Meditation is Not about Self-Improvement

You may have come across articles and videos listing the many benefits of meditation - such as improved memory, better concentration, improved flow states, enhanced creativity and so on.

It seems like meditation can become part of our fitness routine, to make us sharper and better equipped to be more successful at our jobs and achieve greater things.

In the west it is hard for us to perceive of anything outside the paradigm of self-improvement and self-optimization. But meditation has truly nothing to do with the improvement of the self. Quite the contrary.

Meditation is all about the emptying and dissolution of the false-self. Namely, it is a practice in dissolving the identification with thoughts, emotions, memories and false identities with name, place and time.

When you sit and meditate for real, you sit in order to become an empty vessel, totally still and hollow. This is a real, lived energetic experience and not just a figurative description.

Becoming Empty

As a collective we generally have no awareness of the fact that our accumulation of thoughts, emotions, memories, traumas and identifications creates a felt sense of weight, gravity and congestion.

This congestion literally generates a sense of fullness in our energetic body and consequently a perceived sense of self-existence. As if what we are is this bundle of memories, traumas, beliefs and identifications.

It is only in true meditation that at one point we pierce past this bundle into the spaciousness of our true being.

This glimpse can come at any moment, but after it starts the real journey. The journey of emptying. The glimpse shows us the possibility of a different life of freedom and wholeness. But after the glimpse, meditation starts very literally undoing us. Emptying what is not real.

This process is visceral and real and not only do you not become a better self, but rather you become less and less a self. You are literally being emptied of who you thought you were.

Healthy Disorientation and Getting used to Being Nobody

After so many years, generations, even eras where we were all taught to be someone, to define ourselves according to our name, culture, nationality, family, tribe, personality, careers etc, going through a dissolution process can be tough and disorienting.

We are taught that our memories make us into who we are, that we should aspire to stand out and achieve great things, and suddenly meditation enters the equation and activates the delete button.

The role of meditation is to help you empty all that isn’t real about you and allow what is real to simply be and shine naturally.

In a way, all you need to do is not to try and become something else, but rather allow meditation to empty you of all that isn’t you, so that the real you that is always there, can be seen and realized.

In that sense, real meditation is not about becoming a better version of yourself, but rather about uprooting all that is fake about you and leaving you only with what is real and eternally true.

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The Light that Fills the Emptiness

The marvel though doesn’t stop at being empty. This is only half of the picture.

The emptier you become, you will notice a greater influx of light and divinity filling what was once filled with the bundle of the false self.

The more this happens, the more you realize that you are in fact a vessel through which the Divine lives, acts and speaks.

It’s astonishing!
What? My body is not actually mine?
Wait…not even my life is mine?

Yes, my friend. Even life is not yours. You are of it.
You belong to life. You belong to the Divine.
And you are a vessel serving the Divine purpose.

When you truly feel it in your bones, it is the happiest feeling of all. For the first time you realize the true purpose and meaning of your existence. For the first time you realize that you are part of a greater reality. Not anymore an isolated individual fighting to survive.

What a blessing!

The Ultimate Form of Meditation

There are numerous meditation techniques out there. So much so that it can get pretty confusing as to where to start.

Depending where you are on your spiritual evolution, you may need different practices. Some may include focusing, others activating the energy body, some will include practicing compassion and many many more options, depending on your need.

And it’s important that you know that right from the start so that your intention is clear when sitting for meditation.

Whatever you are doing at any stage of your spiritual growth is leading you to that place of doing nothing, being nothing.

But don’t be mistaken - this is not a lazy or passive state! It is simply a state of no resistance and no separate self-existence. From such a state anything can arise - a great ambition, as well as a calling to retreat to the mountains. Point is, your fake self is not the driver anymore, but the Divine.

So what is the ultimate meditation?

Simply silent sitting.
Doing nothing.
Letting it all go.
Truly and totally dropping all efforts. Falling back into nothing.
No direction. No goal. No reference points.
A Total rest.

And while it is the ultimate form of meditation, you may need to go through years of preparation to be able to easily let go. But you should know that that is the goal.

Simply Keep At It

No matter where you are on the spiritual path and meditation practice, the most important thing is that you keep going.

You might not see immediate results and at times you may feel like everything is blocked. But don’t let anything stop you. Keep going, keep practicing.

No effort on the spiritual path goes to waste and everything counts. There is no failure. Only continuous growth. This is the path of Wisdom and Light.

And in order to become Wise, you need to persevere through thick and thin and stay with your practice even when it’s hard. Just like a parent would never abandon their child.

Stay at it, and in due time you’ll experience the miracle firsthand.

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In this new series of articles, we’ll explore how each number from 1 to 9 feels and behaves in intimate relationships. We’ll look at the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of each number, so that every article can bring a little more light and awareness to how you handle your love life — and help you understand your beloved better.

Even though the main focus is on romantic relationships, what I’ll be sharing isn’t strictly limited to that. It can be applied to any very close and important relationship in your life.

In this episode, we’ll start, as always, with number 1.

This is most relevant if number 1 is your Life Path number, though it can also be very relevant if number 1 occupies your Expression or Soul Urge numbers.

Okay, let’s begin!

The Individualist / Loner

Number 1 is very unique when it comes to relationships because it has two sides.

On the one hand, it’s a stable, solid, and reliable number, making it well suited for long-standing commitments and relationships.

On the other hand, it’s highly individualistic and has a natural proclivity toward staying alone and wanting to be undisturbed.

So number 1 finds itself in a peculiar position.

This can bring about prolonged periods of being alone and not managing to find a relationship.

That said, when you’re clear about wanting to be in a relationship, you can be very one-pointed and direct your will toward finding something uniquely suitable for your personality and needs.

Even when you’re in a relationship, however, you need to maintain your freedom and autonomy and make sure you’re not abdicating your power and sense of authority to the relationship.

Straightforwardness and Integrity

As a partner, one of the most beautiful and inspiring qualities the 1 brings to the table is directness and integrity.

When a number 1 is in touch with their core, they’re a no-nonsense person. What you see is what you get. They’ll tell you what they think and feel right to your face.

In essence, they’re trustworthy people. While they may not express themselves in the most emotional way, they can be a very reliable, stable, and fun partner to be with.

They don’t only take freedom for themselves — they give it to the other person as well. In that sense, you can have a very free and unconventional relationship with a 1, because they deeply understand the need for uniqueness and for living outside the box.

Straightforwardness can, of course, sometimes be blunt and cutting. That’s the other side of the coin.

You’ll get honesty, but you’ll also get a dagger of intensity flung your way, and you’ll have to learn to deal with it.

But hey, nothing comes without a price!

The Need to Pave a Unique Relationship Path

What’s very important for you to know as a 1 is that your nature is unique, and there’s no cookie-cutter recipe for the most fitting relationship structure for you.

For some of you, this will lead to solid, unwavering commitment. For others, it may lead to an open relationship. Either way, your strength is that you don’t make a big deal out of things, and that allows for a lot of creativity in the way you approach intimate relationships.

That said, it’s not always the easiest task to find a partner who can accommodate your highly individual persona.

For that reason, you’ll often find yourself having to carve out your own unique relationship path — from the way you live, to your sexual preferences, to how much time you want to spend together and how much time you want alone, to parenthood or not wanting to be a parent, and so on.

As a 1, with the nature and destiny of a leader, you may have to accept that throughout your relationship, you’ll often be standing on the edge of new experiences, brought about by both your needs and those of your partner.

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My Way or the Highway

So far, so good.

But as a 1, you aren’t the easiest match when it comes to relationships. In fact, you can be quite a stubborn person.

One pattern you may encounter — and that your partner will probably complain about repeatedly — is that things either go your way or the highway.

Openness to other approaches, opinions, and emotions is nowhere to be found, and you’re not open to negotiation.

This can weigh down on the relationship and lead to misunderstandings and repeated frustration. If you stay stubborn and closed in your rigid bunker, it may also lead to breakups.

You can be decisive and clear on your path, and that can introduce many benefits to your partnership.

But that same ability can turn into a sharp sword that cuts through people you care about without you even noticing or acknowledging it.

To make it work long term, you must learn to soften.

Can You Help Me Soften, Please?

This naturally leads me to the next point, which is perhaps a hidden wish of yours: to be emotionally softened.

It’s not easy to achieve on your own, but luckily, if you have a willing partner, they can help you practice emotional softness and vulnerability.

Don’t get me wrong — you’re not meant to become a soft number 2.

But you are definitely meant to practice the complementary side of power and will, which is vulnerability, so that you can become a more whole version of yourself.

Shedding a tear once in a while, expressing your emotions, taking a step back to listen to your significant other’s opinions, and even agreeing to yield to their wishes from time to time can all be very powerful complementary qualities that allow your relationships to thrive on a whole other level.

Finding a Solid Partnership That Embraces Out-of-the-Box Living

I can’t finish without telling you that being in a relationship is itself somewhat of an “anomaly” in your case.

Perhaps “anomaly” is somewhat an exaggerated word, but I do mean it. You are a self-created individual.

And that’s your biggest strength.

Not unconventional in the sense that it has to be highly adventurous necessarily, but in the sense that it has to embrace your being a unique persona who lives their own unique path.

You may want to spend plenty of time alone. You may want to explore your sexual freedom. Perhaps you want to live off-grid.

The point is that you should seek out someone who is willing and flexible enough to embrace your uniqueness and not try to limit it.

In Conclusion

You have what it takes to find a lasting relationship, but don’t be surprised if it takes you a while to land on the right person.

Remember to also allow space for vulnerability, so that you can become an even more well-rounded number 1 and a better partner.

And also remember to never let your fire of autonomy be consumed by a relationship that can’t handle it.

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Everyone Has An Inner Guru

In essence, everyone has an inner guru that acts as their guiding voice and light. In truth, that inner guru is what each and every person really is, even when they aren’t aware of that and may even deny its existence altogether.

The inner guru is what in some spiritual traditions would be called - the true self. It is an infinite source and well of true wisdom and an immediate source of knowing. Namely, true intuition.

Intuition however, contrary to what some may think is not about information, knowledge or psychic perceptions. Intuition, the inner guru, is far more immediate than that.

It is the part in us that knows what we’re here for, has its priorities straight and rooted in real life, and acts as the center of gravity that pulls our life together and brings it into coherent order.

It is akin to the Sun in our solar system that gives all the planets their orientation, steadiness and stable trajectory.

The Inner Guru is Not Always Awake

To connect to the inner guru is not a given, nor is it available by default. To awaken it is a process of evolution. It requires sincere spiritual growth.

This may come as a surprise to some. In particular since the New Age culture has mistakenly watered down the depth of many spiritual elements, principles and practices to appeal to the part in us that wants everything to be easy and comfortable.

In real life, and that includes the spiritual life, things are more profound and complex.

That’s why you’ve come here to the school of Earth. It’s a tough school, where spirit has to make its way through the dense and resistant matter of body and past.

In this school growth is earned and not simply given for free.

