SimplyNumbers

Discovering A Life That Matters

Your Destiny Number can guide you toward living a life that really matters to you. As a tool to understand your life experiences, your Destiny Number describes ways in which you can best live in order to live up to your fullest potential. We all have life changing experiences we will pass through. Your own experiences will help to shape the person you will become.

The Destiny number describes those situations, actions and decisions you really are compelled to choose for growth in your life. It's about following your heart and believing in your inner dreams.

At first, others may more clearly see which decisions are best for you. Consider their wisdom carefully. However, the decision on how you want live your life is always up to you. But, sometimes those close to us can easily identify strengths within us, which we cannot yet see. Your choices and possibilities are limitless. Know that the knowledge that comes from living up to your Destiny Number can be vital toward pursuing your personal growth.

In Numerology, we use a letter chart to convert our names to a corresponding number. To Calculate your Destiny Number you will simply add up all of the letters in your birth name (or a nickname if you choose). The resulting number is then reduced to a single digit, by adding together its own numbers:

A, J, S = 1
B, K, T = 2
C, L, U = 3
D, M, V = 4
E, N, W = 5
F, O, X = 6
G, P, Y = 7
H, Q, Z = 8
I, R = 9

Example:
Paris Hilton : 7 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 8 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 5 = 60
(6 + 0) = 6

Now, if you also had a Destiny Number 6 like Paris, you would try to keep in mind how your time spent working or just having fun helps to make you feel more confident. For someone with a Destiny Number 6 this might be finding ways to help others connect and find joy in their own lives. When you are younger this might be through volunteer work with a group of close friends. Later in life you may feel compelled to be part a strong part of your community by contributing your time to local schools, hospitals or other community organizations.

Destiny Numbers - Brief Descriptions
Destiny 1:
You'll feel confident when you are: Being inventive or creative, Guiding, Leading, Challenging others
You'll feel challenged when you are: Giving up, Over confident, Domineering, Controlling, Hiding

Destiny 2:
You'll feel confident when you are: Compassionate, Caring, Honest, Receptive, Social, Giving
You'll feel challenged when you are: Feeling isolated, Cut off, Being manipulative, Wavering, Depressed, Chaotic

Destiny 3:
You'll feel confident when you are: Social, Optimistic, Creative, Gregarious, Fun, Caring, Worldly
You'll feel challenged when you are: Domineering, Gossipy, Bragging, Controlling, Manipulative

Destiny 4:
You'll feel confident when you are: Persistent, Loyal, Dependable, Controlled, Determined, Practical
You'll feel challenged when you are: Angry, Heated, Domineering, Fear based, Resistant, Moody, Closed

Destiny 5:
You'll feel confident when you are: Exploring, Curious, Inventive, Discovering, Traveling, Finding your voice
You'll feel challenged when you are: Greedy, Frugal, Coveting, Feeling Stressed, Temperamental, Bored, Uncaring

Destiny 6:
You'll feel confident when you are: Warm, Hospitable, Caring, Parenting, Helping, Concerned
You'll feel challenged when you are: Selfish, Uncaring, Pessimistic, Closed, Mean, Angry, Cold

Destiny 7:
You'll feel confident when you are: Utilizing your intuition, Living Spiritually, Honest, Caring, Having faith
You'll feel challenged when you are: Isolated, Dogmatic, Isolated, Apathetic, Closed, Lost, Angry

Destiny 8:
You'll feel confident when you are: Expressing your authority, persistent, courageous, honest, dedicated
You'll feel challenged when you are: Domineering, Greedy, Manipulative, Dishonest, Disloyal

Destiny 9:
You'll feel confident when you are: Sympathetic, Compassionate, Inspiring, Caring, Determined
You'll feel challenged when you are: Critical, Angry, Manipulative, Bitter, Compulsive

How to Go for Something With All Your Heart

[From Oprah.com -- By James B. Meigs]

"Today everything is "extreme," adrenaline is the sought-after high, and risk—especially the risk of serious injury—is celebrated as an end in itself. Yet if you talk to rock climbers, surfers, explorers, and the like, they don't mention adrenaline rushes. And aside from a bit of black humor, they usually don't say much about the risks they face.

What they do talk about—to the extent that one can find words for these things—is the much deeper, almost spiritual role that these pursuits have in their lives."

