My Approach
When first introduced to Numerology it was described to me as
“The philosophy of Numbers.” I beg to differ: it is so much more than that.
It is an outlook on life. It is an approach that sees the Universe and everything in it as one organic whole, in which everything is energy manifested in a different form, with different vibrations and density. Numbers are abstract concepts — “name tags” used to differentiate between the different kinds of energies at work in our universe.
Whether you are a religious person who believes in the story of creation verbatim, or you view it as a metaphor, it provides the basis for Numerology, particularly Kabbalistic Numerology —
The Universe was created by utterances, by using words: “Let there be light – and there was light”.
Words are combinations of letters with corresponding energetic-numerical value, and each combination of letters/numbers/energies creates something unique. Therefore, any sequence of letters or numbers (for example – your date of birth, your name, etc) has an energetic fingerprint.
All of creation is energy – manifested in different forms, with a different vibration. Energy cannot just disappear. The physical aspect of our being (our physical body) may disintegrate when we die, become part of the organic fabric of the earth (like any animal or plant), but the spiritual part, our awareness, does not go away. We come back, “recycle” in a different form, different place, different situation. The assumption in Numerology is that the universe is a whole organic entity, that, much like the human body – works in synchronicity, where everything has its time and place, there are rules of operations in it, and that nothing is really random (even though we don’t always see the pattern and it can look chaotic).
Since nothing in the universe is created with the purpose of self-destructing, the human trajectory as a species is that of elevating the vibrations towards a higher, more aware, more spiritual level of existence. Coming back over and over again, then, is for the purpose of improving ourselves, self-correcting. What we bring with us energetically, therefore, is there to help us in doing so, like a personal “tool chest.” Recognizing the tools helps us to realize the task we have decided to undertake
this time around (in the same way that a plumber would have a wrench in his tool bag rather than a doctor’s stethoscope if he is there to fix a leak).
If our soul (or “higher awareness”) knows it is coming here to amend certain things, it would pick its tools very carefully, so as to optimize success. Those tools, according to Numerology, are your chosen date of birth, the place (social, economic, and geographic environment) that would best serve that purpose, the name (yes, we choose that, too…) and the parents we choose
to be born to (whether to provide the challenges we need to overcome or to help working through other challenges).
But if everything is “preplanned” for us, do we have a choice at all in what happens to us?
Yes, we do. Having the tools does not necessarily mean we’ll use them correctly- or use them at all. If we do, though, we will experience a sense of fulfillment at the deepest level, a peaceful harmony, a feeling of deep satisfaction that we are doing what we came here to do and doing it well. Once we have corrected certain things in ourselves – we can move on up a level, to a better “us”, a more elevated, aware existence— and will no longer have to deal with that challenge in our future “visits.”