Of all of our numbers, number one seems to carry the most ambivalent messages.
Many of us seek to reach at least oneness within ourselves, whilst many seek it with a partner. The concept of two becoming one is a part of many traditional marriage vows. Then there is the idea of a Oneness with Nature, a Oneness with God and a Oneness with humanity.
If these are our aspirations, then why do few, if any, attain them? Could it have anything to do with the conflicting functions and qualities we collectively ascribe to the number one and to the quality of ‘one-ness?
Aside from the discrete counting function attributed to all numbers, the quality of ‘one’ has a decidedly competitive and self-centred flavour throughout much of our world, where it is used mainly as an indicator of rank. Whether in a sporting context, the business world, academia, or even within a family, the drive for many is to be “number one”.
Being number ‘one’ equates to elevation above others lower down the scale of ranking, to superiority, to winning and to dominance.
There is a tendency to compare ourselves to those who are ‘number one’, often with envy and jealousy; we aspire to their position of prestige, financial reward and security – it is seen as the best place to be in the social rankings. Even in schools, children want to be awarded a ‘number one’ ribbon. No one remembers who takes second place. This highly individualistic version of the number one is totally at odds with our aspirations for genuine unity or oneness.
This competitive quality of one, based as it is upon a selfish individualism, is totally at odds to the quality of Oneness to which so many of us aspire. We have strayed far from the concepts of the ancient cultures of Egypt and of Pythagorean Greece, where number was viewed as having not only a finite, quantifying function, but also “a universal synthesising power.”
These ancient views of Number are of “…names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained,” where ‘One’ represents the Absolute, God, or unity. (1) Our modern sense of ‘one’ is as a measure, a quantity, or a ranking.
In contrast, the ancient sense of ‘one’ is a part of understanding life and our relationship with ourselves, others and with divinity. There is the intimation that Number, including the number one, is a part of the inherent process of life, not something set to one side as an adjunct and a measure of life, to which it appears completely separate and unrelated. In the ancient understanding, Number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality.
In spite of their intuitive appeal, these ancient concepts of Number seem far removed from our quantitative understanding, and are almost impossible to discern in the midst of the mental constructs imposed on Number by way of the individualistic and social ranking definitions referred to above.
Given that so many of us do have a yearning, or an aspiration, to experience Oneness and Unity, is there a way for us to bridge this gap between the ancient and the modern understanding of Number?
In my search, I have found the teachings of Universal Medicine on Esoteric Numerology to be the only bridging of number from both its modern, individualistic meaning and quantitative functions, to the understanding of Number in its ancient meaning and function.
Esoteric Numerology presents the number one as a new beginning or the start of a new cycle for a person, a group, a business, or a concept. By using and understanding Number in this way, we move away from a purely quantitative use, to an approach that incorporates Number as a part of the unfolding nature of life and of ourselves.
This seems to me to not only circumvent the imposed mental constructs on Number, but also to encourage us to view Number as integral to life, not merely a measure of it.
Considering and applying this understanding of the number one to calendar dates, to relationships, birthdays, events and projects, I have experienced a new relationship with this number and a sense of working with it to order my life within a universally endorsed rhythm. I consider this to be several steps closer to an experience of true Oneness. Certainly sharing my experiences with others relating to the number one in this way has a definite unifying effect upon us, one which is quite different to the competitive experience of striving to be ‘number one’.
What we have to date entertained as modern concepts of ‘one-ness’ have not, and cannot, deliver a life of inner and outer unity, since they separate rather than unify us. The esoteric understanding of Number must surely offer a more solid foundation upon which to base our aspirations of oneness with oneself, with a partner, with God and with Humanity.
With immeasurable appreciation of Serge Benhayon, who has resurrected the true meaning of number, allowing all of us to connect with the absolute and divine meaning.
References:
1. Sacred Geometry, Philosophy and Practice, (pg. 12) Robert Lawlor, Thames and Hudson, 1992
2. Serpent in the Sky, John Anthony West, The Theosophical Publishing House, 1993.
By Coleen
Further Reading:
The Universal Medicine New Year’s Message for 2013
The History of Sacred Esoteric Healing
Co-Creation – Liberation from Creation
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
I find it interesting that when no 1. refers to “I” the individual it stands alone ,’the loneliest number’, and yet when we know ‘One’ and embrace it as who we are it includes all of us, every One. Even as it is written on the page you can feel the expansiveness of the number ‘One’ and where every other number originates.
We like to use the word one, to be number one, to have a relationship with the one, yet our drive to be better than everyone else is also the driver that keeps us separated from ourselves and each other, yet at the same time we have a choice to stop the drive to be the best and become harmonious within, which allows us to be equally harmonious and joyful with others.
The problem is not the number 1 but the word number itself added to the number at hand. It is very different to say we are one, compared to we are the number one.
Through Esoteric numerology, and the understanding I have gained of numbers, I have experienced the magic of numbers and how much they have to communicate when we know their true meaning.
I can see how our view and use of numbers in a quantitative sense has reinforced the illusion that we and everything we can measure on Earth are separate and individual, whereas the truth is that we are all connected and the same at a soul level.
Serge Benhayon has re-introduced the ancient knowledge of Esoteric Numerology to humanity an art that we have long forgotten. To me numbers connect us to the universe and each other when they are used in their correct intention. But like most things, we have as a society I feel misinterpreted their true meaning.
There’s that saying ‘one is the loneliest number’ but this seems like a serious misunderstanding. For one to be lonely it has to be separated – there has to be something else. One is all inclusive, embracing and far reaching in truth. Perhaps it’s just that it’s a feeling we resist that makes us think we are lost when truly we have found true interconnectedness? Thank you Coleen for one beautiful blog.
Thank you for giving such a clear dichotomy on the number 1 – it seems there are two choices to make – do you want to be number 1? (i.e. the best) or – do you want to be at 1 with the world? (So, an amazing part of something incredibly grand)
The number one like many other words and numbers in our language has been reinterpreted from its original ancient meaning. Thank you Coleen for writing this beautiful blog about a beautiful number that for me means a new first step where I choose to move and live in oneness with the universe and all beings.
Numbers are very precise and accurate when understand from the Ancient Wisdom and they can teach us much about our connection with the oneness we are talking about in this blog.
Since attending Universal Medicine’s Esoteric Numerology workshop, I find this number one is bigger, wholesome and inclusive of all. I now feel numbers have a whole new meaning than before, they tell what’s going on for that person and everything, even to a number plate is appropriate for that person at that time.
Esoteric Numerology, as taught by Serge Benhayon, has opened up a whole new understanding of the beauty of numbers in every aspect of life when we understand how they are supporting us to live in alignment with the rhythms of the Universe and how they interact with each other to show where we are at in our own personal development. The symbology of what each number represents provides a perspective on why certain numbers are in our lives and what we can learn from them. Also, it makes it obvious after getting even a rudimentary understanding of Esoteric Numerology, that the current use of numbers sells humanity way short of what is there on offer to learn from numbers. How can the number One, which stands for complete unity, possibly be considered to be about just one person being better than another?
Sure Michael, we have comfortable changed the meaning of the number one to the completely opposite and turned it 180 degrees around into now meaning the one and only individual in separation while the true meaning is the one unified and united.
It is quite interesting if we just stand back from the microscope of life and look at our patterns and behaviours, we would see that we are living the total opposite. And if we just take this example of ‘One’, we can see how humanity seems to have manipulated the meaning of ‘One’ to mean something completely different to it’s origin. To me this is how we keep ourselves down and ignorant, because to live the absoluteness of the ‘One’ is too much responsibility, so we go for a comfortable life by changing the meaning of the word ‘One’
The number ‘one’ reconnects us to the Oneness of All.
If the number “one” in truth means being absolute, then it offers us that we are all whole, and need no fixing. Not surprising that number has been twisted to mean instead we are better than others. At every company I have worked for there is a drive to be number one, if that company truly understood what that meant, it would work and act with absolute integrity for the good of all.
Since I began studying and using esoteric numerology my relationship with numbers has completely transformed. I now understand number 1 as the only number and an absolute blessing this is as it reveals how ridiculous it is to strive to be it. We are all one.
When we feel that connection with ourselves oneness is inevitable, in the same way that we will all at some time return to knowing that we are deeply connected, indeed one with, God.
