The Not-Self is the state in which a human being is operating according to conditioning rather than their authentic design mechanics. When the mind takes over decision-making — when mental strategies, fears, beliefs, and conditioning substitute for the body's true Inner Authority — the vehicle is living as the Not-Self. The Not-Self Mind is the internal voice of this conditioning: the set of patterns, justifications, and mental strategies generated by the conditioned, open Centers that have absorbed and identified with others' energies. Each of the 4 Types has a specific Not-Self theme — the emotional signal that indicates the vehicle is not living correctly: Generator (Frustration), Manifesting Generator (Frustration), Manifestor (Anger), Projector (Bitterness), Reflector (Disappointment). Ra Uru Hu taught that recognizing the Not-Self — and understanding that it is the result of conditioning, not of one's true nature — is the beginning of deconditioning and the return to correct, authentic living.