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/How-to-Live-Adventurously-Live-More-Fully#ixzz1UlqHvVJf

Waiting For Opportunity

What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live / with your self-respect alive and growing. ~ Maxwell Maltz


The above quote speaks about having both the ability to act, and the ability to step out of your comfort zone. You might not necessarily step all the way out of your fear, but you’ll be able to take advantage of your opportunity as you push open your own doorways. We all have moments when we realize that if we don’t take action, nobody else will.

What are you acting on right now? It doesn’t have to be world changing, only something that helps you to take a step toward being the you, that you want to be. It might seem like a small thing right now, but you might look back and smile at the courage and tenacity that helped you to stand firm, and make a decision that helped your life to unfold along a new path.

We’re almost at the halfway point for the year. 2011 is a year that requires us to be practical, but also calls for us to listen to our hearts. Are you listening? Are you living your life in a meaningful and purposeful way? Numerologically, 2011 can provide time for you to more deeply evaluate where you are in all areas of your life. Are you opening the doors to progress that present themselves to you? Are you seeking out new challenges?

Although, it may be important to take a rational and balanced view of your aspirations, it’s also important to look within and ask yourself about how you are meeting the needs of your heart. Again, are you listening to your heart? You heart is simply calling for changes that can help you to push past obstacles, and into new opportunities. Are you ready?


Good questions to ask at this time:

• How might my heart be offering important wisdom and guidance?
• What have I been waiting to start in my life?
• What has my heart been calling for?
• What have I been afraid or unable to step into?

Quote ~ Gail Devers

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. ~ Gail Devers

Numerology of April 4th

Monday, April 4th provides an opportunity for triple 4’s to come into all of our lives. I’ve written about working with reappearing numbers (specifically numbers like 111 and 444) that regularly reappear in your life. See here and here. If you've been seeing 444's in your life, then today can be an especially invigorating and powerful day for you. Although, it can provide opportunities for finding personal balance for everyone.

Numerologically, the 4 is a strong counterbalance to the dynamic and creative energy of the 1. The number 4 generally relates to being centering, grounded, down-to-earth, reliable and structured. In the Tarot, the Emperor is the 4th card and it can represent authority, discipline and reason. If you're familiar with the Tarot, you may wish to reflect on it, especially on the 4th.

Consider a brief example of the contrasting personalities that these numbers can influence, but realize that there are of course many circumstances, themes and energies at play within all of our lives. The individual with a strong 1 dynamic is willing to get up early, go out and do all the chores and finish the shopping for dinner. The individual with the strong 4 dynamic is still willing to do those things, but recognizes that someone needs to do the cleaning, cook the food and pay the bills. People living under the influence of the number 1 can be more outward directed, while those living under the number 4 can be more inward and centered.

In order to better understand the power and influence of these numbers in your own life, you may wish to review your Core Numbers to get a better understanding of your own Numeroligical makeup. Specifically, you will wish to focus on your Life Path as the challenges and opportunities that are currently showing up can be helping, or hindering, you to answer its call.

April 4th can provide you the opportunity to look at your life in a balanced, simple and practical way. What have you been holding off? Which areas of your life lack balance and support? Is there an important dream that is calling to be fulfilled? The dynamics of the 4 can help you to focus on answering these questions, and allow you to look at how you might continue working toward accomplishing your goals in a realistic, focused and balanced way.

Allow yourself to ask the questions above, but don't feel pressured into completely answering them yet. It may take time for your full answers to unfold. You may have many more questions of your own. You might also be feeling as if it's challenging to make certain changes in your life, but with patience and dedication you can begin taking small steps. You can “dream”, but you also need to keep your feet on the ground and live in the life that you have built.

Now is the time to evaluate how you can become more involved, active and engaged in your life, both inwardly and outwardly. Your evaluation can be best focused on activities and pursuits that allow you to feel that your life has meaning and value. Be aware of the practicalities and logistics, as you think about your life and the changes you might like to make. This may not be the time for jumping from A to Z, but rather finding a way to navigate from A to B, to C, and eventually to Z. Your desires are important, but so is finding a way to fulfill your daily needs and obligations.

At this time, you may feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, so it may be necessary to find ways to delegate some of your responsibilities. It may be time to look for ways to seek for assistance from others. Finding outside help and support can allow you to focus on your central priorities. You may also need to find a way to bring better balance into your life by finding a better split between your outer and inner life. Developing a personal practice, such as journaling or meditation, can help you to develop a deeper inner life and help you to feel more grounded, and help to reduce any stress or burden that you may feel.