I love the absoluteness of numbers. Numbers do not lie, we have to distort and fudge the figures so to speak to make them present a different picture but they still do not hesitate to show the truth if we look deeper.
Esoteric numerology is truly unifying – it supports us to understand ourselves and life more clearly and deeply and to appreciate the part we play in amongst all of us – how the way we live has an effect on everyone else…
We all come from the One, are the One, and will return to the One. Are all other numbers not our own creations leading back to One?
We have reduced numbers to something so small to what they do mean. I appreciate how we have reduced the no. 1 is reduced to the one of the individual is reflected in how many of us live – it’s all about No. 1. Whereas actually each one of us holds within connection with the universe of us all as one. Interesting how crafty it is of part of us to reduce ourselves away from the grandness we hold within.
“What we have to date entertained as modern concepts of ‘one-ness’ have not, and cannot, deliver a life of inner and outer unity, since they separate rather than unify us.” It’s quite extraordinary really that the modern reinterpretation of one is so divisive and separating and yet its true meaning is unifying. One word having totally opposite meanings!
Oneness is indeed our true defining light, through which we understand that to live who we are in essence, in absoluteness, we must surrender to our interconnectedness and understand that we cannot be out true selves we are unless we are in union with our Soul, as such with God and all.
There is an absoluteness that comes with the number one, which is why there is absoluteness in oneness.
Being one, or oneness is a quality of being reflected in our movements.
Being number one is a spiritual created pattern of movement.
Our greatest aspiration is to be in Oneness, which implies no separation from anything or anyone, yet most we strive to be ‘number one’, which is separation. No wonder there is so much confusion, unrest and unhappiness in the world.
For me number one is a new starting point . Think about it when we count ( in just about ever country ) its 1,2,3, etc. So it makes sense that one is a starting point. Us from the start which is the all in one that we will return to, to live as one.
Thank you Coleen for a great blog on the temporal meaning of One and the true divine meaning of Oneness which is all encompassing of us, God and humanity.
Numbers have always interested me, not in a mathematical way in school but more what there significance might be in way of symbols. I remember noticing the digital clock strike 111 and wondering to myself why I looked up at that moment to see those numbers. Esoteric Numerology has been paramount in me understanding that life is not random but it is a series of events that can actually be read.
Well said Sarah. I also love how the power and magic that numbers hold, reveals to us that there is a deeper level of life, a natural flow that we are all intrinsically part of, and that nothing ever occurs by ‘chance’.
This is a very beautiful sharing- you show the great contrast in how we relate with ‘one’ and how this has been bastardised for self gain when it is in our natural essence to be in the oneness of brotherhood.
I love what is explored here – that we have taken the truth of oneness and turned it into something of self gain and separation. Its pretty crazy to think that we can go lifetimes ignoring the fact that oneness actually means to be at one with the all, and instead focus on being number one as being it.
Ah, but what then also of the teaching as shared by Serge Benhayon, that “we are all ‘the One’ “?
In this, is the knowing of the absoluteness of divinity that is equally within us all – no being ‘more’, no being ‘the only one’, no being ‘the best one’… and all the notions of individualism in association with the number are put to rest.
Learning about Esoteric Numerology brings a whole new understanding to numbers – and their meaning. Letters too… I guess it could bring a whole new meaning to school maths lessons too!
In the beginning there was only One, until such a time that a group of beings decided to pursue a deviation from this Oneness, and then there were two: the part that stayed (Soul) and the part that separated (spirit). And so it is our karma to live in a realm that reflects to us perpetual dualism; light/dark, day/night, male/female, Heaven/Earth etc. until such a time that we can reunite the piece of us that broke away, back with the whole it broke away from and in this live and breathe once more the true Oneness we are each in essence born from.
It is significant to feel the fire and pranic energy when using numbers eg. within a family when we want to get into a battle with our siblings, the selfish and individual one wanting our parents to look up to us instead of being and feeling equal bringing about harmony within the family. Numbers play a part and when read can assist us on our way.
I love this blog Coleen, particularly reading the ancient meaning of Number.. “…names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained,” Even your use of the term Number pronounces an other-worldly aspect to the word that we have clearly long since lost in our linear, rational approach to ‘numbers’.
I’m blown away by this blog Coleen. Esoteric Numerology has opened my eyes to the fact that numbers support us all in many ways. They are not just measurements, they are blessings, direct messages from God working in our favour at all times whether we are aware of it or not.
Esoteric Numerology as presented by Serge Benhayon is an incredibly supportive guide through life. It is not something you learn and apply from that knowledge, it is an ever-expanding, deepening practice that has no limits.
I liked very much reading this article, even though it is a discussion about the number one, it feels more to be an expose on how we as a humanity have taken something that was sacred and divine and attributed a falsity to it to create a divide in us as a brotherhood. Bringing it back to its foundation is also bringing us, humanity back to our foundation and is igniting with in many the sense that there is something more to life than what we currently live, essentially initiating “new beginnings” on a global scale.
Striving to be number one versus the oneness we can have with nature and others reminds us that even when we use the same number the way it is expressed and the context it is presented in can bring a totally different meaning. This is also a principle can be applied to all words.
Ah once again the number one has been restored to it’s humble beginning. Esoteric numerology introduced back to me the ancient teachings of what numbers signify and constantly present and support all of us with. How we use numbers now is so limited compared to the magnitude they are available.
Thank you Coleen for presenting the sacredness of numbers and how this can become a supportive part of our lives.
Our understanding of the number one has been completely bastardised becoming all about being better than others and achieving greater recognition whereas if we were to connect back to the true meaning then we would feel how it is all about letting go of the self in order to be in the flow of the universe.
There is a very ingrained tendency of being the ‘number one’ in what we do, or to choose something/someone as being our number one whatever. Yet, this way of moving through life precludes us to connect with oneness and feel its beauty and power.
Our spirit is ‘the one on the run’ from the true Oneness we are born from.
There is so much more to numbers then I thought there was, as you say Coleen. I mainly used them for ranking and in my work for doing calculations but never was aware that there is so much more to numbers as is presented in the Esoteric Numerology. Calculations now become fun because it is always interesting to read the results you get with a wider view than only the number as an outcome of the calculation being right or wrong.
Being the one means knowing oneself to be part of the oneness to begin with and then living in a way that reflects every-one that they are the one equally. When we all are eventually living as the one we will have returned to the oneness we are.
Numbers as in math always have been somehow abstract, but Serge Benhayon presents their depth, wisdom and practical relevance in daily life with a simplicity that is not abstract at all.
Thankyou Coleen, it’s been enlightening to read through your blog again today. I particularly related to this line, that “These ancient views of Number are of “…names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained,” as it brings the realisation of the totality that numbers can represent universally, and that they are part of a purpose, rhythm and ever expanding universe of which we are a part.
“Esoteric Numerology presents the number one as a new beginning or the start of a new cycle for a person, a group, a business, or a concept……” Since Serge Benhayon presented esoteric numerolgy numbers have meant so much more to me. I love the fact that the numbers cycle from one through to nine and there is always another chance to reimprint past choices. We are all the one….
Thank you Coleen for such an amazing blog and bringing awareness to ‘true oneness’ instead of the very individual and self-centred way many want to be recognised as the number one. Thanks to Serge Benhayon we have a greater understanding of numbers and how they relate to life and the evolution they constantly offer us.
And I am back for more! I have been sitting with your blog since reading it the other day and felt to come back because there was clearly more to understand and bring into my living was. Since reading it I have been much more aware of the individuality in life and the jealousy of one who stands out, stands up, stands regardless of others standing. There is comfort in groups, there is loneliness in one – yet if we live as one then there is no individuality and as one stands we all stand represented by that one.
I am so pleased to have found this blog today, It is groundbreaking and will support us to lose the individuality which is so harming and offer us a new beginning to work as One, as part of the larger One in total equalness for all.
I have always found numbers interesting, I would notice when I would glance a digital clock and it was all ones. As a teenager I wondered what sign that might be giving me. The great thing about Esoteric approach to numbers is that they are never more important than any other thing, they are to be read and felt but not held up or above the person reading them.
Important point Sarah, “….they are to be read and felt but not held up or above the person reading them.” There are far too many things we give our power away to instead of seeing them as signs to remind us of the vastness of what we bring and what we have always known.
Your ability to share number, as we currently do, and to explore the deep honest roots of number is a sharing that supports us all to step up into an integrity and grace, that number divinely offers us.