I know that this sentence may trigger resistance in some of you. But that is simply the truth of the universal laws on this plane.

You don’t become a professional athlete, a physicist, a pianist or a software engineer overnight. You have to work hard for it! The same goes for awakening the TRUE inner guru - your true inner wisdom and knowing.

What Fake Inner Knowing Looks Like

However, as with everything, there are the true professionals and there are those who pretend to be them. Sometimes it looks so similar that one has to be very sensitive to tell them apart.

The same goes for true inner knowing and wisdom in contrast to fake inner knowing.

However, there are some signs to determine if the inner knowing is false.

1. Focusing on irrelevant and trivial matters - the tendency to focus on trivialities like speaking about intuition with regards to things like picking the right yogurt in the supermarket, choosing the right chair to sit on during a lecture, choosing the right color to wear etc, are signs of false inner knowing.

2. Categorizing people according to good or bad energies - placing much importance on people’s “good” or “bad” energies. One pretends to be sensitive, but in reality one only creates separation and feelings of superiority.

3. Becoming increasingly more hypersensitive - if the tendency is to constantly check how you feel about anything and everything and as time goes by you become hypersensitized to every word or energy, this is fake inner knowing.

4. Self-righteousness and self-victimization - if your inner knowing makes you feel self-righteous, defensive and self-victimized by other’s energies, opinions or by being misunderstood, this is a clear sign of fake inner knowing.

In other words, fake inner knowing normally tries to control outcomes and life and is marked by a lack of self-responsibility.

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The Power of True Inner Knowing

True inner knowing on the other hand is far deeper, subtler and less noisy and messy. When you sense it, it feels stable, reliable and trustworthy.

In contrast to fake inner knowing, True Inner Knowing has a natural inclination to be inclusive, mature and calm.

By nature, true inner knowing will make you more stable, mature, responsible and even-minded. You won’t focus on trivialities, but rather on what really matters in life: wisdom, love, unity, compassion, understanding, self-responsibility and inclusiveness.

That’s why, even when your inner knowing guides you to take a step back from a particular person, it will leave your heart open and kind, whereas fake inner knowing would leave it complaining, contracted and blaming.

True Inner knowing, the awakening of your Inner Guru, is therefore not a mere psychic perception. It is a growth of your consciousness into greater levels of self-realization.

Evolution into Self-Authority

The inner guru in you and the inner guru in me are not two different things. There is only One Universal Guru. And that guru is the same guru in all of our hearts.

That’s exactly why, the more you truly evolve into your inner knowing, the less you can blame others. Because, well, in reality there are no others, but only the One - you.

This incredible process of evolution into sincere Self-Authority, is a process whereby we inevitably grow in self-responsibility.

Self-Authority means that you know yourself to be the Author of your life and no-one else. You learn that only by placing the responsibility on your shoulders do you have the chance of becoming truly free.

And when you evolve to such a place, you will notice how suddenly you are the same with all people. You don’t change based on who you’re meeting. Rather you always stay true to the True Self.

Finally, you have found your center, the Sun at the center of your solar system, the true Inner Guru.

How to Awaken the Inner Guru

The process of awakening the True Inner Guru, your inner knowing, is a life-long process of meditation, contemplation, sincere prayer and living a life dedicated to Dharma.

There’s no one secret technique to achieve such an evolution. It is about dedicating your life to the only true path, the only path all humans are actually on - the spiritual path.

But help on the way is of irreplaceable importance and can spare you much confusion and time wasted.

For that reason I offer personal Numerology Soul-Alignment Sessions. In these precious meetings I use my expertise in Numerology and experience of over 25 years on the spiritual path both as a practitioner and teacher to support you in aligning with your deep center of Knowing.

If you want to speed up your process of Spiritual Evolution, click HERE and contact me to schedule your session.

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Living in The Upside-Down

Most of us live our lives from birth to death without ever asking ourselves what is this life? How have we come here? What is this all about? What are we really?

We take our existence for granted and firmly believe that what we see is all there is. People often scoff at you when you talk to them about the existence of a spiritual dimension, if you mention out-of-body experiences or perceptions that transcend time and space.

The vast majority simply believe that they are a physical body and that’s that. Even religious people, although apparently having a belief system that includes God and possibly the belief in a heaven etc, don’t really have any direct experience of these realities. These are more like crutches. Comforting concepts to lean on.

This is so much so, that we have totally forgotten what we really are.

We have no recollection or direct experience of us as spiritual beings or even energetic beings.

However, life doesn’t reveal its true meaning and purpose unless we start waking up to our true original identity as spiritual beings.

Doing that though, is not always that easy.

Awakening The Energy Body

If we want to have a chance at entering the secret gate of our forgotten being, we must activate our energy body. The energy body is the closest layer available to us that lies beyond the physical body.

And even though it is so close, for most people it will require some work and trust to first awaken it. You will have to be willing to meditate for a while without having any special experience, simply trusting your guide/teacher, that by persisting, you will at one point pierce into the realm of the energy body.

The energy body, even though exciting to experience at first, is not an end in and of itself. It is a vehicle that is meant to lead us into our root identity. First though you might want to get accustomed to the fact that you are not only a body.

You are an energetic being that is far vaster than the parameters of the physical body, capable of subtle perceptions and energetic sensations that transcend physical location.

That’s quite extraordinary at first. And a wonderful and necessary revelation.

When you’ve awakened the Energy Body, you’ve taken a profound first step to awakening from the upside-down to the real world.

Going Back In Consciousness (not time)

Now, with an awakened Energy Body you can start traversing deeper and deeper into the subtle layers of your own True Being. This journey may be felt as a remembering. As if you’re discovering something you’ve always already known.

The deeper you go, the more it feels like you’re going back in time, to an ancient past, sometimes like eons back. But this is not really time as we think of it. Rather it is going back in levels of consciousness. All levels coexist in this very moment, and yet there’s an order of precedence.

The deeper you go, the subtler it becomes, the less physical. It’s a growing recognition of yourself as Spiritual, namely, not merely a physical form.

This discovery is dazzling and wonderful as you come to realize that you are far vaster and freer than you’ve every imagined.

You also come to realize that fairytales and fables are often descriptions of spiritual truths hidden within stories that are meant to remind us of where we came from.

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Beyond The Energy Body

At first you experience yourself expanding and contracting in size. As if you fill and entire room, and then an entire neighborhood up to the entire visible horizon. You experience heat, energy movements, sensations of joy, tingling and energy streams. You experience colors and lights.

It’s marvelous!
A whole new world of frequencies and subtle perceptions has opened up. But now, with that energy body activated, we travel deeper.

We start experiencing the real meaning of Silence. Everything becomes deeply silent and still. It affects our entire body and nervous system. We are filled with silence. And while on paper this may sound less exciting than all the previous special-effects, it is way more fulfilling.

As we travel deeper, at a certain point we enter the domain of Light.

When we arrive at this layer, we are astonished to realize that sentences we took as metaphorical like “S/he saw the light!” were in fact pointing to a profound reality!

One can indeed, see the Light!

And even more unbelievable - You Are That Light!

That’s a very important milestone on the journey of self-discovery.

It is not the end however.

Beyond The Light

As we’re diving deeper into the origins of our own being, traversing through the eons of consciousness, at one point we move into a far subtler layer that one can call the Divine, or Oneness.

This layer too, is often perceived as a light by one’s inner eye, most often a Golden Light. This is a much deeper light than before. Much more primordial and all-pervasive.

This is a very very subtle layer of perception and requires deep stillness and sensitivity.

In this dimension of being we perceive that everything is One, everything is The One. This is when we come to realize why they say in the bible: “The Lord our God, the Lord is One”.

The deeper truths of sacred texts, biblical texts, start to open up before us and we realize they were never just stories, but depictions of a lived experience that any human being has the potential to realize.

At this depth, we recognize that all beings share the same Self, the One Self. There is but One self. And we are all it.

And yet, there’s more to come.

The Final Frontier (?)

When we touch the Oneness it may feel like we reached the very bottom.

And while it is indeed on many levels our deepest sense of Self, what we are and what existence is, is far more wondrous and mysterious than that.

Remember that cat from Alice in Wonderland? how he appears and disappears into nothing. It is a bit like that.

At the very root, we realize that we are a wonder, a mystery to ourselves, a depth of infinite unknowability. A “space” (for lack of better words) of infinite potential that is yet to become manifest.

Some call this Silence.
Yet, it is levels and levels deeper than the initial Silence we spoke about.

It’s as if all dreams disappear and you stand totally naked. Without a name, a form, not even an identity. Just pure existence. Pure unbounded Being.

Is it the end?

Can you call something that is infinite and unknowable an end?

That’s the beauty of your being. You know and your don’t know at the same time. You are infinite and an unending source of wonder, even to yourself.

And that’s what makes life so infinitely precious.

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If you have a Life Path 9—or if 9 is prominent in your numerology chart by occupying your Expression or Soul Urge numbers—this article is for you.

I’ll explore the six mainstays that help bring life path number 9 into its full flowering and true power.

Like in the previous articles in this series, I will focus primarily on the strengths of this number while also pointing to one of its biggest shadow tendencies.

Let’s begin!

Live for Something Bigger Than Yourself

The foundation of happiness and meaning for a 9 lies in living for a cause or an ideal that is bigger than yourself.

For me personally, as someone with multiple major 9s in my core chart, that means living for spiritual expansion and sharing its benefits with all sentient beings. But every 9 should listen to their own heart. Let it reveal what truly matters to you—what genuinely moves you—and dedicate yourself to that.

It may be of an altruistic nature like helping the poor or protecting the environment. Or of an activistic nature like fighting for human rights, or something completely unique to your own path. Don’t limit yourself. But don’t force it either. Let your heart reveal what it is for you.

At the deepest level, your life is not meant to be lived only for yourself, but also for the collective.

In a culture that celebrates individualism, this may sound strange, uncomfortable or even scary. But I’m here to tell you the truth, even if at first it’s a bit challenging.

Live for something bigger than yourself, and you will have established the ground for lasting fulfillment.

Recognize the Unconditional Giving Within You

If you listen closely to your own heart, you will undoubtedly discover a source of endless abundance that naturally wants to give without conditions or restrictions.

Part of your happiness comes from creating spaces in your life where you simply give for free—whether it is love, food, wise advice, a place to stay, or shelter for animals.

Giving like this is where you feel most at home.

Think of the Sun.

It shines on everyone equally. It doesn’t ask who deserves its warmth. It doesn’t judge. It simply gives unconditionally!

Let that become your role model and your true north. Becoming a Sun of Giving!

Giving without keeping score nourishes your own heart and soul.

Change People’s Lives

One of your gifts as a Life Path 9 is your ability to leave a lasting positive impact on other people’s lives. It’s literally why you came here!

This doesn’t necessarily have to happen on a grand scale.

It simply means living in a way that inspires others and leaves a lasting impact on their lives.