Good questions to contemplate today:

• What achievements have I been holding off?
• How can I be a guide or teacher to others?
• Where can I find support from others?
• What is my road map for the future?
• What brings peace into my life? (How can I have more of it?)
• Do I feel grounded and centered?
• How can I ask for the help that I need?
• What am I willing to do to develop an inner life?

 

International Women's Day

Today, March 8th, marks the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. It's is observed around the world, and celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women of today and the past.

Moving beyond limitations

What limits you? What help do you need? What help do you already have? What issues hold you back?  Many issues, such as jealousy, doubt, time, or money can creep up and cause trouble for us, but all can be handled if you’re willing to put in the time and effort to overcome them.

For many of us, the thing that holds us back is a desire for instant gratification. We want it now! We’re jealous of our friends with the fancy car or important sounding job. Somehow we get stuck in a belief that we can’t have what they have. We wallow in pity. We could find a way to shift our lives and try something different, but may be unwilling to do so.

Malcom Gladwell, in his book “Outliers: The Story of Success” relates to us that in order to truly excel at any particular craft or endeavor you need dedicate time to practice and learn. Gladwell, says that the time needed to become an expert is about 10,000 hours of experience. The book talks about various people, including Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and also discusses how they were in “the right place and the right time” and were able to spend their time practicing and developing their craft. For instance, Bill Gates was able to get access, which was very hard to get at the time, to a mainframe as a teenager.

Gladwell discusses the ingredients for success, and notes that while IQ is certainly a contributor, it’s not necessarily the most important. Other things, some of which may be obvious, are important as well. Some of the contributors discussed are tenacity, culture, and time of birth. As an example of “timing”, Bill Gates was able to get critical access to a computer system that would have been impossible just a few years before, and unlike many other teens his own age, he was had the materials/equipment he needed and was able to dedicate the time to develop his computer skills.

What this means is that if you want to be great, is that on a very basic level you need to put in the time and effort. However, the process to becoming successful is more than just putting in the time. It’s also about passion and desire. It’s no use training to be a veterinarian if you are don’t like, or are afraid of animals. What are you passionate about? Share that with the world.

If you’re feeling stuck, one way to share your passion with others, and become better recognized, is by volunteering. Volunteering has many benefits, one of which is that you get to do what you love and help others at the same time! You can be a mentor to someone else and help get them started on their own path.

Changing your beliefs

You may been in situation where nagging doubt made making a decision seem difficult, impossible, or useless. Many of us have these limiting beliefs. Trouble arises when we give into them, and give up and let the beliefs proliferate. There is a way to work with them. By evaluating the limiting belief and asking a few simple questions, you may be able to change it, or lessen its power over you.

Questions to ask about your beliefs:

• How long have you had this belief?
• Who/Where did the belief come from?
• Do you think others have similar beliefs?
• How might have this belief been beneficial to you?
• How has this belief limited my pursuit of your aspirations.
• How has this belief encouraged my pursuit of your aspirations?
• Do you agree with the belief?
• Does the belief accurately represent you?
• Are you willing to let it go?

Be careful to take all the time that you need to answer the questions. Don't feel pressure to answer all of the questions in one sitting. Have compassion for yourself, and allow yourself to experience any difficult feelings that occur when you're thinking about your answers. This process isn't about assigning fault or blame, rather it's about shining a light on your beliefs, so that you can lessen their strength in your life.

When you're ready, you can consider the emotions or feelings that arise when you actually have the experience of the limiting belief. What happens when it shows up? Describe your state in as detailed a manner as you can. For many of us, the feelings that we experience around our limiting beliefs can be powerful and visceral. I remember getting tense, feeling angry and agitated, and wanting to smash something when I experienced a particular belief around not knowing enough. This was very strong when I was in college. It always seemed like I had to cram more information in. Over time, I’ve learned to accept that I can’t and don’t need to know everything. And, in some way the belief has kept me curious and wanting to know more.