So one, with a small ‘o’ is individual and setting one against another as a misinterpretation of One, with a capital ‘O’ “where ‘One’ represents the Absolute, God, or unity.” A new beginning of a way to live with numbers.
Wow yes there is a huge difference between wanting to be number one, and being at oneness with ourselves, it’s really interesting to observe how life is set up for us to be individual and we strive to be the best at what we do, always seeking for something, and the oneness with self is really what it is, but we don’t know how to get there. Thank goodness for Universal Medicine who leads the way for us.
Thank you Coleen for great blog on numbers, The two understandings, both temporal and Esoteric are really worlds apart, true oneness incorporates the all of what is and all of us in connection. In the temporal sense it is used to be above another, better than, individual and separate. I love the truth and guidance of the cycles of the numbers 1-9 in Esoteric Numerology.
When we say we are one with ourselves or each other we are talking about a deep connection to ourselves and another that is the beginning of true brotherhood. This is the opposite to the individualism which being number one implies.
I love that numbers signify so much more than their functional uses. Knowing the richness they bring as we cycle from 1-9 again and again, each time with an expanded understanding of the opportunities that are presented is super helpful, and a great tool of communication.
When it’s put like that, there’s no debate a competition for one to be one, and all else to be forgotten, or a opportunity for a new beginning, a new cycle – the later feels full, inclusive and offers a whole new perspective and possibility, while the former fills pinched, to a point and gone quickly. We lose so much in our understanding of numbers when we go for this pinched view, we miss out on the wholeness and the rich symbology they offer, and we miss the understanding that we are part of the all, the oneness.
Have to throw this ‘one’ in… where does zero stand in the pecking order? Is it nothing and the bottom of the heap? Is it the formlessness from which everything derives and therefore everything? It is a key component in the binary language that is the building block for our modern IT and equal to 1 in that. And it’s a perfect circle – spherical in its expression much like life. Not one to forget…
Beautifully said Coleen – New beginnings apply to everyone equally. Esoteric Numerology has changed my understanding of numbers and made them all a naturally intricate and healing part of Life.
Since doing the Esoteric Numerology workshop, my relationship with numbers has completely changed. Each one number has come alive in it’s own symbolism of life and they have a very unique way of communicating with each other too. I love looking at the date now and feeling what the numbers are bringing to it.
A beautiful sharing on numbers Coleen, both the modern ‘self’ version and the ancient wisdom version; it is not rocket science to decide which version serves humanity. What you have shared about Serge Benhayon and his teachings on The Ageless Wisdom is so absolutely true;
“With immeasurable appreciation of Serge Benhayon, who has resurrected the true meaning of number, allowing all of us to connect with the absolute and divine meaning”.
there is such a Majesty and beauty that can be revealed even in something which so many people feel is so mundane… And that is, numbers… Could it be that there is so much more to so many things in this world that we just do not see, feel, and appreciate
Just reading these words brings home a connection to the truth of what truly number one means “” where ‘One’ represents the Absolute, God, or unity.” as I these words I could feel every cell in my body say yes, yes and yes this is the truth of the number one.
Number One is back to basics, starting at the beginning and allowing life to unfold. It brings us back to simple addition 1 plus 1…It returns us to One-ness – being at ease with our self and the greater One-ness that we are of. ‘One Humanity’ is a number that will be amazing to return us to – this may just call for a new beginning of unity and one-truth for all.
Getting a different relationship with numbers (especially as I spend most of my working life dealing with in my Accountancy practice) has been an enriching experience. Numbers become more meaningful, poignant, connected to other things that are also going on. This understanding provides a much richer and deeper understanding… and reflection.
The power of a number is not really something that many would give consideration to, however I have found it quite fascinating to recognize that when a number’s attributes can be applied and the correlation can be read – great meaning can arise to even the simplest of things to support a deeper understanding of both self and life not previously considered.
Whith deep understanding of what numbers are really communicating to us, we are able to have a deep understanding of ourselves and life.
I hadn’t connected that the usual meaning of the number one or numbers overall could be a very cunningly deliberate way of undermining our understanding of what numbers could otherwise show us. Esoteric numerology is very fascinating bringing back the understanding what numbers can support us with or what they are showing us in our unfoldment through life.
Thank you Coleen for a great article on numbers, I loved the presentations that Serge Benhayon gave on numbers sometime ago I remember feeling their sacredness and importance in my life, I have long since forgotten about them, only yesterday I came across my notes, thank you for bringing this important subject to my attention.
Connecting with numbers was never my thing as a youngster, but as I have begun to understand more about energy, the universe, philosophy, ageless wisdom, numbers are creating a much deeper understanding of how it all fits together and why, numbers being at the centre of them all.
I agree Coleen, numbers especially number 1 has lost its true meaning for most people. Being number 1 is championed irrespective of what cost it has on on your body to get there or how you have been with others in the process. We have taken a sacred number and then downgraded it using it in competition to rank ourselves against others, far from the concept of oneness where it is all about equality.
I have always loved the communication of numbers. It is a language that made sense more so than words. They don’t lie. They are absolute. They tell the truth. They build on each other equally. There is no comparison or jealousy. Individually different and in their style of expression but equally the same in importance. Together they tell the one story. Numbers tell about life, as it is or/and how it should be.
What I love about the wisdom of numbers is the spherical nature they all carry equally sharing different qualities of the whole. I for one love the unification and joy numbers share with us constantly.
The ancient understanding of one, as you stated the “number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality” is so far removed from the modern day understanding of one where it is all about winning and being at the top. There is nothing sacred about that at all and shows have far and how separated we have come from the original meanings of so many things in our world. I thank God for Serge Benhayon who is reconnecting us to the true meaning of so many words and numbers so that we too can again live in oneness.
The number one is the ‘beginning’, being the first is always present and absolutely loving. The number one offers in every moment, without questioning or justification, an opportunity to begin something new, a choice, an action, an awareness. We are all connected in these choices and no-one is exempt – in this we are ‘one’ unified.
My shoulders dropped, a smile came to my face and I did a little jig inside when I read this. So so so true. Thank you.
I agree Shami. Deep within we all know there is a seeking to be one with all but if there is resistance to this stance then we can bastardise it as we have done by seeking to be THE One (and only one)!
Lovely to re-read this blog. It is a great reminder of the simplicity of Oneness as compared to the modern interpretation of one that you delineate, Coleen. Very supportive.
Oneness is also connected to presence as far as I observe it in my daily life. When I am present in a situation, when I feel my physical presence, when I am present with what my partner communicates to me, … – I feel one. One with the situation, with my body, with my partner, …
I have always loved numbers, and even though I found maths difficult at school, I still used to enjoy playing around with them and seeing how they formed patterns that to me were quite magical. Thanks Coleen for shedding more light on the meaning of one and oneness. I really enjoyed reading this blog.
I remember one of my teachers saying maths was the only exam where it was possible to get 100%. All other exams have an element of interpretation. Numbers have no such ambiguity.
That’s a wonderful observation Natalie.
I have loved understanding esoteric numerology and use it every day. So much more to unfold too….
Beautifully expressed Natalie and so true 🙂
From a Universal Medicine presentation on Esoteric Numerology I have come to understand that there is much more to know and understand about the power of numbers than I ever thought. There is an ordered geometrical and numerical value supporting everything imaginable.
I agree Jeannette, I didn’t take much notice in numbers until I attended the Esoteric Numerology presentation. What I learnt about numbers was life-changing, I have never been interested in numbers but I am now feeling the power and support that numbers are constantly offering us.
Children do not naturally want to compete against others, it is a taught attitude and behaviour. Children naturally love and care for themselves and others no matter the sex, colour or creed. We have a lot to learn about our true nature from children.
Yes absolutely, with out numbers humanity would struggle. Numbers are very powerful in everyday life.
A great expose on how we have limited the interpretation of the number one and made it all about measurement and competition, rather than the all encompassing absoluteness that it truly offers us in meaning.
In so many ways, Serge Benhayon opens the doorway for us to feel , connect with ,and know, a deep and abiding connection with God for which I am profoundly grateful.
I love the way you have compared the modern and ancient perspective of what One can mean to people. It’s so interesting to see that a number that can represent unity, equality, brotherhood and the amazing one source that we are all connected to, can then have a very opposite individualistic image of being the first, the best or a one person on their own. Before attending universal medicine events the number 1 reminded me of being single and how much I wanted another person in my life to make it a 2. Now the number has such a beautiful all encompassing meaning that reminds me of the grandness we are connected to.