Speaking in such a way that opens people’s hearts like flowers. Living in a way that reminds them of the sound and feeling of something real, beautiful and worthwhile beyond a purely self-centered life.

To do that, you must keep growing. Keep maturing. Keep deepening your wisdom and light. As you do so, people are naturally drawn to your presence, your words, and your actions.

But remember that inspiration doesn’t always come through dramatic gestures.

Picking up litter may inspire the person walking behind you.

Offering a drink to a homeless person may awaken kindness in someone who witnesses it.

An inspired life is contagious!

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Keep Expanding Your Wisdom

As a 9, you are driven by an almost insatiable desire to keep growing and expanding.

You may feel an enormous appetite to learn, explore, and expose yourself to new experiences. Wisdom however, is not simply the accumulation of information.

This is part of your destiny! You are meant to become wise.

And to that end, allow yourself to learn new things regularly. Let your great appetite for growth lead you. The fun thing about being a 9 is that your interests may span a wide variety of topics! Don’t hold yourself back! Keep exploring new territories.

Every new experience broadens your understanding of life. Drink them all in!

And the more your wisdom expands, the more naturally you will inspire others.

At the same time, you are fulfilling a deep longing of your soul—a longing for completion and wholeness.

Beware of Self-Aggrandizement

As you already know, every Life Path has a major shadow. No one is exempt.

For the 9, it is losing perspective and the sense of proportion.

The shadow of universality is ego-aggrandizement and loss of grounded perspective. A bit like living in a dream.

You may become overly identified with grand ideals, inflated visions of your purpose, your future, your role, or fantasies about your importance.

When that happens, you slowly lose touch with reality. You stop seeing the people around you clearly. You may become dismissive of those who disagree with your vision.

You begin to believe you are somehow above others.

This can unfortunately lead to a pretty painful disillusionment later down the road.

Keep your head in the sky—but keep your feet firmly rooted on the ground.

Be a dreamer but stay realistic!

Become the Universal Spirit You Truly Are

You are meant to embody true openness and mature freedom.

You are meant to cultivate a wisdom that is all-inclusive rather than divisive.

To be truly universal is to welcome people regardless of their religion, culture, nationality, or background. Everyone belongs.

Being universal also means to allow yourself to experience the richness of this world.

Travel. Meet and connect to people from different cultures. Learn from different traditions. Enjoy wholeheartedly the many gifts this world has to offer.

Your wisdom should never become confined to a single religion or spiritual system.

You may feel deeply connected to one tradition, and that is beautiful. But remain open to learning from all of them.

That inner freedom allows you to hear every perspective without becoming trapped by any one of them. You can transcend them all.

In a Nutshell

If I had to summarize the destiny of the 9, it would be this:

Smile to all people. Learn from all people. Give to all people.

You are meant to be a role model and a source of inspiration.

You become that by staying open, continuing to learn, and living for something greater than yourself. That is where your deepest meaning and purpose are found.

Make not to confuse your universal nature with self-aggrandizement.

Keep learning.

Keep expanding.

And simply enjoy being a citizen of the entire world.

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In this post, I want to share six ways you can support yourself as a Life Path 8 to live an empowered life. As with the previous posts in this series, I’ll also point out one of the key shadows to be aware of.

And remember, this isn’t only relevant if your Life Path is 8. If you have a central 8 in your chart—such as your Expression or Soul Urge numbers—you’ll likely recognize yourself here as well.

Let’s dive in!

You Learn Through Friction — Accept It

This first point is truly crucial for your well-being and growth.

As an 8, much of what you learn in life comes through friction. Things don’t always come easily, and that’s actually the perfect environment for your development.

You are here to develop your strength and your ability to use power and will when they’re needed.

That means your karma—or dharma, if you prefer—is structured in such a way that you learn best by bumping into resistance and friction. It’s important to accept that this is life’s way of empowering you. It wants to make you resilient, strong, and highly resistant.

You know the saying, “No pain, no gain”? It’s a very 8-ish motto.

Friction can show up as relationship conflicts, disagreements with neighbors, tension with your boss, or struggling to gather the resources for the home you dream of. Whatever form it takes, it’s not about seeking conflict and friction—but to recognize that when they appear, they often serve your growth.

Learn to see and appreciate friction as a developmental force.

Always Have a Goal

Life without a goal to strive for can feel pretty empty for an 8.

You thrive when you’re moving toward something tangible—something that excites you and stirs your energy.

Some 8s aren’t fully aware of this powerful drive within them. As a result, they redirect the energy and become very hard on themselves, very unforgiving, as a substitute to their real drive, without understanding why.

Once you consciously recognize this ambition, you can begin moving with your nature instead of against it.

Set goals and conquer them one by one.

And every time you reach one, dare to set a bigger one!

You’re far more capable than you imagine!

If life has become complacent, start with one simple goal. Get yourself moving again. Then make it a habit to always have something meaningful to strive toward.

You’ll be surprised how alive and rewarding life begins to feel.

You Are Deeply Capable

Ironically, many 8s grow up with parents who suppress and stomp on their strength instead of encouraging it.

Don’t worry—it’s no mistake. It’s often part of the pattern that eventually helps you discover your own power.

But because of that upbringing, many 8s carry quiet doubts about their abilities.

There’s very little you cannot accomplish if you truly set yourself to it.

Whether it’s waking up earlier and going jogging, cleaning your house, beginning work at the time you decided, reaching a fitness goal, asking for a raise, or expanding your career—every achievement reinforces something essential:

The sense of “I can!”

That felt sense of agency is profoundly empowering.

You are a mover. A bulldozer!

You’re someone who can move mountains and set big things into motion.

Most importantly, cultivate the feeling that you are directing your life rather than being pushed around by circumstances.

You are meant to set the tone—not the other way around.

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Become the Commander of Your Life

This naturally leads to the next point.

For an 8, living passively or feeling like a victim or slave of circumstances is the exact opposite of your potential.

You may go through those experiences, but often they’re there to help you discover your real strength.

It’s a lesson in self-control and the ability to direct your life from a place of choice.

The more consistently you lead yourself, the more psychologically and emotionally stable you become. It’s simply your natural element.

People often say that letting go of control is essential for well-being. And in the right context, they’re absolutely right.

But on the practical level of daily living, purpose, and personal fulfillment, an 8 is meant to assume responsibility and take charge.

When you make a decision, follow it through.

When you set a goal, break it into small steps and bring them to completion.

If something isn’t working in your relationship or family life, don’t leave it hanging.

Take grounded action!

Beware of Self-Violence

Here’s where things become more subtle.

We’ve spoken about goals, discipline, strength, and taking control.

But one of the greatest shadows of the 8 is becoming your own worst enemy. Many 8s constantly criticize themselves without even realizing it. They judge themselves for being weak. They humiliate themselves internally.

And somewhere deep inside, they tend to believe that self-compassion, softness, or patience are signs of weakness.

My friend, they’re not.

They’re the complementary side of strength.

Knowing when to fight—and knowing when to yield.

If you reject that softer side, you’ll eventually burn yourself out, physically and emotionally.

As an 8, learning to embrace your vulnerability is not weakness but rather a sign of growth and wisdom. Treat yourself with kindness, compassion, and patience.

No human being can always be strong!

Sometimes strength means allowing yourself to heal, rest and recover.

Be the Family Protector

Did you know that many 8s carry what I like to call the Lion or Lioness archetype?

There’s an instinct inside you that wants to protect the people you love. It wants to build a stable home. It wants to make sure your loved ones are safe, supported, and have everything they need to thrive.

This is your familial side.

Deep inside, many 8s long for a tribe—a place where they belong and where they can nourish, provide, and protect.

Whether it’s your spouse, your children, your closest friends, or your community, people often feel that around you there’s someone who knows how to make things happen.

Someone who can overcome challenges. Someone who can be a shield.

Lean into that part of yourself. It’s one of your greatest gifts!

Yes - you are a Lioness, a Lion!

Remember This:

As a Life Path 8, you’re meant to believe in your strength and believe in yourself.

Always have goals that inspire and energize you.

Don’t be afraid to take ownership of your life and become the true captain of your ship.

At the same time, remember that real strength also knows when to rest, when to soften, and when to treat yourself with love instead of force.

Be there for yourself.

Be there for the people you love.

And know that you’ve got this!

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In this article I want to take a deep dive and explore the six ways a Life Path number 7 can truly come into its flowering—into an empowered embodiment of its deepest potential.

“Diving deep” is almost a synonym for number 7, so this feels like a fitting attitude. It also happens to be both my Life Path and Soul Urge numbers, which makes this especially enjoyable to share with you!

Remember that even if 7 isn’t your Life Path number, this is still relevant if you have it in another central position in your numerology chart, such as your Expression or Soul Urge numbers.

Let’s dive in!

Accept That You Are Different

It’s very common for 7 Life Paths to feel different, as though they don’t quite belong. Many feel like outsiders. But behind that feeling lies a treasure.

You are different—but not strange. You are deeply unique.

Perhaps even as a child you noticed that you naturally looked at life from a deeper perspective while other children seemed content with the surface. 7s arrive in this world with an unusual depth and a natural connection to their inner self.

You have depth, wisdom, and intelligence. So instead of judging yourself for feeling like an outsider, recognize that you are here to offer perspective, increase awareness, and help humanity mature.

You are not meant to follow the herd. In truth, you probably don’t even want to!

You are here to offer sincere wisdom—a wisdom that is honest and truthful and comes from your direct exploration and lived experience. The more you accept this destiny, the more you’ll appreciate both your uniqueness and the gift of seeing the world differently.

Make Solitude a Routine

To stay connected to your inner resources, you need regular time alone.

Time for reflection, meditation and contemplation. Time to think, to feel, to simply be with yourself and your inner world.

This nourishes you. It gives you energy, infuses your life and actions with meaning, and helps you stay connected to your own deeper self.

Without meaning and purpose, as a 7 you will simply feel empty and disoriented. When they are present, you will come alive and naturally inspire others.

Too many people around you, without enough space in between, isn’t sustainable for you in the long haul. When you are alone you are making space to hear your own inner voice and living wisdom.

You must hear your own voice! Don’t apologize for creating the space for it!

Both you and everyone around you will benefit from it.

Feed Your Soul Through Deep Conversations

Meditation and contemplation alone though, aren’t enough.

You also need meaningful human connection.

You need friends who enjoy exploring life deeply—people who love asking the bigger questions of life. Small talk couldn’t be further from your nature.

In Hebrew, my mother tongue, there’s a beautiful expression for such conversations: Sichot Nefesh—literally: ”Conversations of the Soul”.

That’s exactly what a 7 needs!

These Sichot Nefesh or Conversations of the Soul leave the mundane behind. They make time disappear. Together you enter the wonder and mystery of existence.

And for a 7, there’s almost nothing more fulfilling than touching that mystery.

Very often these conversations open the space for revelation, bring genuine insight, deepen self-understanding, and foster meaningful human connection.

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Commit to a Serious Spiritual Practice

Not every 7 immediately recognizes their spiritual nature. But if you want to live up to your true potential, I strongly recommend taking on a genuine spiritual practice.

