> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.isaacbowen.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.isaacbowen.com/profile/human-design/advanced/variables.md). # Variables {% hint style="info" %} All content here is from [mybodygraph.com](https://mybodygraph.com) 1988-12-16 · 3:14pm · Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States {% endhint %} *** ## What are Variables? *‘Variable is to Awareness, what Type is to Form’* — Ra Uru Hu Through the practice of Strategy and Inner Authority, there is the potential to experience life in a way that is correct for each of us. When you look at Variables, this shows your potential to experience individuated consciousness. That is, your specific potential to experience self-awareness, your experience of consciousness while in form. Everyone has a unique set of four Variables, each of which offers specific information about how we take in and absorb nutrition and digest life, how to recognize our path in life, how we see the world around us, and how we communicate effectively with others. ### Left and Right Variables Each variable is either left or right, which is shown by the direction of the arrows. The left or right-orientation of the variable provides you with a signpost for your unique awareness potential, based upon your particular combination of left and right variables, or variable group. By practicing your Variable, and observing your experience throughout this process, you have the potential to experience true self-awareness—your unique awareness. ### Left Variables – Left Arrow on the BodyGraph Left arrows point to awareness that is actively focused, narrow, and specific. It is awareness based on intuition and instinct, with an ability to recognize patterns. Left awareness has a concentrated focus on feeling secure or not; or, curiosity about the unknown; or is experienced as an on and off again sense of pattern recognition. ### Right Variables – Right Arrow on the BodyGraph Right arrows point to awareness that is passively absorbed, unfocused, and receptive. It is awareness based on inner recognition, feeling, or sensitivity. Right awareness has an on and off recognition of a meditative inner sight, and can be experienced as a capacity to recognize a wide range of feelings. It can also be a felt sense of acceptance of life as it is, both inside and out. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/profile/human-design/advanced/variables.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.