Title: The Complete Book of Numerology: Discovering the
Inner Self
Author: Phillips, David A. Ph.D
Call Number: 133.335 P558C 2012
Subjects: Numerology
ISBN: 9781401907273
Number of Pages: 271
Book Description
(from the back cover of the book):
To the conventional
scientist, numbers are merely symbols of comparative quantities, but in the
broader, metaphysical sense, they assume a deeper, more profound significance.
The
Complete Book of Numerology reveals the underlying meaning behind the numbers
in your life and enables you to understand the connection between your
numerological patterns and your degree of abundance, health, and general
well-being.
Overall,
delving into the world of numbers will provide you with a simple and accurate
way to decipher your experiences in the same manner that a road map helps you
navigate a route that you haven’t previously traveled.
My Read:
From the
beginning of the book, the author states the purpose of the Numerology: to help
a person to discover who she really is, how a person can further improve and
understand her life, to assist a person to relate better to other people,
maintain good health and live a thoroughly loving life (page 3). I do believe
that there must be some purpose and mission in a person’s given life. How do I
know this? Or is there any proof of such assumption? My believed proof comes
from daily life. Whenever I read an article or a story about some good deeds
done by certain people I felt touched as if something stroke my invisible
chord.
The author
says there are 3 aspects of Self: Basic Self, Conscious Self, and High Self.
Basic Self comes from the expression of our five physical senses. Conscious
Self is the home of our thoughts and attitudes; it is the domain of memory,
creativity and idealism (page 10). High Self is our highest form of expression,
the essence of sensitivity and feeling. It includes our moral virtues,
philosophical ideas and spiritual values (page 11). The mention and description
of the 3 Selfs remind me of elements of who we are: body, mind, and spirit and
the difference of individual values: materials (money, power, fame), spiritual
pursuit (personal), and altruism(humanity).
Out of
curiosity, I used the instructions the author provides in the book to exercise
my own chart. The discovery? It’s intriguing to compare what’d happened with
what the numbers say about me and my life. What the book and the messages from
the book mean to me is that life is full of challenges and, at the same time,
opportunities. To those who are unaware, challenges mean frustration, sadness,
depression, and failures. Yet to those who are aware and appreciative,
opportunities come from plenty of aspects of life. At facing difficult time and
years, the unaware feel stuck, dragged, and, despondent. Dealing with the
similar dilemma, the aware and courageous ones become keen students. They don’t
give up too soon or find excuses; instead they become fighters and some,
leaders. I do believe that mindset rules and attitude defines delicacy of who a
person represents.
Personally
I appreciate what the author says at the end of the book. He further says:
“None of us is born perfect. Hence our purpose here is to evolve toward
perfection. We definitely have a choice-to grow a little each lifetime or to
stay here and get it all done, making the very best of what we have…but
remember as we travel, it’s not the way the wind is blowing that determines our
progress-over that we have no control; progress is only achieved by the way we
set our sails.” (page 268-269)
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