Finally, imagine yourself free of this belief. Breathe out and let it go. You can imagine a ballon, with the belief inside, floating away. What would your life really be like without it? Who would be in your life? Where would you be living? How do you feel? Again, be as detailed as you can. You may want to write down your vision, and visualize it as well. Spend a few minutes, or longer, visualizing your life when you no longer have this limiting belief. Don’t just describe how you will feel, feel it in your body now. Feel the changes that have occurred!

You can work with each limiting belief you have in this way. As you evaluate your beliefs, their hold on your life will reduce and you’ll be able to live your life on your terms. For longer held beliefs it may take more time and effort, but the rewards are worth it. You may also wish to seek outside assistance, such as a peer group, therapist or counselor.

Anger and creating the life you want

We've all reached a point when our efforts seem fruitless. You may want to scream out in agony and give up, move on and forget about whatever you were trying to achieve. Or, you may feel so angry and outraged that you want to smash whatever object is in front of you at the moment.

When you are caught up in anger, you're paying so much attention to the anger that it's easy to be completely disconnected from the world around you. Your focus narrows, and you may only be able to see the problem (or a small part of it). Possible solutions evade you, as anger draws you into a circumstance that feels isolated, closed, uncontrollable and stagnating. You feel alone. Nobody else has this problem. Your anger separates you from yourself and the rest of the world. However, by learning to allow yourself to see your emotional reactions clearly, you can be better able to see how restricting and damaging anger can be.

Ideally, you will want to find a way to notice your anger and the reactions surrounding it. Think or your anger as a warning sign that you're about to veer off your path. See how it typically tends to come up. Notice how you feel when it does come up. Also, notice how often you feel unfulfilled or dissatisfied when it shows up. Finally, notice whether your first tendency is to express or withhold it.

You're angry for a reason. Anger is not always a "bad" emotion to experience. In some cases anger is beneficial. If we are being taken advantage of then anger can motivate us to take action to correct the situation. If you are veering away from your desired life, then anger can serve as a warning to reverse course and find a way to lead a life that matters and resonates with your heart.

Some questions that might be helpful:

• What do I typically do when I am angry?
• Do I typically hide or stuff my anger inside?
• Do I let others know when I am angry?
• Do I shrink away from the anger of others?
• Am I aware of how my anger is triggered?

The Universal theme for 2011 is one of responsibility and practicality. Overall, you will wanting to be finding a way to constructively harness any upset or anger about your current circumstance to help you make healthy and vital changes in your life, especially those changes that you may have been thinking about for a long time.

I can work with you to look at your Core Numbers and Numerology chart to see where you can be best focusing your energies to live up to your potential. These tools can often provide guidance that leads back to strengths and talents that you've ignored or forgotten about. Contact me if you're ready for a reading.

Jean Houston on Spirituality and waking up

"Many of the spiritual teachers of the world have likened our lives to 'a sleep and a forgetting.' The mystic path is predicated on awakening, on going off robot and abandoning lackluster passivity to engage co-creation with vigor, attention, focus, and radiance, characteristics we might note we often find in our animal friends." ~ Jean Houston, Spirituality and the Meaning of Mysticism for Our Time

These words from Jean Houston are extremely potent. They are more than mere words, but really a call to open up to your full potential. She, along with many others like Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Wayne Dyer, sees so much potential for the world collectively. 

Her words encourage and urge us to look within and bring out out very best. She would urge that now is the time to help facilitate change and foster growth and healing for ourselves, our communities and the world at large. And, what other time do we really have than Now?

What is it that you are waiting to do? How are you trying to be of service? What is holding you back? Do you believe that there is no true calling for your abilities? I would call upon you to reflect on any "inner calling" as a true spiritual calling that really needs to be answered. Placing your vision or dream on hold not only denies possibilities to you, but it prevents an unfolding that may benefit the world in ways that you cannot see or guess.

"So how can we birth this miracle within ourselves? How can we foster our natural birthright of spiritual presence?" ~ Jean Houston

How can you take the next step? How can you take a moment to "step aside" and allow for your life to unfold in new and meaningful ways? It might be that you begin to seek out others who are actively following and living in a way that is a real expression of your inner calling. It might be that you begin to make the time to really begin to act on your inner calling in some small, but still important, ways.

This process is really about understanding the importance of finding meaning within your life. When you deny yourself to even listen to your inner needs, that is when life becomes dull and colorless. Whether you understand the words of Jean Houston, or not, I would urge you to wonder "what if"? What if you live and act as if your desire has value and is meaningful?