Personally, I would encourage choosing something rooted in a mature spiritual tradition rather than a half-baked new-agey spiritual trend.

Deep yogic traditions, Tibetan Buddhism, or Buddhism more broadly can all be wonderful paths. Reading spiritual texts can bring clarity and enrich your understanding. But don’t just stop there.

That’s why I recommend a regular practice of meditation and prayer—something that
activates your energy body and allows spiritual teachings to become living realities.

Without experience, only relying on knowledge and information can make you too mindy and rigid. You risk becoming someone who thinks they know, but actually doesn’t.

Find a practice and a tradition that genuinely speaks to your need for depth, seriousness, and meaning.

Don’t settle for less.

But don’t spend your life searching for the perfect path either. That, too, can become another trap of the mind.

Beware of Arrogance

One of the greatest pitfalls for a 7 is arrogance.

Because you naturally love knowledge and have the potential for genuine wisdom, it’s easy to begin believing you know better than everyone else.

Every 7 has some tendency in this direction and it’s worth acknowledging it with honesty.

Your intuition is often strong. Your mind is often sharp. And yes, there will be many moments when you truly do see something others don’t.

But arrogance begins when you believe you know everything—or that you’re somehow better than the person standing in front of you.

Neither is true.

As someone devoted to truth, you have to hold yourself to that same standard.

And spiritually speaking, reality can never be fully understood by the mind. It is infinitely greater than our capacity to grasp it.

The appropriate response is always humility.

Stand before the infinite mystery of life with awe and meet every person with this same attitude.

Otherwise, meaningful relationships are bound to suffer. People will start to reject you, turn their back at you and not want to listen to what you have to share. Isolation naturally follows. And you may end up living inside the illusion that “you know”.

Learn to be humble and not to know.

Never Stop Learning

Finally, never stop learning. Forever deepening. Forever growing.

This is part of your destiny.

You’re meant to become a master of your craft, whatever that craft may be. That requires continual study, refinement, and specialization. Learning also nourishes your heart, your mind, and your soul.

It doesn’t always have to relate directly to your life’s work. Learn whatever genuinely sparks your curiosity.

Your wisdom needs constant nourishment. Your mind needs to keep expanding into new frontiers rather than becoming rigid.

Some of you will naturally be your own teachers. Others will thrive learning from experienced teachers. Both paths are valid.

Simply move in the direction that feels true for you.

Lifelong learning will empower you to be the wonderful teacher you can be by keeping your mind alive, eternally growing, maintaining a fresh perspective and your sense of meaning continually renewed.

Remember this:

As a Life Path 7, you’re not always meant to blend in.

You’re meant to see differently, think deeply, and offer the world the gift of a wiser perspective.

To do that, keep learning. Keep evolving. Commit to a genuine spiritual practice. Stay humble, and never lose the willingness to admit that you don’t know.

At the same time, trust your inner knowing. Learn to follow it when making decisions and walking your own path.

Nourish yourself with solitude.

Feed your soul with meaningful conversations.

And remember to cherish your uniqueness.

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Career, responsibilities, raising kids, struggling to make ends meet, the noise of politics, the fear of the tomorrow, disease, loss of loved ones, death.

Life as a human being can be so intense and all-consuming. So demanding.

We start off as kids, full of joy, a sense of wonder and belief in the impossible. As we grow up, the weight of time, accumulated thoughts, memories, traumas and human conflict start building walls around our experience of life.

Things turn grey, we lose our original innocence and completely forget the essence and wonder of life.

Or more accurately - almost completely.

The weight of the human mind eventually makes us betray our own essence and turn to cynicism and materialism. We forget who we are and along with it, the magic of life.

In The Beginning

But who were you at the very beginning?

I’m not speaking about a beginning in time. I’m speaking of the beginning that was and is always here, before all of your accumulated weight. Who are you? What are you?

The marvelous truth of your personal life story with all its struggles, quarrels, successes and failures, joys and disappointments is that behind it there is a totally different story. The True Story.

The true story always lies beyond the human drama in a fantastic cosmic reality that precedes all human stories yet exists as pure marvel and epic positivity.

And the good news is, it is not far away. It is not at another place. It is to be discovered right here within the depths of your own consciousness.

This can be done through meditation, prayer, spiritual inquiry and most powerfully through intentional group practice.

Most importantly though is the realization that behind the demanding human story of ours that seems to be all there is, lies a marvelous reality - that is your reality.

Behind The Costume

If you want to get in touch with your real cosmic identity, you will have to take a courageous step and pierce through the veil of cynicism and materialism.

We all know this veil all too well.

It is the part in us that stopped believing that there’s anything to this life beyond the physical reality. The part that scoffs with disdain at the prospect of real love and that believes that things can only be known if an external agent (science or machines) tells us they are true.

Welcome to the cosmic reality!

Cosmic by the way has nothing to do with physical space, but rather with the original good order and harmony preceding human conditioning.

And speaking of order, know that on this true level of your being you exist on a whole new order of wholeness and splendor.

But to touch the splendor, meaning, grand purpose and beauty, you have to let go of the old you. You must agree to see beyond what you mistakenly took to be who you are.

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Letting Go of Mistaken Identity

What is your name?
Where do you come from?
Who are your parents?

We are all deeply identified with the temporary story, the costume of who we think we are. But in truth your current body, name and all the rest of it is only a temporary reflection of your true Spiritual Being. It is like a ray, beamed down onto earth, just like a beamer casts lights on a screen.

But your true identity is not your current name or face or country. It is not your parents or your closest friends. It’s not your husband or wife nor is it your career.

You must agree to part ways with pleasing society and family and even close friends. This means waking up to the real life, but the price is leaving the lies behind. Leaving cynicism and social image behind.

A Spiritual Being in a Human Body

Once you open up to your nature as a spiritual being you are introduced to a whole new way of experiencing yourself. This is not a mental thought game but a visceral, energetic experience.

Most people have never tasted the sense of being bigger than their physical body, let alone being beyond time and space.

If you stay at it for enough time, the opening becomes big enough, stable enough to reveal deeper layers of your Soul. You will experience yourself as made of Light, as a source. You will experience your body as a reflection of your vast cosmic self.

And if you take if truly seriously, you’ll start shifting your perception from a human being who is contacting their spiritual nature, to a spiritual being embodying a human experience.

Living from this space makes for a truly inspired life.

The True Story

We all search for meaning and purpose. Normally we find it in our own invented realities such as careers and hobbies. Otherwise we find it in the instinctual process of having kids.

But beyond all of that lies the true story, the cosmic story, the real reason we are here.

And it is only by connecting to this story of you being a cosmic being, part of a great Oneness, temporarily experiencing itself as this or that person, that you get to feel the inexhaustible meaning and purpose of life.

Meaning and purpose are inherent to your original cosmic state. You feel in a very real way that you are here for a reason and are part of a greater mission - a divine plan.

Your existence here is filled with great meaning, purpose and light.

It is epic!

Now all that is left is for you to practice regularly in order to make it a reality.

And if you’re not sure where to start, you can always get in touch and meet for spiritual mentoring.

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After covering the first five Life Paths, in this article we’ll dive into the six ways Life Path 6 can live up to its true and bright potential.

As with every article in this series, I’ll talk about the qualities that empower you, as well as the pitfalls that can keep you from living your highest expression. Both are essential if you want to step fully into your potential.

And remember, even if 6 isn’t your Life Path number, this is still very relevant if it appears as your Expression Number or Soul Urge Number.

Let’s dive in!

Honor Your Need for Mutuality

One of your deepest needs is to connect with another person on a profound level. You long for meaningful, close relationships. But for you, it’s not just about caring for someone else. It has to go both ways. A mutuality is needed.

You cherish genuine exchange.

If you find yourself in relationships where you’re constantly giving but receiving very little in return, bitterness, disappointment, and resentment can slowly build up. You need people who genuinely care about you, who think about you, who want what’s best for you just as much as you want what’s best for them.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not about everything being perfectly equal. It’s about feeling that the relationship is alive and authentic, that both people are invested, like true friends.

When giving and receiving come together, you feel whole. That sense of mutual care creates something that is incredibly important for you: a feeling of home and belonging.

You Must Belong

If you read my article on Life Path 4, you probably remember me talking about roots. I’ll use that word again here, but for you 6s, roots mean something different.

They aren’t just about having a roof over your head or a healthy body. They are emotional roots.

That could be a neighborhood, a community, a circle of friends, or even your workplace. Wherever it is, you need to feel at home.

This also extends to the space you live in. You naturally want to create warmth through your home, your furniture, the food you eat, and especially through the quality of time you spend with the people you love.

You thrive on moments of closeness. Watching a movie together, cooking together, going into nature, sharing a simple activity—it doesn’t have to be extravagant. It simply has to deepen the connection and strengthen that feeling of home, both within yourself and with those around you.

Giving and Serving Is Your Nature

If you’ve ever wondered whether you give too much, let me reassure you - nothing is wrong with that.

As a 6, you have an incredibly kind, caring, and generous heart.

You shine when you take care of others! You feel most alive when people around you feel nourished, protected, and cared for in your presence. It’s one of your super-powers!

Don’t let society convince you that you’re foolish for putting others first. Service is one of the most natural expressions of a Life Path 6, and it brings you deep satisfaction and purpose.

Can you sometimes overdo it? Of course.

Can you sometimes neglect yourself? Definitely.

But don’t stop giving because of that.

Instead, learn to recognize when you need to replenish yourself. Rest when you’re depleted. Care for yourself when necessary. Find the middle ground—but never abandon your generous nature.

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Be Fair and Loving—But Don’t Become Transactional

As a 6, you are naturally one of the fairest people around.

Fairness runs deep in your veins. It shapes your choices, your relationships, and the way you move through life. When you witness injustice, it often feels personal, even if it has nothing to do with you directly.

That is another one of your greatest gifts.

That said, this very strength has its shadow.

The danger is becoming attached to everything always being fair. Without realizing it, you can begin keeping a secret inner ledger of what you’ve given and what you’re owed. When others don’t reciprocate in the way you expected, disappointment starts creeping in and can slowly turn into bitterness and resentment.

Over time, if not addressed, it may even turn into revenge and end up damaging important relationships.

It’s important that you remember that people don’t all give in the same ways or to the same extent.

And if someone is not reciprocating in a way that feels unhealthy to you, do your best to communicate it with love. Don’t wait until those feelings build up and explode at a later point.

Don’t Suppress Your Feelings

This naturally brings me to what may be the most important point for Life Path 6.

You are incredibly good at doing exactly that.

Ironically, you suppress your emotions because you care. You don’t want conflict. You don’t want to create discomfort for other people.

But the price is high.

Eventually those unprocessed emotions become bottled up inside you, like a ticking bomb waiting to explode as anger, blame, resentment, revenge or even physical illness.