A second read of this blog Coleen clarifies it more for me. I agree that one was always considered the position to be , in sport, position in class at school, best friend , best at whatever we did. This only brought a feeling of failure to the rest of us, disappointment and hurt and certainly separation. One In the Esoteric Numerology we studied recently with Serge Benhayon Is so different and as you say actually brings us together in oneness, and a new beginning.
I love reading this blog and contemplating about the word One and Oneness. There is a real feeling of being ‘whole’ and ‘full’ with the word ‘oneness’ and ‘one’ can be considered part of the ‘oneness’ too… Thanks Coleen for an inspiring thought provoking blog
I never considered the term oneness to be associated with the number one, funny, but it’s so true, one is a well rounded number that is complete and found within every other number. Attending Universal Medicine Esoteric Numerology presentation I also gained a greater understanding of the power of all numbers. Now when I consider a number I see it as much more as a tool to count, and instead it becomes a feeling or a specific constellation that can be applied or used to support evolution.
Thank you Coleen, this is a great read and especially as the number one has been popping up all over the place for me lately, I can feel the freshness and new beginning in it’s meaning. What a magical science Esoteric numerology is!
Love it Natalie, and it is true – we can all be one with God, with no trying, more just being.
It is about the being-ness and it is not about the trying to be the one with God. We can all be the one with God.
I was always touched and called by the language of numbers, but until meeting Serge Benhayon, I did not know, how to approach, how to “read” and integrate it into my life. I feel there is so much more to explore. Since a year I have contact with incredible messages through numbers, but it is like I forgot to take my glasses and can’t see or read it properly. I am very much looking forward to experiencing this to be unfold in my life – as I am getting more to re-member and be familiar with the principles numbers represent in an absolute but yet alive manner.
Coleen, what a revealing and profound article about the bastardization of the connection of numbers to the occurrence in matter and our lives. “… where ‘One’ represents the Absolute, God, or unity. (1) Our modern sense of ‘one’ is as a measure, a quantity, or a ranking.” The absoluteness of numbers is untouchable and as our understanding of it not only has decreased, we have also turned it around into the opposite meaning and we have cut off any support that the universal principles naturally offer, unlimited. The ancient and universal approach to numerology, brought back to us through Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, provides the best support, to find back our ways to become one instead of a number one.
I haven’t put two and two together before, to see the strive we have in society to be the best, to be number one. Well said Coleen, in exposing this twist we’ve had with the number one and many others I’m sure.
When we all recognise that we are all the One together, then we will be able to to live harmoniously with each other.
Since been given the opportunity of learning the true meaning of numbers through esoteric numerology, I have developed a deeper awareness of myself and also use the knowledge as a great support on a day to day basis
“In the ancient understanding, Number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality.” Prior to encountering Esoteric Numerology I had come across other forms of numerology, which felt very mental and imposing. However, with the Esoteric Numerology it feels natural, integrated with life and as my connection with it deepens so my understanding grows and I am finding it a great support in daily living.
I have always been fascinated with numbers and patterns of them, however this love and true understanding of them for many is often destroyed through the teaching of maths during school years. I really enjoy the teachings of Universal Medicine on Esoteric numerology as numbers communicate much more than we’ve been led to believe as they help to make sense of ourselves, life and the cycles we live in. Thank you Coleen for a very insightful blog.
I love this – everyone is trying to be “Number 1” when we are all “The One.”
It’s a complete paradox that the Number One represents One humanity but is also used to glorify individuals. In order to switch our focus from self importance to true brotherhood we need to claim ourselves as ‘the one’ but without arrogance, and commit to contributing to the greater whole.
Interesting how the two apparent ‘purposes’ of the use of one so clearly oppose each other – one uniting in equality and the other divisive and separative.
I am reminded of an occasion a few years ago now where English people were being ribbed for using the term ‘one’ to describe themselves as in ‘one might take offence at that statement’. Not that many English people really use it this way today. However, perhaps the origins of the use of ‘one’ to describe ‘oneself’ do have a deeper more esoteric foundation in the knowing that we are indeed all one in our essence?
I love your exploration and awareness of the words number and one. Words that we accept and use on a daily basis. I often use Esoteric numerology to help me be aware of what is going on, where I am at and who I am being and why.
Esoteric Numerology has opened up a whole another world to me of enriching my life with a deeper understanding of the symbolism of numbers. It is beautiful on a daily basis now to not just see numbers as a mere figure on a page, but to feel and apply the esoteric (the inner-most) meaning to the numbers to deepen my awareness of myself and life around me.
Number 1, when in terms of competition is the sought after or glorified result. When I actually w as given a first place, nothing really changed and I didn’t feel that great anyway. I felt somewhat guilty that I had overcome my brothers and come first, being labelled as “better” at something when I knew this was not our truth. The reality of competition can’t be what is truthful, because it separates people. What is truthful therefore, is equalness.
“In the ancient understanding, Number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality.” Number is integral to life and through the presentations of Serge Benhayon I have found numbers and the truth held within them to be hugely supportive in many areas including the relationship I have with myself and with others.
Shelley same with me, there is such a tangible link between numbers and life that it sometimes amazes me how I could have gone through life oblivious to this, yet when I look back,even if I did not know what the numbers meant, the pull in my life towards what I now understand the importance of them to be, still took place. It shows that even without the knowledge of numerology the wisdom has never left us.
You bring deeper understanding to numerology, Coleen, especially to the meaning of One and Oneness. “…the ancient sense of ‘one’ is a part of understanding life and our relationship with ourselves, others and with divinity.” It reminds me of an old Japanese story about a student who couldn’t learn numbers. His teacher gave up on him and sent him away. Years past. The student come back to the teacher and said that he learned number “one”. He draw 1 on the wall…and the wall disappeared.
Coleen having just re read your article I have to say that it really is an incredible piece of writing that serves to break down the constructs that our modern use of numbers has erected over the top of life. These words in particular serve this purpose ‘by using and understanding Number in this way, we move away from a purely quantitative use, to an approach that incorporates Number as a part of the unfolding nature of life and of ourselves.This seems to me to not only circumvent the imposed mental constructs on Number, but also to encourage us to view Number as integral to life, not merely a measure of it’. Brilliant !
A very significant quote to highlight Alexis, thank you. Numbers have so much more to offer us, to evolve us when we choose to look deeper than their face value, so to speak. The science of Numerology taught by Serge Benhayon has enabled me to see the magic each day brings us in the quality of each number, present not only in the day and date, but in my female cycle, the rhythm of the month and year, so deepening and enjoying my relationship with everyday life.
Love your expression Alexis – it’s brilliant also.
Its beautiful Coleen how you match up what we live with the numbers we use every everyday. There is an intimate link so worth exploring. Working as a designer I am used to looking at the numbers visually. What you say here has me considering how our normal one symbol is linear, singular and even looks like an individual. Whereas the zero conveys true oneness to me, connection and universal cycles. Your words have inspired me to make a new beginning today to investigate numbers further.
Coleen, it is great that you have opened up this conversation. The chronological meaning of numbers is very embedded, defining an order or place. To be second or third in anything is seen as a failure and this in itself can destroy a person.
Wow! What a great blog Coleen (!) in which you clearly highlight the separation and competition of the modern use, meaning and application, of the number one. This is a clear invitation to return to the true meaning of Number in its ancient and esoteric meaning which is about unity in and with others, and unity in and with the cycle of life and nature… I for one am up for accepting the invite!
Thank you for writing about Esoteric Numerology Coleen, I would love to have studied numbers at school based on Numerology and not the mathematical equations that got me totally confused.
We have put so much importance on words that we have forgotten how much wisdom there is in using numbers and how much they can reveal about ourselves and where we are in life.
Forgetting the magic of numbers is another example of how disconnected we are from the ancient wisdom which lies dormant within each and every one of us.
Wow Coleen, thank you for sharing this insight into numerology and particularly the way in which we see the number one. There is a clear difference between the number one’s unifying and competitive aspects.
Every cycle to return to the new beginning of one is another opportunity, one which we have lived before to choose again, whether we will be the ones to all reflect the One.
