So … bottom line, God, X is nothing, everything and all spaces in-between … for me at any rate !!

But ego-stuff also becomes paradoxical, in that, in order to attain one-ness with the Great Spirit we seem to need to empty ourselves, yet (here is the paradox) we may only be able to do that when we have truly become ourselves. Hence Jesus too, ‘he who seeks to save his life will lose it, and he who seeks to lose his life will become saved’, or some such.

I think you hit the nail on the head with your point about different cultural methods of numerology and the comparison with different religions; there is no right or wrong religion, as it’s all down to our own individual perspective. However, there are many religions which claim to be the only true religion, when really we should also look at the alternative religions to gain a holistic view and different perspectives before we decide what works best for us as individuals…hmm, my train of thought is heading towards subjective reality, so I’ll leave it there.

Thanks for the thoughts.

I’m thinking that divination has been around since the earliest known times of our existence. The I Ching, is a divination system which predates recorded history and is the oldest of all chinese texts. Prior to ‘artificial’means of divination such as numerology, runes, tarot, the interpretation of natural phenomena such as water, the flight path of birds, cloud formations etc were probably (and still are) used.

It is considered by some that numbers speak a universal language, speaking to our deeper consciousness as symbols. The relationship between all living things can be understood through their numerical patterns - check out Naure’s Phi, or the Golden Ratio in Nature - interesting.

We use numbers in this case as a tool to discover what may or may not be reflected within us, to discover our true essence - it’s like we have been using such tools as mirrors - as a way of communicating with our highest selves. What do we see? Do we like it? Does it ‘ring true’? If we calculated someones numbers that were ‘not true’- they would check them against their internal system, they would have a knowing beyond the mind whether there was truth being reflected in what they were reading. Also, as a complex of sub-personalities, there are all archetypes of all numbers within us, yet some seem to be stronger than others, giving us different personality traits, different desires, motivations. Why is this? Interesting question.

I sometimes ponder the ‘accuracy’ of numerology and question whether we see what we wish to see (especially when our ego/mind is involved) and I’m sure there is some truth in that. Yet, this to me is the same as asking ‘what is real?’, ‘what is truth?’, ‘what is the meaning of life?’ As I suspect you ‘know’ there is perhaps no truth that the mind can fathom because the mind is limited by its form. This is how purpose, as you suggest, is actually experience of the now, experiencing and being the energy/consciousness that we are, channelled and experienced through our form - so perhaps our primary purpose is not to ‘know’at all, but to BE.

However, we are human so part of our life’s mission is perhaps to come to know who we are, who we are not and make the most of this limitation of being human (I mean limitation in the sense that our energy vibration is experienced with boundary so we can experience what form is).

Numerology is a tool that enables us to reflect on our human condition, to know who we are, who we are not, and to bring ourselves in greater alignment and balance. Your reflections tell me that in this case, numerology has served its purpose, here in this moment of time, to remind you of the wisdom that you are, which transcends all form, and all tools.

Different cultures/parts of the world will have tools that reflect their outerworld, their own expression of time & date. The chinese I believe assign different meanings to the numbers in comparison to western (pythagorean) numerology. The Chaldean Method of numerology is cited as some to be ‘more accurate’ than the pythagorean method (I must look into it so I don’t have an opinion) but this again raises the same question about what has the most truth? My thinking is that like religion, all contain an element of truth, it’s more about what you do with that truth (or lack of it maybe).

It’s like we are looking for experiences and tools in life that reflect this truth and I suspect that whilst we are living, breathing beings, we may get a glimpse, but we will never ‘know’ this truth. It’s beyond knowing. If it helps you to come to know yourself more, and leading you to ‘be’ yourself more so you a step closer to living in peace and harmony within, it is valuable, whatever it is.

Anyway, these are my thoughts, thank you for the invitation!

As a number 11 ‘Master Visionary’ my intuition suggests that we’ll find whatever we want to find in numerology. Good luck to those who find meaning and value in numerology as a tool, but to me it seems to be too exclusive to the last few hundred years of western civilisation.

I’ve still not found my purpose in life, but I believe it must transcend the written word (or number) and that I’ll find the answer rooted in nature or emotion and not something manufactured by humankind.

I’d be interested in your thoughts.

One suggestion I would make to your Blog would be to include a contact page and an RSS feed to allow subscribing to your feed.

Great work!

Paul Piotrowski