Creating peace is beautiful, but ignoring yourself as a byproduct is taking it too far. Your emotions need to be processed. They need to be digested. This is part of your deeper inner work.

Since fairness is such an important value for you, remember to be fair to your own emotions as well. They deserve your attention just as much as everyone else’s feelings do.

If you continue pushing everything under the rug, you’ll eventually find yourself in unnecessary conflicts simply because you waited too long to express what was going on inside of you.

But if you learn to process your emotions with honesty and courage, you’ll discover a deeper maturity—and a much deeper form of love.

Be the Parent You Are Meant to Be

Finally, I want you to know that you came into this world with a beautiful parental quality. This isn’t limited to raising biological children.

You can be a parent to your friends, your colleagues, your clients, and to anyone who becomes part of your life.

Whenever you take someone under your wing, offer support, nourish them, or simply help them grow, you feel most in your element. Your warm presence becomes a place of refuge. You become a sense of home for other people.

What a beautiful gift!

I like to think of Life Path 6 as a cosmic gardener—someone who creates the conditions for other people to flourish. You nourish, protect, encourage, and help others come to their own full flowering.

The world needs this quality now more than ever!

The people who have you in their lives, when you’re living in your authentic expression, are truly fortunate.

Remember this:

You are a giver.

You are a nurturer.

Love generously, but allow that love to flow in both directions. Honor your own needs alongside everyone else’s. Take care of your emotions instead of carrying them in silence.

You have so much to offer this world.

Give with love and dedication. And don’t forget to extend that same care to yourself.

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The Greatest Treasure Within You

Your own Consciousness is by far the greatest treasure you will ever know. There is nothing in this world that comes anywhere near the richness of consciousness. And the most amazing thing is: this consciousness is You and is always accessible!

The practice of meditation is simply a way of accessing the deeper recesses of the infinite source of possibility, wisdom and clarity that you are.

In true meditation, when taught and practiced properly, you can pierce through confusion into bright clarity, you can open to a space of wonderful insight and amplified intuition. You can expand your intelligence and find solutions to stressful situations and you can reveal your destiny and purpose at any point in time.

Consciousness Beyond Mind Expands the Mind

Who you are - consciousness - is completely beyond the mind. Beyond the mind, simply means beyond thoughts, beliefs, opinions and memories. Consciousness is pure and formless. It lies completely beyond all forms - gross and subtle.

As such, the consciousness that you are is itself pure potential. The ground from which all possibilities arise.

This has nothing to do with the unfounded belief very prevalent in New Age circles, that “you create your reality”. It’s not as simplistic as that. Because YOU as consciousness are not an individual separate being that creates its personal reality.

As consciousness you are universal and One with All Reality. Therefore, whatever is created from that ground of being, can only be in alignment with ALL of reality.

When you access consciousness in meditation, you will very quickly notice that your mind feels freer, more capable of thinking in new and flexible ways, more capable of seeing your path with clarity.

In other words, when you meditate, the space in your mind grows and so does your capacity to see through obstacles that felt stuck and into a fresh and exciting reality that always awaits you.

Your Destiny Revealed in Intentional Meditation

Consciousness is unlimited and so should be your meditation. Meditation is not only about sitting in silence or observing your breath. In fact, meditation can be a wonderful way to access the infinite potential of your consciousness with intention.

If there’s an area in your life that feels stuck or you feel a bit off-track, come into your meditation with an innocent heart and a curious mind. Place a sincere question into the space of your consciousness and actively engage in contemplating it.

Your intentional question and contemplation activate consciousness and draw from its infinite recesses the necessary clarity, wisdom and answers. And if you meditate regularly, this means that you can live in deep alignment with your Soul’s Destiny.

This is a tremendous gift!

It also means that meditation is not a passive space, but also an engaging space of creativity and action, where you can actively and intentionally bring clarity into your life.

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Create More Space for Solutions to Arise

Problems often feel stuck or unsolvable only so long as we stand too close to them. At a proper distance, everything suddenly seems more moldable and solvable. Distance in the realm of consciousness means more inner space.

It means that we open up to an expanding vastness of consciousness that allows us to address any issue, question, conflict or destiny calling from a place of great generous space.

Space means that as you access your space of consciousness, what previously seemed too emotional, tight, conflicted and personal, is suddenly seen from a quiet vantage point, a free and detached space.

From this space of freedom you finally have room to breathe and view things from a silent, wise and loving perspective. This is a game changer.

Things that were stuck suddenly start moving.

Where you saw no way forward, the next step reveals itself.

If destiny seemed obscure, it opens itself like a fresh landscape.

Make Meditation Non-Negotiable

Some things in life are non-negotiable. Eating, drinking, sleeping. I can add brushing your teeth, taking a shower and so on. But rarely do we think about the nourishment of our inner life as non-negotiable.

With an active and thriving meditation practice that creates a powerful and solid connection to your nature as consciousness, you nourish a power like no other.

Even when the body is unhealthy or when things go really south (which they often do), you will have a strength in you to deal with it all.

Even in the darkest hours, you will have an ineffable strength to draw upon, like an ever-present friend.

So from this moment on, make it a heart-commitment to make meditation a natural part of your life. Befriend your true-self - Consciousness - and live an inspired life.

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In this article, I want to explore the six ways Life Paths 5 can come into their full power.

If you’ve been following this series, you already know that this doesn’t only apply to the Life Path number. Much of what I’ll be sharing is also relevant for anyone with a strong 5 energy in their chart—especially those with a 5 Expression Number or Soul Urge Number (the BIG 3).

Some of these points are about leaning into your strengths. Others are about recognizing the pitfalls that can hold you back.

Let’s dive in!

Choose a Flexible Career

We live in societies where money and survival often push us toward safety and stability. And while safety has its place, it can become a trap for a 5.

If security becomes your highest priority, you’ll quickly start to feel dry, bored, and disconnected from any sense of purpose and meaning in what you do.

You need a career that gives you enough freedom, movement, and variety. This might mean a job that involves travel, meeting new people, or having flexibility in your schedule. It could also mean being self-employed and setting your own rhythm.

You may even find yourself drawn to professions that are a little unconventional. That’s not a requirement, but it can be exciting and suitable to your nature.

The reality is that work occupies a huge portion of our lives. As a 5, you want that time to feel alive, engaging, and enjoyable.

And one more thing: don’t panic if you don’t have a perfectly clear career path. As long as you’re making ends meet, finding creative ways forward, hustling around and are enjoying the journey, you’re on the right path!

Don’t Rush to Your Own Wedding

The next point may apply more strongly in some cultures than others, but it’s especially relevant in modern Western culture.

I’m very much in favor of long-term relationships rooted in love and freedom. But as a 5, before you rush into marriage and having kids, make sure you’re choosing someone who genuinely understands your need for freedom, exploration, and change.

The problem is that the moment you start feeling fenced in, another part of you begins looking for ways to escape, rebel, or reclaim your freedom. This may even cost you your relationship if you’re not listening to yourself. That’s why it’s important to take your time.

Then, if marriage is right for you, let it happen from a place of clarity rather than impulse.

As for non-Westerner cultures, I’d recommend you find a match or partner who allows your creativity, vitality, and life force to flourish. Someone who appreciates your quirky nature rather than trying to control it.

Breaking Your Routine Should Be Your Routine

Routine is not your native language.

Your nature is made up of constant change.

That doesn’t mean you can’t have structure in your life, but it does mean you need regular experiences that break the pattern.

Take the train to somewhere you’ve never been. Jump on a bus to an unknown destination! Book a spontaneous trip. Spend time in nature. Say yes to an adventure!

Let yourself not know where you’re going, who you’re about to meet or what’s going to happen next. Allow the moment to dictate.

If you’re a musician, improvise. Play with people you’ve never met before. Maybe you’ll end up playing songs you love together. Maybe you’ll even find yourself throwing an unexpected concert.

The details don’t matter.

What matters is honoring the part of you that thrives on novelty and discovery. Your flame stays alive when life remains an adventure!

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Don’t Overlook Your Own Shadows

One of the greatest Achilles Heels for many 5s is escapism.

Because you’re naturally light, dynamic, and freedom-loving, anything that requires depth, seriousness, or prolonged observation can feel like a threat to your freedom.

As a result, you may be tempted to gloss over difficult issues rather than truly engage with them.

You might dismiss things too quickly, flatten them or explain them away. You may wrap them in smart language, positivity, flow, or clever insights while quietly avoiding the actual work. You may even claim you’re aware of your shadows, while in reality not having any sincere intention of addressing them.

But some aspects of reality are universal and won’t bend to your desire to keep everything light and easy.

Like all of us, there will be times when you need to slow down and meet yourself intimately and honestly. You too, need to face your shadows, sit with uncomfortable truths, and do the work required to grow.

This is one of the most valuable lessons for a 5 because it teaches you something profound:

If you avoid these lessons, your shadows will come back with even more momentum, like a boomerang.

If you face them however, you’re setting yourself up for tremendous growth!

Embrace an Experimental Sexuality

Sexuality is one of the recurring themes in the life of many 5s.

You are naturally open, curious, flexible, and experimental. Because of that, it’s important not to limit your sexuality into rigid patterns that don’t fit your nature.

Allow yourself to explore.

Allow yourself to discover new experiences, sensations, and experience sexual adventures. Be a little kinky!

You may discover that your sexual identity feels more fluid than most. It’s completely normal to consider having gay sexual experiences even though you’ve not gay, a threesome, an orgy etc. Curiosity and experimentation should be part of the 5 experience.

At the same time, there is an important caution here.

Your own curious and experimental nature can sometimes turn into recklessness.

You may say yes to experiences that aren’t actually healthy for you simply because they feel exciting or rebellious. Also, while pursuing your own desires, you may unintentionally overlook your own emotional and physical needs or boundaries as well as those of others.

So explore, but do so consciously.

Freedom and recklessness are not the same thing.
Learn to find the middle ground.

Be Creative, Not Manipulative

One of your greatest gifts is your dynamic creativity.

You are charming and are a natural hustler, and have a natural ability to find solutions, open doors, and create opportunities for yourself and others.

This can be difficult territory because the line isn’t always obvious. The first step is simply becoming aware that the possibility of manipulation exists.

The second step is honestly examining your motives.

Do you truly see the people you interact with?

Do you care about their well-being?

Or are you only trying to get something from them?

Are you using your charm to connect, or are you using it to achieve an outcome?

This requires self-observation and honesty—not your strongest suits! But it’s important nonetheless.

When you learn to direct your creativity toward helping others, opening doors for friends, supporting your community, and bringing more life and joy into the world, that’s when you really shine and feel fulfilled!

Remember this:

At your core you are made of dynamism, exploration, and change.

Being fenced in won’t work for you. You need openness, nature and an ongoing encounter with life that feels fresh, alive and exciting.

You need opportunities to discover yourself anew again and again.

Honor that part of your nature.

At the same time, don’t neglect the deeper dimensions of your growth. Embrace the moments that ask you to slow down, see the truth, and meet yourself honestly.