Another fiery cracker of an article Coleen! You have made it very clear how far we have strayed with using language to describe anything in a way that is actually true. To understand numbers as being an integral part of the universe makes so much sense of things. Thank you!
“These ancient views of Number are of “…names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained,” where ‘One’ represents the Absolute, God, or unity. (1) Our modern sense of ‘one’ is as a measure, a quantity, or a ranking”.
When understood, there is a depth to numerology that can be felt more deeply than any word or phrase and from this depth we can know life and all its movements from a purity of knowing that is innate to us. Numerology is wisdom when connected to in truth and it is available to support each and all of us to read our own lives, situations and choices and confirm consistently that we are far more in essence than and in brotherhood or unity than our current times would have us believe.
I have always loved numbers.. yet prior to my introduction to Esoteric Numerology as presented by Serge Benhayon I did not fully appreciate nor utilise them for the strength and purpose that they actually deliver. In fact, I used them in opposite force to count when I was feeling anxious or considered myself to favour certain numbers with a sense of them, but without true understanding. Returning to the ancient knowing and understanding supports me to know and use them in truth and in support of my every day life and movements and this is something amazingly supportive.
Such a great exploration of how we live with the very concept of number in our lives. Thank you, Coleen. There has always been a meaning to numbers for us as humanity way beyond the simple means to count things. While we have changed those meanings to suit ourselves, the impulse behind them does not change.
I agree Naren, Coleen has done an amazing job exploring the true meaning of numbers, particularly the number ‘one’. That’s such a great observation that “while we have changed those meanings to suit ourselves, the impulse behind them does not change”.
Thank you Coleen for so clearly delineating the contrasting difference between the present day competitive associations with the number one and the enhancing ones of the ancient/esoteric understanding of numerology and in particular the number one.
Thank you for this beautiful blog Colleen, – “the ancient sense of ‘one’ is a part of understanding life and our relationship with ourselves, others and with divinity”.
I love Esoteric Numerology and find it a support in my daily living. While reading your blog I could feel the contrast when I thought about the hardness and competition often associated with being number one and on the other hand the absolute oneness in unity it can bring us.
Yes Margaret, the two are in stark contrast with each other. One all encompassing, warm and open the other hard, cold and separative.
I have always had an affinity and fascination with the language of numbers. They have their own feel, tone and expression, and consistently support us to return to our equal ‘Oneness’ when we reconnect to their communication. When we loose our connection with the oneness we are and come from, we may look to be ‘number one’ in our attempt to feel the oneness we miss. In the reconnection with our oneness we discover every-one is there. In the fullness of our oneness we are one with everything- all-one.
Esoteric numerology opened up a whole new world of understanding for me and I love how you have explored oneness here Coleen. We can very easily be blasé when it comes to numbers in our lives, but if we want to dig a little deeper – there are clear messages there for us in every choice we make.
“…names applied to the functions and principles upon which the universe is created and maintained,”
This is a great quote, it so clearly contrasts the modern and ancient ways of viewing life and creation, mental quantification and self satisfaction as apposed to deeper understanding through feeling and recognition of our true brotherhood.
‘There is the intimation that Number, including the number one, is a part of the inherent process of life,…’ this sentence struck a chord with me Coleen and I could feel the truth in it immediately. Rhythm order and cycles are inclusive of number and can be felt as well as seen and used. So much to ponder here, thank you Coleen!
The possibilities of the number one is so inclusive and full of one’s own choices, a far and distant meaning to that of ‘coming first’ or being ‘number one’ which serves to set up competition and separate rather than unite. Thanks to Serge Benhayon for initiating this evolution around the Divinity of number and the healing this brings. Thanks Coleen.
It really is mind blowing how twisting the meaning of something as simple as the Number One, exposes the illusion we are being held under when we claim ONE for self and not for the all encompassing oneness ONE truly represents … This says it all for the all!
Thank you Coleen, you have brought awareness to how we have misused the number ‘one’ in our society. I haven’t really given it much thought before, but now your blog really highlights how we have misused the number ‘One’ to gain power over others or use it to squash ourselves or others with comparison, jealousy and judgement. Also bringing awareness to how we use numbers to measure ourselves and others instead of using it to guide, appreciate and learning from the true meaning of numbers. Recently I have come to appreciate and understand that numbers do not lie, I feel they guide us to truth and to evolve us as One.
Thank you Coleen for sharing the sacred aspect of numbers. The true Oneness we have with God and the unifying power of this with each other, in equalness. As opposed to the way in which the number One is used today in competition, being better than another, separating and dividing us from one another.
I have long had an interest in mathematical philosophy, but since attending the Esoteric Numerology workshops presented by Serge Benhayon I can now see how an understanding of numbers can offer a deeply supportive tool for navigating life. Particularly so with learning that the message with a number is always positive; it always offer us an opportunity to deepen in our knowing of our divinity and its application in our human form.
Brilliant blog Coleen. This really inspires me to stop and feel what my relationship is like with numbers. To appreciate the true power and meaning of numbers and how they can guide me to deepen my relationship with myself, people, nature and God.
It is more than common for most of us to think that The One is ourselves or some body else who is deemed a master or elder that is greater than us. But this is putting self on the understanding that One could be us all as One. It feels such a simple number and the basis for everything as everything must start with one and thus everything must start with us all
Numbers being much more than mathematics. Thank you Coleen for bringing to the fore how the number One can relate to everyday life.
Thank you Coleen, this is very true, how we use numbers and especially the number one does not make sense, we basically give it different meanings. We deem ourselves so intelligent but very often this intelligence does not seem to be so very intelligent when we look a little closer.
‘We deem ourselves so intelligent but very often this intelligence does not seem to be so very intelligent when we look a little closer.’ I agree Esther for how could we do what we do to ourselves if we were using our universal intelligence? Intelligence as it is known in the world is a separative tool often driving comparison and competition. Accessing our Universal Intelligence is the smart thing to do and only unites us.
There is much to ponder on her, Coleen. I can feel such a difference in being number one in everything we do- it’s competitive, creates inequality and superiority, and is very divisive. The divine number one is about our connection with God, our fellow human beings and nature, offering the opportunity to make a choice to be all of that at any moment of the day- the opportunity for new beginnings whenever we choose that.
I can very well relate to that Josephine, the numerology courses by Serge Benhayon have offered me a fascinating new view and understanding of many aspects and situations in my life.
In general terms ‘one’ denotes the smallest whole unit, yet One energetically, represents the vastness and power of the universe, two quite opposite representations which highlight the reductionist view we have been taught.
I really enjoyed reading how much there is attached to the number one and in a way it has been bastardised for such selfish purposes.
When I heard about the Alexandrian library as a kid and that all the ancient knowledge burned, I had tears in my eyes and couldn’t fathom the loss. It’s now when I listen to Serge Benhayon that I feel the ancient wisdom comes back and is in fact Ageless Wisdom.
So when I reach number one, I am not reaching the top, but a new beginning, such a great way to look at life.
The striving to be seen and recognized is so strong that we don’t even realize that by being number one we never are satisfied as the separation we feel in our body by being elevated above another is creating emptiness and not joy. We are all one; how could we find satisfaction in being valued more than another.
Great sharing on the truth of numbers. It is incredible what we made out of the original meaning of numbers and how we bastardized them to fit into an individualized world that does not live the equalness we all are by our essence. Number One is unity and not separation achieved by holding one person more than another, number one is a new beginning which means to move on in our path of evolution and not repeat to being the number one of the same expression over and over again. Awesome reflection you offer here Coleen.
“This seems to me to not only circumvent the imposed mental constructs on Number, but also to encourage us to view Number as integral to life, not merely a measure of it.” I find it the most beautiful thing to realise that everything has a meaning and that when we integrated the true meaning of numbers to our lives it brings a lot of support and insights. It makes life so much more full. I have attended a workshop on Esoteric Numerology by Serge Benhayon as well and since have been enjoying integrating the meaning of numbers to my everyday life. I have found it makes sense every time.
Beautiful, thank you. I missed the recent workshop on Esoteric Numerology but this blog has got me pondering on numbers like never before, I love what you have shared about number one and what it can bring up for people depending on our awareness and understanding.
What I have learned in Esoteric Numerology workshops with Universal Medicine is that numbers came before words – cycles, flow of energy and all of life is represented and can be read in numbers. I have discovered my love for numbers and an increased awareness of the relationship I have with them. Loved this blog on the number 1 and oneness. Oneness is the ultimate responsibility, judgement and conditions are simply not possible in oneness.
