.

Here the Spleen Authority’s inner radar had been scanning the envi­ronment and alerting her that it wasn't right for her.

Had she ignored that alert or been swayed by her boyfriend's insistence on staying, then the chances are that the night would have been grim, possibly ending in an argument or food poisoning.

Her Spleen had given its signal to exit an environment it had deemed unhealthy for her sense of well being.

Be alert for that feeling that something is wrong or right.

Out of the three awareness centers, the Spleen is the quietest of them all, almost whispering its decisions.

So wherever you go, whomever you meet, and whatever offer is put before you, keep an ear peeled and a nostril flared for that inner radar.

Let's not forget that the Spleen's hunches also point out who and what is right to pursue.

"I smell money in this venture yes!" or "That sounds right to me!" or "This cheap bottle of wine tastes fantastic!"

There is noth­ing necessarily reasonable about following your nose, something sound­ing right or something seeming tasteful, yet there is an irrefutable reliability about these senses as they instantly indicate whether you're on the right track in life.

~ Chetan Parkyn - Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be.