They are what gives your path and character depth and truthfulness.

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Every life path number has certain codes that help it function in its element, in its true strength, and fulfill its potential.

As we explore Life Path Number 4, just as we have in previous articles, we’ll look at both what strengthens this energy and what can pull it away from its natural wisdom.

And remember: this isn’t only relevant for Life Path 4s. If you have a strong 4 elsewhere in your chart—such as your Expression Number or Soul Urge Number—you may recognize yourself here as well.

You Need Stability

We live in a society that glorifies people who dare, take risks, and make it to the top.

But for a Life Path 4, it’s important to understand that before taking risks—if that’s even something you want—you first need a foundation of stability.

This means a stable routine, stable financial income, and a clear plan and strategy for your actions. Your root chakra needs to feel steady and safe. Without that, you’ll often feel unsettled and restless.

Your nature is one of stability and responsibility. Honor that. Don’t make rash decisions simply because you’re trying to live up to a societal image of who you’re supposed to be.

When your ground is stable, you naturally gain the confidence to take greater risks—should you wish to do so. The same applies to travel and adventure. Make sure you have a plan. Make sure you’re financially covered. Then you’ll actually be able to relax and enjoy yourself.

Don’t leave important things to chance!

Build Financial Stability

For a 4, financial stability isn’t just an expression of their practical nature — it’s deeply connected to their well-being and peace of mind.

While other personality types may be more spontaneous or easygoing when it comes to money, it doesn’t quite work that way for you. For you, money represents basic survival and safety.

You deeply feel the reality of what could happen if you had none.

Make sure you have enough money in your bank account and savings. Even consider a pension plan. Think about three months ahead, one year ahead, even ten years ahead.

For some 4s, it’s even helpful to plan with old age in mind.

Having your finances in order gives you a profound sense that life is taken care of. It allows you to exhale and relax.

Take Care of Your Physical Health

Coming back to the root chakra, regular physical activity is a must for you.

You need to feel healthy and robust.

I’m not talking about anything extreme. I’m speaking about movement that keeps you vital, strong, and stable.

Health can easily become a source of worry and anxiety for many 4s. That’s why taking good care of your body can make such a huge difference.

Let it give you the strength and stability you need!

As a 4, feeling grounded in physical reality is deeply important. Physical activity doesn’t just make you healthier. It helps you feel rooted.

And for you, that’s essential.

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Learn to Reduce Your Worry

Many 4s feel that they have to stay informed about everything happening in the world. Reading or watching the news becomes a way of feeling grounded and responsible.

Unfortunately, it often has the opposite effect.

Instead of bringing peace of mind, it can increase fear, anxiety, and worry.

Life Path 4s may tend to be more pessimistic. It’s often harder for them to imagine positive outcomes. That’s exactly why constantly consuming the news may not serve you well. Once a week is often enough.

You’ll still feel informed, but you’ll significantly reduce the anxiety that comes from being immersed in a nonstop stream of alarming information. It’s also important to remember that what we call “the news” isn’t the complete truth of reality.

Touch base with actual life outside television screens and media channels.

Otherwise, it’s easy to fall into the belief that everything is going south, that we’re all in danger, and that everything is terrible and doomed.

But that’s simply not the whole truth.

Balance Control with Creativity

One of your strengths is self-control and discipline. These qualities serve you well. But they can also become a double-edged sword.

You may become too rigid. Too controlling. Too convinced that your way is the only way, that your opinion is the only true opinion. You may close yourself off to new perspectives.

My recommendation is simple: loosen your grip just a little.

It’s perfectly fine to have strong opinions. But leave room for the possibility that you don’t know everything.

When life doesn’t unfold according to the plan you had in mind, instead of becoming frustrated or angry at life, open a small space for a creative solution to emerge.

I say “small space” intentionally.

Because it’s natural for you to be set in your ways. Structure is part of what gives you stability. But there’s a fine line between structure and a prison. Be careful not to become a bunker that no new life can enter.

Allow for spaces of inspiration and creativity. Try a new path once in a while. You may discover that flexibility doesn’t diminish your sense of control—it actually strengthens it.

Become a Rock To Lean On

This may surprise you: even though as a 4 you aren’t always the most emotionally expressive person, supporting others is deeply important to you.

You are, in many ways, service-oriented.

You don’t always show your care through words or displays of emotion, but you care deeply. So if you haven’t done so already, allow yourself to be a rock for the people in your life.

The one they trust. The one they know will always be there. You are meant to be a stable presence through thick and thin. A true friend.

At times, that responsibility may feel heavy. But you are built to carry responsibility.

While 4s don’t always show much emotion, they can be some of the most caring people you’ll ever meet.

My own father is a Life Path 4. During the last years of my grandfather’s life, when he became completely physically dependent, my father showed up every single day to take care of him (and it was my mom’s father - not my dad’s!). At the same time, he also visited his own mother daily, despite the fact that she already had a full-time caretaker and didn’t even remember who he was.

He still showed up. That’s the kind of commitment and heart you carry as a number 4. It’s actually very touching!

And living this way fulfills you deeply.

Remember Your Gift

As a 4, remember that your code is stability and consistency.

Whatever it is you do, when you show up consistently, you will eventually see results. This is also your gift to the rest of us, who may try to skip steps and look for shortcuts.

Embrace your rooted nature. Strengthen your foundations.

And trust that your happiness isn’t found by becoming someone else, but by honoring the steady, reliable wisdom that is natural to you.

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If you’ve read my previous articles in this series, you may have started noticing something special: every life path number has its own unique blueprint of fulfillment. Not all of us are meant to live the same kind of life.

These articles—and my work at large—are about helping you embrace your unique version of fulfillment. They’re an invitation to free yourself from ideas about success, happiness, and purpose that may have been handed to you by parents, friends, society, or social media, but have very little to do with who you really are.

In this episode, I want to share some core recommendations that can help any Life Path 3 live up to its original potential. This is also highly relevant if 3 is your Expression Number or Soul Urge Number.

You Must Express Yourself

Do you remember being a child and wanting to put on costumes, wear your parents’ jewelry or adult sunglasses, and put on a show for everyone to watch?

How beautiful is that sheer innocent wish to express oneself!

As a Life Path 3, one of my core recommendations is this: make sure you have a regular outlet where you can express your emotions and spontaneous creativity. Writing and speaking are especially powerful for you. But don’t limit yourself to them. Any authentic creative outlet will do the job.

Don’t make it too serious. It’s not about creating great artwork.

At your core, you are like a child bubbling with creative energy—an energy that doesn’t have a final goal but simply enjoys moving, flowing, and expressing itself. It just loves being alive!

That’s why writing or speaking can feel so natural to you. They allow your endless ideas and colorful emotions to flow. That’s where you feel most in your element.

Return to Simple Joy

I know many 3s who are drowning in work and have made career and success their number one goal. This, unfortunately, couldn’t be further from your essence.

You can absolutely have a thriving career and ambitious goals. But beneath all of that, you must keep returning to simple joy.

I’m not talking about some excited state of bliss or constant happiness.

I’m talking about playing with your dog, your cat, or your kids. Sitting in the garden with a cup of coffee, watching the flowers and listening to the birds. Meeting a friend and having a good laugh. Being goofy together.

You know…the ordinary things.

Finding joy in simple moments brings you back to your element. It reminds you who you are.

Stay an Eternal Student

One of your great strengths is your capacity to learn.

Learning is pure joy for you. New information stimulates your mind and awakens your natural curiosity. It connects you to the child within.

That’s why I highly recommend you continuously learn new things. Study topics that genuinely interest you, both big and small. Follow your fascination wherever it leads you. You’ll notice that curiosity itself creates a sense of aliveness and connects you to the vibrant child within.

If you’re connected to your 3 energy, new thoughts and inspirations should flow through you like a river. Keep introducing new information into your life. Expand your knowledge. Enjoy being an eternal student of life!

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Approach Life with Curiosity

Children don’t need a reason to be curious. Everything feels fascinating to them, like a wonder.

But as we grow older, we often lose that innocence and sense of wonder. We become dull and get easily bored. We need progressively stronger and stronger stimulation to feel alive.

When you meet people, stay curious.

When you listen to others, stay curious.

When you hear music, stay curious.

When you watch waves breaking on the shore, stay curious.

This kind of curiosity lies at the root of your true potential. It keeps you open and fresh. Able to meet life anew, again and again, with the eyes and heart of wonder.

Don’t let yourself become tainted by the pretentiousness of our world. Learn to remain a child on the inside, even if on the outside you sometimes have to play the game of being an adult.

Create and Play for no Special Reason

You may have noticed a recurring theme by now: doing things without a goal.

Think of small children. When they draw, sing, mumble to themselves, or roll around in the grass, do they have a goal?

No.

They play because play is an expression of life itself. You, too, should create for no special reason.

Draw. Paint. Sing. Write music. Poems.

Don’t become a perfectionist! Perfectionism goes against your nature. Simply enjoy yourself.

Your parents may have taught you to be successful, ambitious, and productive because they wanted you to fit in. But the harder you try to force yourself into those molds, the further you move away from your natural spontaneity, joy, and ease.

Learn to drop some of the heaviness you’ve inherited from society.

Fool around a little.

Pick up a guitar and sing. Go outside and play with your kids. Forget about your age! Write spontaneous imperfect poems and share them on social media with funny pictures.

The more you allow the creative child within you to come out, the more you’ll feel at home in yourself.

Seek Wise Friends and Practice Self-Reflection

The last thing I want to suggest is this: surround yourself with wise and mature people.

Why? Because in order to balance your childlike nature, you sometimes need others who can help you draw wise conclusions from life’s challenges.

As a 3, you may have a tendency to flatten things or miss the deeper issue at hand. You may interpret experiences as fate instead of looking inward and asking what they might be trying to teach you. Or you may not make the effort to get to the root of the problem.

Together, they offer just enough grounded adult energy to support the child within you—helping you move through life with greater awareness and avoid repeating unhelpful patterns.

And the beautiful thing is that you genuinely enjoy wisdom. Listening to someone who is truly wise nourishes you deeply and instills confidence.

In the end, Remember This:

Your path is one of joy, play, and creativity without reason.

You are here to embody the archetype of the child of life—that innocent being who meets each moment with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to learn again and again, every day anew.

Your deepest fulfillment won’t come from becoming more serious, more productive, or more impressive. It will come from leaning into your natural innocent being that meets life like a child would.

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In this article we’ll dive deeper into what can truly help a Life Path Number 2 person live up to their potential. This also applies to people with prominent 2 energy elsewhere in their chart, such as in their Expression Number or Soul Urge Number.

To embody your potential, you need to understand both what puts you in your element and what shadows can pull you off course.

Let’s dive in!

Accept Your Sensitive Nature

As a Number 2, you come into this world with an exceptionally open, receptive, and sensitive nature. Energetically, you are like a receptacle. On a human level, that also makes you highly vulnerable.