My father once suggested I explore the difference between the words Alone and Loneliness. In Loneliness I feel like a singular one person, whereas alone I can feel lonely or deeply content and connect with myself and surrounds.. One with all. Your blog reminded me of this reflection which freed me to feel that Loneliness is a choice.
I too Coleen have enjoyed learning about the true quality of numbers through esoteric numerology. It shows how much we are all connected and no number or person stands alone, each play a part in the rhythm and flow of life.
This account on your thorough investigation Coleen has me somewhat lost for words, as the Number speaks volumes in and of itself. I especially am enjoying, ‘working with it to order my life within a universally endorsed rhythm’.
Your blog just shows how far we have left the true meaning of numbers and what we human beings have made of it. We have made into it something about us, our own personal gain, while in fact numbers have such a deeper meaning to them, and always having to do with the ALL.
I agree Coleen…what Universal medicine offers in way of Esoteric Numerology very much includes and relates with the bigger picture, rather than the individualistic way.
“…true Oneness comes from the ability to live our love to such a degree that we cannot but hold all others equal, for all are equal in love.” It is a not so clever illusion to try and make it otherwise!
Yet another word whose meaning has been changed and in so doing leading us away from being connected to each other to instead be living in a society where competitiveness and the ensuing separation is encouraged to our absolute detriment.
Truly profound Coleen, thank you. Truly profound…..
Coleen this is a great exposure of the way we abuse numbers, it is not just mathematics, there is a science, and understanding the numerology, the meaning of numbers at a deeper level, opens us up to a deeper understanding of how life truly is and how numbers offer us a harmony, a unity and a oneness that is true.
Thank you Coleen for bringing a greater understanding of numbers and numerology. It is system that has been greatly bastardised through the ages, and twisted to become a separative device amongst humanity, rather than an integrative and supportive system that can enrich our lives as we deepen our understanding.
I will read this again and again Coleen, about the True Oneness and the illusion we can live in attaining to be No 1. My understanding of Esoteric Numerology is growing and applies to all the numbers in life amazingly accurately, I love it. It is very true that..’ In the ancient understanding, Number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality.’ Thank you.
It is beautiful to feel one as a part of the whole rather than separated from everything. To understand that one is a part of every number and presents us with a new begining each time we come around in our cycle is lovely. To realise that individual as we are, we belong to the universe and to its rhythms feels glorious.
“This competitive quality of one, based as it is upon a selfish individualism, is totally at odds to the quality of Oneness to which so many of us aspire.” The separation and comparison of the temporal ‘being number one’ demonstrates the illusion and pales into insignificance when we consider the Oneness we are all originally from.
Coleen, I really enjoyed reading your clarification of the modern use of the Number One as opposed to its ancient and natural call for us to return to what being One is all about. Numbers are just so scrumptious! I really have loved Esoteric Numerology which has confirmed for me why I have always felt a relationship with numbers but never could relate to them being used such as you describe our modern use of the Number One.
There is much to think about through your blog Coleen about what oneness means and how we are with that, or not with that.
I love what you have exposed here with regards to the individualistic version of the number one that society currently aspires to that is indeed greatly at odds with the genuine oneness and unity we would otherwise thrive in. The strive to be number one and the accolade afforded to this achievement, perpetuates the separation from each other that exists, a separation that lies at the foundation of our woes, denying the true healing power of connection.
It is interesting that we don’t commonly use the term oneness very often any more. Oneness has definitely been reduced to ‘one’. The number one has historically come to represent separation and individualisation and specialisation. One has lost its ‘ness!’ Where as oneness asks us to consider the possibility that we are all connected to each other and to the universe and there is a level of responsbility that comes with this interconnectedness.
Thank you Coleen, your observations on how we have misused Number and particularly Number One gives much to ponder on. I too am building a new relationship with Number as a consequence of Serge Benhayon’s presentations on Numerology. Number is an exquisite communication tool from God to us and bringing our awareness numbers and what they represent adds a completely new dimension to everyday life. It supports us to journey away from being Number One into Oneness with everyone, a journey well worth embarking on as it is our innate desire to seek Oneness with all the souls on Earth.
This is such an interesting article Coleen, ‘What we have to date entertained as modern concepts of ‘one-ness’ have not, and cannot, deliver a life of inner and outer unity, since they separate rather than unify us,’ How amazing to read about and feel the truth of the number one and how we use number one in our society now, it is in the complete opposite way, great to bring our awareness to this. I have started using the Esoteric Numerology in my life and can feel the energy of certain days, e.g new beginnings, light, foundations, letting go. I find it really supportive in my day to day.
We are ‘one’ when we open our heart and embrace every other Son of God as an equal glorious expression of the One that we are from. When we are separate we are actually a fraction of the one (!) trying so very hard to return to that feeling that we know within our hearts and yet we do not feel in our life. Sadly often the closest we think we can get to it is by striving to be number ‘one’ which actually takes us further and further away from knowing the oneness we so crave and that we can surrender into by opening our hearts once again.
Golnaz- as I read your meaning of what true oneness is – “we are ‘one’ when we open our heart and embrace every other Son of God as an equal glorious expression of the One that we are from”- I feel the truth of these words resonate deeply within my body.
Whereas when I think of the concept of being number one from my head I feel the disconnection from my heart as comparison, competitiveness and individualism comes in.
Coleen thank you for bringing more awareness to the way numbers have been so misused and bastardised in the same way that our understanding of words has. As you felt, Esoteric Numerology for me has been the same, it’s bought a deep sense of connection and purpose to numbers that prior to Universal Medicine were merely used to count up or down from a point I perceived I wanted to be at. With each being now a key integral part of life the true power of numbers is starting to come to light.
Yes – how does it feel, I wonder, David to be a pre schooler, or younger, and to have your innate sense of number reduced / reductionised to this type of counting to and from a fixed point? This is what we have all experienced…..my feeling is that we are only scratching the surface of the intense and humungous harm we experience in early childhood in these ways…..
Coleen – you share the power of true numerology which I too have experienced from Universal Medicine.
Before such wisdom, I never considered the meaning behind numbers, and like you have shared, being number 1 to me was ‘the best’ or an aspirational position to be in.
What is so beautiful about the numerology is as you say, that 1 means unity, equality, oneness. These ancient teachings are deeply needed to help society today understand the big hurt that is separation, and to consider that to be individual and number 1 is to not be equal and a part of the all.
For sure, hvmorden, being the ultimate number ‘one,’ or the aspiration or ideal to be this, separates us from our ourselves, from all others and from the flow of the Unity that is Life itself: is deeply harming and feels as cold as steel, harshly angular and hurts!
Numbers which are all around us and present daily in aspects of our life are one of the many ways the universe communicates with us. Since studying Esoteric Numerology with Serge Benhayon I have come to appreciate the significance of numbers and what they may be communicating to me, which brings support and insight to my life and what aspects need my attention at any given time. Nothing is random and whenever a number presents for my attention there is a message that is contained in it.
I have started to appreciate numbers in this way too Josephine. The messages in numbers are truly magical when we become aware of them and understand their true meaning, they help confirm and guide us.
I agree Josephine, after also studying Esoteric Numerology with Serge Benhayon I have come to appreciate that numbers are always communicating with me and if I pay attention, much can be revealed.
I agree Josephine, nothing is random and I love the way the universe is always communicating with us and offering opportunities for us to return to Oneness.
Beautifully said Josephine, and that has been my experience too since studying esoteric numerology with Serge Benhayon.
Absolutely agree Josephine the expansion felt through opening up to the communication of the Universe with symbols and numbers is amazing. It really shows us how grand we are. How could I have not felt this before? Now there is a constant flow of communication, a communication that offers constant evolution. There are no “functional spaces” anymore like going from A to B where only A and B matters but not the space in between. It debases a life of doing and results and connects us to the truth of who we are.
Esoteric numerology shines a whole new light on the significance of numbers. Knowing we are A Son of God has true meaning when we realise that we are all Sons of God and we cannot have one without the others. A true meaning of one is when we each come together in the unity of brotherhood.
Very enjoyable to read your contemplation on the meanings of numbers and the difference between our modern interpretations and ancient meanings, Coleen. I never paid much attention to numbers before attending the numerology courses presented by Serge Benhayon but since doing so have found that applying the knowledge presented has opened up a whole new aspect of life which gives me a greater understanding and feeling for the rhythms, order, harmony and cycles inherent in the universe of which I am a part.