As a coping mechanism, many 2s either withdraw from life and avoid things altogether, or develop a harsh edge, a form of a nasty emotional tone as a way of defending themselves. Both are forms of resistance to who you truly are. Your sensitivity is your gift and your gentleness is what makes you beautiful.

In a world that glorifies power, ambition, and competition, you may feel a stronger pressure than most to prove yourself. As a result, you may try to deny your tender nature. This is very understandable, but it ultimately takes you off your true path.

Instead of trying to fit into the world on its terms, learn to appreciate what is real about you and offer it to the world in your own caring, sensitive, and aesthetic way.

Embrace the privilege and gift of being so open, like a vast womb.

Tap Into Your Gentle Power

Contrary to what many people think, Number 2 people can possess tremendous power. The difference is that your power is rooted in gentleness.

Think of water. A rock may appear stronger at first, but it is the drop that falls continuously that eventually carves its way through stone! Learn to be patient. Become a container for life. A space of compassion.

In that quiet spaciousness, you discover a presence that is loving, steady, and wise. Your power is not expressed through force. Like a Tai Chi master, it comes from moving with energy and redirecting it gently and skillfully.

Look at the universe itself. For billions of years it has continued being exactly what it is, holding everything that arises within it. Learn to recognize that same all-containing quality within yourself. Like a universal womb.

Your power is compassion. It can soften even the most rigid of hearts!

Don’t Give Up on Your Dreams—Break Them Into Small Steps

As a Number 2, you often have a deep fear of stepping fully into the world. Part of you wants to remain where things feel safe and without friction.

Because of that, you may find yourself finding excuses for abandoning dreams just as they begin to become real and possible. A passion can seem to disappear the moment you can actually make it into a reality.

Break everything into small steps. Tiny steps, if necessary. Be patient with yourself, but don’t give up on yourself.

Your 2 energy carries spiritual intuition, heart energy, and wisdom that the world desperately needs! You don’t need to rush forward like a tsunami. In fact, doing so often creates a backlash that causes you to retreat completely and give up on your dreams altogether.

Move instead like the drop on the rock. Take one step that feels safe. Then another. Then another. Over time, you’ll find yourself feeling safer and safer and as a result more naturally and fully engaged in living your passions and dreams.

Don’t Lie and Don’t Be Mean

Like every number, also the most gentle Number 2 has its shadows.

Think of it like this: when someone feels powerless or afraid of direct confrontation, they may find indirect, dishonest ways of dealing with life. For a Number 2, this can show up as dishonesty, lies, manipulation, or even emotional cruelty. A kind of nastiness if you will.

Emotions are a territory you understand well. In your shadow, you can use that very same knowledge to hurt the people closest to you and even become emotionally abusive. Beware of this tendency. See it for what it is: a poor substitute for real power.

To communicate directly, to wait for the right moment, to act with tact instead of manipulation.

Learn to spot the ways you become conniving and hurting people who are important to you. Remember your true power: patience, and silence. Keep waiting for the right timing, and lean into your compassion and quiet wisdom.

And if you need help in overcoming these difficulties, there is no shame in asking for it.

Offer People Your Kindness and Compassion

At your highest expression, you are here to offer people a loving heart, a kind and compassionate heart.

When you fully embrace your sensitivity and step into your role as a compassionate listener, you will discover a profound sense of happiness and fulfillment.

In this world, people walk through life carrying invisible wounds, with bleeding hearts. So many feel unseen, unheard. People are crying from the inside. We are like children in adult bodies, begging for acknowledgment.

To truly see another person for real is to give them something immeasurably precious. It is a way of giving them back themselves. And as a number 2 you have this incredible capacity to heal and acknowledge others.

Your compassion welcomes people exactly as they are. Your presence can make others feel that they belong, that they matter, that they are not alone. It’s like a hug that knows no boundaries. A true diamond. An incredible gift.

Instead of shying away from the world, recognize the importance of your role within it. You are here to be a nurturing presence. A compassionate mother or parent. A heart that embraces life and the people within it.

Listen to Your Genuine Needs and Boundaries

Because your boundaries are naturally thin, life can often feel overwhelming. The answer however, is not to hide from the world.

Give yourself enough rest. Spend time with supportive people. Be around animals. Read books in quiet places. Do whatever genuinely nourishes and replenishes you.

This is something you need to do regularly.

Learn to accept that things enter you more deeply than they do many other people, which means you need regular time to restore yourself and replenish your energies.

Honor your need for personal space, for softness and for having nourishing people around you. As well as your need for supportive environments and settings.

When you feel replenished, you can safely continue sharing your gifts with the world.

A Path of Gentleness

Number 2 is unique in that it embodies great sensitivity in a world that can often be demanding and harsh. And that’s exactly why your gifts of healing, compassion, understanding and true listening are so valuable.

But to share those gifts, you must learn how to navigate the intensity of life without abandoning yourself.

Create safety within yourself, within your home, and within your relationships. Build a life that supports your sensitive nature rather than fights against it.

The more you do so, you’ll discover that even with your high sensitivity, you can share your precious gifts with this world and feel at home.

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This article is part of a series where I explore the most potent ways each life path number can come into full fruition and blossoming. It is also part of a Podcast series that you can listen to Right Here. In this one, we’ll focus on Life Path Number 1.

And even if 1 isn’t your life path number, but your Expression Number or Soul Urge Number, a lot of this will still apply to you. Whenever a number occupies one of your BIG 3, it’ll have a major role in your life.

Cherish Your Alone Time

As a Life Path 1, you are meant to love your aloneness.

Actually, look at the word aloneness — it’s basically all oneness. Literally being one.

Being alone doesn’t mean something is wrong. It simply means you’re with yourself, without the noise of other people’s thoughts, opinions, and expectations. And for you, that space is deeply important.

When you’re constantly surrounded by others, your energy scatters. But when you’re alone, you recharge. You gather your energies back into their center, into their source.

So don’t be afraid of solitude. Learn to enjoy your own company. Learn to listen to your own inner voice, your own instincts, your own original opinions.

That’s nourishment for you.

Be Original

A number 1 wants to stay connected to the source of their being — the place from which new things emerge.

To be original, you have to remain connected to your origin, your own very core.

That’s where fresh thought comes from. That’s where innovation comes from. And when you allow yourself to think and act in original ways, you feel alive.

You’re here to pave pathways. To show new possibilities. Sometimes through ideas, sometimes through action. This can mean challenging taboos, questioning status quos, or daring to approach things differently than everyone else around you.

And yes, some people may perceive that as audacious.

But without courage and a bit of audacity, nothing truly new is ever born.

Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

One of the traps for Life Path number 1 is comparison.

Trying to prove you’re the best. The strongest. The alpha in the room, the real authority around. But that impulse usually comes from the shadow, not from your true strength.

In order to be truly connected to your strength, rid your mind of all others. Let people be who they are. And let yourself be yourself.

The more you rest in direct self-knowledge, the less you need validation from outside yourself. You stop measuring your worth against others and begin standing in your own autonomy naturally.

If you notice yourself feeling superior or inferior to someone else, take it as a sign that you’ve drifted away from your center.

Then simply return to yourself.

Be Innovative

Whatever your career path is, allow yourself to bring something new into it!

A new perspective. A new method. A new paradigm.

There’s something invigorating for a number 1 about entering the space where things don’t yet exist and helping bring them into form. It reconnects you to the creative spirit itself — that place where possibilities are still alive and open.

Think of yourself as a mini-creator.

Speak your ideas out loud! Experiment. Play with the new. Offer people another way of approaching reality.

That’s part of your gift. And that’s what makes you a leader!

Beware of Being Too Full of Yourself

One of the major shadows of Life Path number 1 is being full of oneself. Mistaking arrogance for strength. Feeling superior to others may create a temporary sense of power, but it’s unstable because it’s rooted in illusion. And eventually, that illusion tends to shatter. Painfully.

So it’s important to catch yourself when you become too full of yourself and step back before life has to do it for you.

The willingness to admit mistakes. The willingness to stay rooted in your true being instead of ego games and comparison.

That kind of self-authority is so much more stable and dependable because it doesn’t depend on putting anyone else beneath you.

Make Things Possible for Others

As a trailblazer, you naturally help people move through stuckness. You have a directness, clarity and willpower that can cut through confusion. You can often see practical pathways and fresh perspectives where others only see dead ends.

That applies both to practical problems and psychological ones.

Your strength is that you don’t stay trapped for too long in fixed thinking. You remain curious. Open. Willing to try another route. And when you embody that energy, charisma and self-authority, you give others confidence as well.

Not just confidence in you — confidence in themselves and in their own path. And that’s one hell of a gift!

What is All Comes Down to

I hope these six points give you a clearer sense of how Life Path number 1 can align with its true power, destiny, and service to the world.

Also remember: even if 1 isn’t your life path number, but appears elsewhere, in a strong position in your chart — as an Expression Number or Soul Urge Number — this will still be highly relevant for you.

At the end of the day, a lot of this comes down to one thing:

And as an organic consequence, being more true to others as well. That, in a nutshell, is what Life Path number 1 is all about.

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More than a decade ago I was going through a really tough time, struggling with lots of anxiety and mental-health issues. It is exactly then that I heard the clear calling to dive deep into numerology.

And so I did.

I studied numerology with my teacher about 3 times a week, and spent my free time constantly obsessed with the numbers. I was studying my own numbers inside-out, and also the numbers of those close to me.

I started feeling like I’m being fed with hope and clarity. I felt like the numbers came to me as an anchor of stability, giving me the approval that what I am is not wrong, isn’t a mistake. Instead I came to discover that I was exactly at the right place, at the right time, doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing.

I decided to never go back to working in random jobs ever again and make numerology my full-time career. It showed me that things makes sense, that there’s a reason behind my anxiety, fears and struggles. The numbers were living proof that there is a purpose behind my life, my choices, my hardships and my deepest longings.

I felt seen. Deeply seen.

Everyone Should Get a Reading

I was so dazzled by the accuracy and impact the numbers had on me that I immediately started giving readings to strangers. At first for free. I just wanted to gain experience and share this blessing with others. I believe I gave over 100 free readings.

I can’t start to describe how many tears of joy, acknowledgement and gratitude I witnessed. I felt like I found my purpose. It is such a privilege to help people have the same experience I had. To give them the opportunity to experience this deep healing that comes with clarity, acknowledgement, being seen and unveiling one’s purpose, was a calling I felt most at home with.

And to this day, I still think that a person should get at least one good in-depth Destiny Reading. I truly think it is life changing in the most positive way. And the great thing about numerology, is that unlike therapy, you don’t need to repeat it again and again. It gives you an overview from a bird’s eye perspective about you and your path. And that’s plenty.

Some people write to me after months or years how the reading they received from me impacted their lives and still lives within them as a guiding light.

How You Can Use Numerology To Heal Yourself

I definitely think you should use numerology to make your life better, to overcome emotional pain, lack of self-worth and other afflictions and struggles.