I can appreciate what you share here Josephine and the fact that there is a ” greater understanding and feeling for the rhythms, order, harmony and cycles inherent in the universe of which I am a part” allowing us to be one with all.
What would life be like if we just used the binary system of counting – there are only 2 numbers ‘1 and 0’ both are equally important. One is and the other is not, a world of absolutes.
I love it Coleen, as numbers do tell us that much more than how we use them in our modern societies. As you say we use numbers to rank, to measure and control, to get control over life and on-another. This in great contrast to what Universal Medicine is presenting to us where the numbers are there to support us in our evolution back to our soul, as every number we encounter does contain a message for us to consider, when used consistently and with great discernment, will assist us greatly in our return to the origin we have walked away from in our experiment into the creation of the human life.
Until being introduced to Esoteric Numerology I would completely agree with what you’ve described Coleen about the perceptions that the world has constructed about being ‘number one’ and that somehow all the other numbers are lesser or in other situations such as money the more numbers the better. I’ve not really stopped and made space to actually appreciate that numbers are far greater than these perceptions and even in the very small basics of what I understand true numerology to be it has changed my life. When understanding a true meaning and quality that each number brings there comes with it a sense of order to life, in the example of the number of the months it’s like being under that number for that particular time period that doesn’t require anything of us because that particular cycle is bringing it to us, all we have to do is choose to be open to this offering. Thank you Coleen for opening up this conversation.
‘Particular numerical cycles bring it all to us’ and all we need do is ‘be open to the offering.’ How extraordinarily beautiful is that, Leigh, and how profoundly are we nurtured at every turn should we decide to align with that numerical support? We do indeed live in a most gracious Universe which confirms our preciousness in every (numerical) moment. Perhaps it is a little too humbling at times to connect with this absolute fact…..?
Number one , oneness is part of the true meaning and importance of Esoteric Numerology presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that is offering a reflection of the flow and true way of being in the Universe. We are all one and everything in life brings us back to this, as everything we currently create in the world takes us away from this to a separation and individualism that definitely is not from the oneness we come from. A great sharing and insight .
What a beautiful blog to read. You have brought alive something to consider how diverse and opposite ‘one’ can be depending on what context it is being used in. Number one is singular yet ‘Oneness’ is whole and full and altogether, and equal…. Brilliant Coleen! … more pondering and realisation about ‘one’ will most definitely ensure for the rest of my day!
This is very interesting – indeed we very often associate numbers with ranking/individualization, yet Esoteric Numerology teaches us the cyclical nature of our evolution. Esoteric Numerology supports me to understand and appreciate life in a much broader scale where me-ness gradually diminishes in a Oneness and therefore it becomes our vital responsibility to take the best care of the ‘me’ knowing that is an integral part of the All.
Amazing and brilliant blog Coleen. ‘Number one’ has been twisted and re-interpreted to mean something else, but the beauty of numbers is they are exact and cant be changed, they show how the Universe works in perfect synchrony. It is our human existence that gives power to our creation of ‘one being better than another one’, where as in the grand scheme of the universe, everything is one and equal.
“In the ancient understanding, Number’s relationship within life has a sacred quality” – absolutely felt Coleen, numbers are the key to life for they depict constant evolution by the sequencing nature of events like seasons, tides, flowering plants/buds, moon phases, the constellations of our planetary skies…and so much more. I love Esoteric Numerology as taught by Universal Medicine for this very cyclical effect and reason that helps me to understand myself and who I am in evolution, within an evolving universe.
I love this ‘sacred quality’ thank you Coleen and Zofia for highlighting this for us all to feel for ourselves. What is sacred is a way of living in connection and true harmony with the divinity we are and come from; numbers are a solid conformational tool that supports this for us all.
Thankyou Coleen for this very gorgeous exploration of Oneness. In separation to our true self we strive to be ‘Number One’ because we ache for the Oneness that we have departed from. In this separated state, we fall for the copycat versions of Oneness that pander to our need to be special and feel adored. In full illusion we pitch ourselves against others in an effort to push past them, be better than them and achieve a ‘higher’ ranking. Nothing could be further from the truth – true Oneness comes from the ability to live our love to such a degree that we cannot but hold all others equal, for all are equal in love. Bereft of this knowing we are left to wander off track, fighting, competing, warring and vying for the very false position of #1. ‘One’ in this sense is the ultimate reduction of a Son of God into a ‘son of man’ and it is purely an act of self. It is quite literally the lowest common denominator in that it is the lowest form of expression we are capable of in our Universe. Whereas One in the true sense is the higher expression, the selfless position of a Son of God who knows that every other person is equally a Son of God, even if not choosing to live it so. One in this sense encompasses the majesty of the Whole that we are a part of, knowing that we each equally make up the grandness that we come from. That is, the greatness of the Whole is because of the sum of all its parts. As always we are offered in life the choice of two – do we live the real ‘me’, the big One that knows that it is part of this greater and grander whole OR do we live the little ‘me’, the vastly reduced version that thinks it stands alone with ribbons of identification around its neck?
Clearly the ability to think we can operate solely as an individual is perpetuated by the illusion we accept. For even with basic observation of life we can see we are connected to everything.
Very true Luke, it requires a basic observation, and inner observation to see we are in fact connected to so much that is beyond ourselves, and all of the human life we know.
Absolutely Luke this illusion is the root of all our problems. That we still believe we can act in any way we like or choose and not affect all that is around us.
Great point Luke, we are not individual in the sense that we tend to believe we are, and our life choices impact on one another way beyond what the eye can see. This makes the consideration of us as being a singular person among many singular people really quite false, we are all bound as one much more than is currently accepted.
Also tied in with this Illusion Liane is “The Illusion of Oneness” people can be enjoining the same current, or identifying with the same things but this doesn’t make it oneness. What makes true oneness is a connection to the all.
Yes Harryjwhite, so being part of an organisation, a team or a religion can seem like we are living with oneness because we are ‘enjoining the same current or identifying with the same things’, yet that is still in separation to the all as there is judgement of those who are not. This blog is well worth a re-read to understand and bring into practical application, otherwise it is something we understand from our head but never truly live.
So true, Harry: aspiring to ‘oneness’ does imply a mental idealism, whereas the living of Oneness occurs through reconnecting with who we already are within.
Super powerful harryjwhite…with a distraction on morphing into oneness with what is outside us we lose sight of the only true oneness which is the connection to our inner heart and truly felt way…what is ironic is with that connection and solidarity within the one-self you quickly appreciate that you make a one part of the one all…through that single connection you are at one with all in the universe. Totally magical.
Harry it’s so true that it is an illusion to think that being ‘one’ with another is when we agree with what that person thinks, their views and intellectual perspectives. I certainly subscribed to this for most of my life. This separates us to the connection we would otherwise have with each other and the all; a connectedness that is not confined to a particular stream of consciousness.
Yes, oneness being the very all-encompassing way of life that leaves no one ahead nor one behind.
And in this lays the responsibility for all of us, as we all are part of the Oneness, the all. Living a lesser life as an individual keeps the Oneness lesser to. Accepting that we are grand, and are part of this grand Oneness and the responsibility that lays in this is a big hurdle to take for the individualised son of mam that ignorantly strives to be the number one instead.
Liane – what stood out for me the most is” we are offered in life the choice of two – do we live the real ‘me’, the big One that knows that it is part of this greater and grander whole OR do we live the little ‘me’, the vastly reduced version that thinks it stands alone with ribbons of identification around its neck?” Thank for clearly identifying the 2 opposing number One’s in life.
Absolutely – thankyou Coleen and Liane.
The interesting thing is when we become number one, our issues are not going away, so after the short euphoria of finally getting there, our issues break over us like a tsunami wave and we can feel quite bereft – all that effort and what really matters to us, how we feel, is just as bad as it was before.
Living the grandness of “the big One that knows that it is part of this greater and grander whole OR do we live the little ‘me’, the vastly reduced version that thinks it stands alone with ribbons of identification around its neck?”. Such a great question placed here Liane. So much striving for identification with empty ribbons around our necks, when do we stop as humanity and recognize that we are on the wrong path?
Awesome comment Liane. Your comment and this blog really highlights to me how we can and have misused, changed, distorted and polluted many things in life to separate us further and further from truth. We seem to be doing this with pretty much everything, like numbers, words, food, relationships, well this list goes on and on.
Hi Liane you have beautifully encapsulated the number One and the invitation this number extents to each and everyone of us to take up our place in the whole equally so standing in the grandness of who we truly are. The choice is ours as to whether or not we stand as . . . ‘One that knows that it is part of this greater and grander whole OR do we live the little ‘me’, the vastly reduced version that thinks it stands alone with ribbons of identification around its neck?’
You have such a magically beautiful way with words Liane, able to express what many feel in our hearts. The two polar opposites of “oneness” – the one that we have been sold that is separation – breeding competition, comparison, envy and evil, and the other – divinely impressed oneness that we all know in our hearts – brotherhood.
Thank you Coleen for bringing your clarity of understanding to Number, and to you Liane also for expanding our understanding of One. Esoteric Numerology is indeed a masterful return to the cyclical understanding of how numbers are showing us the all. They are mathematical divinity that support us hugely if we allow ourselves to feel beyond our imposed modern definitions of them.
The way both you Liane and Coleen, have expanded on the number one, brings clarity and awareness to the vastness that is numerology, and I love the way you summed it with the last few lines:
‘As always we are offered in life the choice of two – do we live the real ‘me’, the big One that knows that it is part of this greater and grander whole OR do we live the little ‘me’, the vastly reduced version that thinks it stands alone with ribbons of identification around its neck?’
Very interesting Coleen, and that the number one has been turned the complete opposite of its sacred truth of one-ness or unity, and into competitive individualism such that it’s thought of or regarded in its ugliness, when in fact there is the greatest beauty in ONE. Though one-with-all.
It would appear that so many things in life have been bastardised in an attempt to fool us to believe the lies over true truth. Numbers don’t lie, they are absolute and yet the way that we look to them and or use them can be completely misused when allowed.
Esoteric numerology, as presented by Universal Medicine, is beautiful. It is an understanding of the way the universe and everything within in flows.
Thank you Coleen, absolutely well shared, we have gone away with the creation that numbers are ‘up’s or down’, ‘marks’, ‘signs of good and bad’, ‘games’, but actually it is not any of that if we look at the Esoteric meaning of Numerology. That is why it is important for us to know what numbers are about so we can actually use them in the way they are meant to. And diminish the lies about them.
Coleen this is profound, I read it twice to fully appreciate what you have shared. The use of number one currently is such a reductionist version of what the ancient wisdom offers us as a support in life, by understanding it’s application ‘as a part of the unfolding nature of life and of ourselves’… as you so beautifully put it.
Absolutely – it has been a revelation to re-connect to the meaning of numbers through esoteric numerology as presented by Serge Benhayon. Understanding the meaning of the number of cycles they represent allows us to live in a way which is supported by this.
I so agree Michael to have reconnected to the true meaning of numbers through esoteric numerology has been fascinating, it just makes sense!
Coleen I found your comparison of the modern understanding and use of the number one to the ancient understanding of the number one to be in such stark contrast. Yet again it appears that modern re interpretation of a word has been used to take us in the opposite direction to that of it’s original meaning. What was commonly understood as ‘unity’ by using the number one has become separation. Thank you for bringing awareness and thus balance back into the equation.
The way that modern man has twisted the ancient wisdom of Number to become a sort of grading ( on a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you agree that Coleen’s blog………?) has made us all less. Some indigenous tribes don’t use numbers, but have a system of !, a few, or many, which while it makes sense, and isn’t competitive, also misses out on the support and unity with the cosmos that Esoteric Numerology offers. As for the blog, I give it 10.
Fascinating to read how we are part of a system, a world culture, that has morphed the meaning of the number one away from the ancient collective all and into something more separative and quantifiable, connoting a position above others, force-ranking the rest of us, rendering us lesser, when Esoteric Numerology brings it back to something ‘integral to life’, part of the natural cycles, a marker of a new beginning. Look forward to your next blog on the number two!
Yes, I too would like to read a blog on the number two too! It’s amazing how humanity can bring an entirely opposing meaning and approach to number than that which ‘an approach that incorporates numbers as a part of the unfolding nature of life and of ourselves’ can bring.
Just to feel the difference between the different approaches is a wonderful eye opener that I had never given such attention to prior to reading your blog. This greatly assists my appreciation of numbers and how healing can be when in tune with what numbers is being communicated.
I love your summary here Cathy. Like everything else, ancient truths bastardised to support the illusion in which we live. Brilliantly exposed.
When you know you are the One, at one with all, you never need to prove that you are the one at all.
I love the play on words Liane, so very true.
Yes, a lovely piece of wordplay beautifully expressing truth.
So beautifully and wisely stand Liane. This deep understanding is a lesson for humanity.
Absolutely beautifully said Liane Mandalis. When we know that we are the One, we also know that everyone else is the One as well and so One becomes about the All.
177 years ago a novel that was written that has words that have never been unproven ‘one for all, and all for one’ we are the all!
Beautifully said Liane!
Hahaha – love it, Liane 🙂
Well said Liane and knowing you are the one comes from knowing that you are part of a greater whole that only is one in the equalness of all its parts. So beautiful to know!
I absolutely love this Liane: when you truly know, there is no need to prove.
Brilliant Liane, this is so, so true and your comment simply feels divine.
And I love that we are all the one.
I also love the play on words Liane. Well said!
Love what you share Liane, its so solid.
Beautiful Liane, knowing you are the one takes away the need to prove anything to anyone.
Classic! Love it!
One brilliant comment Liane – shining words of wisdom.
Love it Liane. That is one for my fridge door! A great quote.
Beautiful Liane. We are all the one.
Loving the wordplay in this section of the comments, thanks everyone.
What you’ve said here Coleen I find really interesting, thank you. It’s so true that the number one is often used in a very individualistic and competitive way which is totally at odds with Oneness! And I agree, huge appreciation to Serge Benhayon for the deeper understanding of life and our relationship with numbers that he presents.
I agree Fiona, number 1 is so often used in the competitive sense when we try to out do or beat another because we want to be the best and it only leads to us getting stressed or anxious and everybody else either becoming envious, jealous or miserable and given up because they did not make the number 1 spot. Knowing that we are all the same and it does not matter which position we end up with makes a huge difference. After all we have each lived a lifetime and lifetimes of different choices and so how can we compare our end result? Whereas we can give focus to the energy and quality of the way we do things and what we do – ultimately we are either helping to serve and evolve humanity or we are further adding to and perpetuating the ill woes we see all around us.
Fiona I too have huge appreciation for what Serge Benhayon has presented on numerology and the significance that numbers can play in our lives. I am trying bring more awareness to the support that an understanding of numerology can have in my life.
A great lesson in Esoteric Numerology is the science of the cyclical nature of life. Numbers represent this to the finite point, and bring in to focus the purpose and the sublime nature of life.
Beautiful Coleen! I am totally in awe with esoteric numerology. While I was reading your blog I could feel within myself both the competitiveness and the oneness in unity. How different are these 2! Hardness and no care at all – not even for myself or a spherical, silky, knowing feeling of oneness, literally. The 2nd being full of understanding, accepting and allowing. Thank you Coleen, never ever have I ever had these 2 sides so clear in me.
Yes, Floris, feeling the two vastly different energies around ‘one’ is hugely revealing! Glad that you find it so, also 🙂
I agree Floris. It is interesting to feel the quite clear difference between these two as Coleen has clearly articulated. The acceptance and openness of oneness is supportive of all as opposed to the singularity, protection and competition of trying to be “the one”.
Coleen thank you for highlighting the true meanings of number ONE. I find this number such a powerful impact on my life as it is the beginning and end of all numbers, eg. it is within all numbers as a multiplier. This reveals that one is within everything and so also reveals the lie that one is to be separate.
Absolutely Susan one is within everything and cannot be separate. Just like we are all part of the same source the one unified God, and brotherhood, that completely debases separation.
Susan, I haven’t seen it as a multiplier within all numbers, making us symbolically all ONE!
Beautiful revelation Susan. This is yet another reflection of Gods interwoven messages of oneness and brotherhood throughout all aspects of life
Beautiful Susan. Yes number one holds the power of all other numbers within it. It truly is apart of one unifying cycle of life and nature itself within all of us.
Yes Susan, I agree, we are one.