The two main ways I would recommend doing so is by studying your numbers deeply - especially the BIG 3 (Life Path, Expression and Soul Urge numbers), then your cycles and pinnacles and then your changing personal years.

The second way is studying numerology as a method.

I personally found that studying numerology has been the major healer for me. Studying numerology is not like studying calculus or physics in university. It is a study of yourself, your soul journey and the workings of the universe. You change and grow as you learn.

A third way is reflecting deeply on your Life Path number. Truly taking the time, to study its behavior, its light and shadow, the lessons it brings into your life and its ultimate purpose. Have it as a constant meditation. I would then recommend doing the same with your Expression Number and lastly with your Soul Urge number. In fact, you can also add your Birthday number to that as well.

Just deep ongoing reflection and meditation on the energy and meaning of the numbers.

The process of studying numerology gives a steady ground, a space of sanity and a connection to your soul that is simply precious beyond words. Studying your numbers gives you a clear compass you can follow to make sure you are in tune with yourself and your soul’s original purpose. Contemplating the numbers adds a meditative layer to it all and helps you connect to the numbers as living vibrations in daily life.

This deep connection that you establish to the numbers by doing all the above, connects you back to your original design and generates great healing.

The Numbers Show You the Way Back to Yourself

Every number is like a portal, packed with guided instructions for you on how to come back to yourself.

Let’s use a few examples to understand this:

If you are a Life Path number 5 and you happen to live in a suffocating relationship, a grinding repetitive job and never get out to nature, that’s a clear sign you are not in alignment with your original design. As a 5 life path, you must create a life rooted in fresh, ever-new freedom, novelty, engagement with people and doing things that bring you to life. Suffocation is the anti-thesis to who you are meant to be.

If your life path is an 8 and you find yourself working in a simple job that demands the minimum of you and doesn’t offer space for growth and advancement, know that this is not the place for you. You need challenges. You grow through challenges. You need

a space where you can exercise your full potential and reach ever higher positions. You need constant growth.

As a life path 2 if you find yourself with a partner who never wants to be intimate, a job that puts too much pressure on you or people who constantly use you as a space where they can share all their “emotional garbage”, know that you need to change route. The 2 needs intimacy, a partner who is willing to be close, cuddly and emotionally available. You need a job that gives you space and you must learn when to listen to people and when to say “no, I’m not listening to this nonsense”.

• So what are your core numbers?

• Are you listening to their whispers?

• Are you following their guidance?

Remember: studying numerology is not just studying a method, but making a choice to grow into who you were truly meant to be.

At the end of this article there’s a video of me diving deeper into the light and shadow of the life paths and how you can align with their calling to you (for paid subscribers).

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If you dabble with numerology, you probably know your life path number. And if you don’t, then make sure to click HERE to learn how to calculate your life path number and all your core numbers while you’re at it.

When we study our life path, we normally speak about the characteristics of the particular number we were born with. Its purpose, strengths, weaknesses, the learning curve we’ll have to go through and so on. For example:

If you are a 3 Life Path number you are meant to embody playfulness, creativity and joy. You need to express yourself emotionally and creatively. Your shadow is childishness and a tendency not to learn from your mistakes.

If you are an 8 Life Path number you are meant to embody tenacity, ambition, the spirit of achieving goals and mastering material resources. You need to have big goals and prove to yourself that you can overcome obstacles. Your shadow is aggression, violence and fear of failure and vulnerability.

All of the above is profoundly helpful information, a true gift that we should all gift ourselves at one point by getting a numerology reading. But what we never really talk about is WHY did we choose a 3, 8, 7 or any other Life Path number for that mater? Why that particular number? Why now, in this particular incarnation? What is our Soul trying to achieve on the grand scale of its Soul Journey?

You Chose Your Life Path for a Reason

Behind the traits, characteristics and shadows of your Life Path number, lies the bigger mystery: why have you chosen to incarnate into this particular life path number? What is it serving in your bigger soul journey? This is a vast question that I won’t be able to fully answer. Certainly not in this article. I will soon be opening a Group Course exploring this topic for a limited number of people.

But for now, let us explore this through the lens of number 1.

So your Soul chose Life Path number 1 in this incarnation. This means you need to embody qualities of leadership, initiative, willpower, decisiveness and authority. But on a deeper level your Soul could've chosen this life path for 3 main reasons:

1. You need to strengthen a quality you lacked in previous lifetimes

2. You need to continue fortifying a strength you acquired throughout your soul’s journey and bring it to fruition

3. You are here to become a role model of this particular life path number

It is not uncommon for more than one of the reasons above to be true simultaneously. And eventually only by examining your life, its unfolding, your actions and struggles and your deep intuition, that you will come to know which of these 3 reasons is true for you. This requires listening and honesty.

Strengthening Qualities You Lacked in Previous Lifetimes

In order for the Soul to reach maturation it needs to explore opposites time and time again until it finds the middle ground. In some instances you will incarnate into Life Path number 1 because you’re in a point on your journey where you must learn to develop self-trust, willpower, independence and to develop your Solar Plexus Chakra.

This may also mean that you need to learn to walk on your own, not follow the herd and discover that the majority doesn’t always represent what is right or true.

It is very possible that in previous lifetimes you embodied softer qualities, more passive life paths, leading you to be more dependent, relying on other’s decisiveness and avoiding being bold enough and carving out your own path. And now, in this incarnation, your Soul decided to fill in the gaps by learning something that is perhaps foreign to you. And yet, here you are, needing to embody something that will require of you to step into the new!

There are signs for that being the case, but it’s too subtle for this article and will be covered in my upcoming course about The Soul’s Choice of Life Paths - the true reasons you incarnated into your Life Path Number this time around.

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Bringing a Strength to Fruition

The second option is much more focused on polishing a quality you’re already very familiar with, but haven’t quite mastered yet. And so in this lifetime you came with the intention to bring Life Path number 1 into greater fruition.

This might mean that you will find yourself being given greater opportunities to invent, initiate, be an entrepreneur or find yourself in a strong position of leadership. You may find that such a lifetime gives you much more opportunity to express the strengths that you’ve already learned and execute them in better, more refined ways.

Since this is a lifetime focused on bringing Life Path 1 into fruition, you will also need to get your shadows worked out. You may find yourself doing therapy to help you overcome aggression, loneliness or the difficulty to trust others.

This can often organically lead to the third option of becoming a role model. It’s not a guarantee, but they may often come together.

Becoming a Role Model of Your Life Path Number

The third reason is unique in that the Soul chooses a clear role that serves the collective which is to become an example, a role model, of what Life Path number 1 (or any other Life Path number) means. This will usually means the Soul will be in some position of service where it can truly deliver its gifts to the world.

Being is such a place means that the Soul has already acquired deep mastery of its own Life Path number. In the instance on number 1, the Soul knows how to be a leader who is innovative and decisive, yet not selfish, it knows how to exert willpower without fear but also without aggression. It will be an inventor that invents not just anything, but things that truly benefit humanity.

As a role model incarnation, you will probably exude more wisdom relating to your life path number and become a sort of archetype that others can follow.

There is No Perfect in Human Form

Remember that things won’t be perfect in any of the 3 reasons and manifestations of the Soul and things will often mix.

Even as a role model you will still deal with shadows of Life Path number 1, only that you will be much better equipped and experienced in dealing with them.

You might also be working on developing number 1 after multiple incarnations of more passive life path numbers, yet have powerful spurts of strength and moments of being a role model for others.

The process of determining the stage you embody may require some time, investigation, continued observation of your actions, honest feedback from others and pure and uncontaminated intuition. I will cover more about the signposts in my upcoming course - The Soul’s Choice of Life Paths.

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The universe is a living being. It speaks to us regularly in myriad ways. One of its languages is Numbers. On a regular basis the universe uses whatever medium it can to communicate to us. Since the universe knows us better than we know ourselves, it’ll find the language most suitable for us at any given point in time.

The language of numbers is often referred to as Angel Numbers, although I personally prefer to call it Number Codes. In a sense, whatever you give your attention to, becomes increasingly more apparent. That’s why people who give much importance and attention to number codes, will start seeing them everywhere, all the time.

But then the question arises - if you see them all the time, are they still as potent or relevant?

Number Codes as a Form of Addiction

As a Dharma teacher, I always tell my students: if you are always trying to see something, you will see it, but there’s a fair chance, it won’t hold much potency. On the other hand, if you don’t try looking for something and it bumps into you unexpectedly, it probably holds much potency. As a numerology expert I see many people constantly searching for number messages everywhere. But why?

Let’s say, you see 222 again and again and again, what are you going to do about it? If you search for number codes a hundred times a day, is it really that special when you find one? The way I see it, is that by doing so, we actually dilute significantly the potential of the universe to speak to us with strength and potency. We also start getting addicted to these “special” messages and start losing our own center of power. We look for external number validation for everything.

I believe that this is a form of ego attachment to wanting to feel special, guided or been given answers instead of making the effort to look for them on one’s own. I get that it also has an authentic part to it (and I will talk about it in a moment) but when it becomes an obsession (like any other obsession) it starts shifting into ego land and loses its original power and potency.

By ego land, I mean that our center of attention is not any more on growth and unity with life, but rather using number messages as a way to distract ourselves or not take responsibility for our lives. No one needs a number message to know if they need to buy a new laptop or not, meet their friend today or not etc. These are matters that we should deal with by relying on our own intelligence and natural wisdom.

Number Codes as Authentic Messages from Higher Guidance

You know this feeling, when you think of a person you didn’t think about for years, and suddenly you bump into them on the street in the most unexpected of ways? Isn’t that beautiful, mysterious and powerful? The fact that it all happened without you trying to make it happen, allowed life to introduce mystery and actual meaning and power into the meeting.

The same principle works for Number Codes. The less you look for them, the more powerful and meaningful they are when they do show up.

Also, when you constantly look for something to happen, there is a much greater chance you will get into a territory of cognitive bias, where you’ll see number messages and codes even where they are not.

Let me give you two interesting examples from my personal life.

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This is my step count average over an entire year.
Now, I never check my step count average. I’m not even interested in it. But the other day, I had this sudden urge (impulse from the source) to check my average step count (for the first time ever!). And so I did. First it was the average over 1 week. Then I felt the urge to check the average over 1 year. And so I did. And to my total surprise the number was 9297. Why to my surprise? Because these are exactly my core numbers! All my core numbers are made up of 7, 9 and 2.

To me this was a clear number code message from the universe telling me: Tom, you are exactly on track - making the exact number of steps you should on your path - no more, no less. Just perfectly right.

How powerful is that, right?

Had I been checking the average every week, it would not have had the same impact or would have possibly not been a legit message altogether.

Another Example:

About 9 years ago, my wife and I stayed in Oakland, California for 1 month. When driving to the subway station, we searched for a parking lot in a huge space that had 1000 parking spaces. It was completely packed. We went round and round in circles and couldn’t find one free space to park in. Just before giving up, I told my wife - give me one last attempt. I somehow noticed that we hadn’t checked a little corner in this huge parking lot and immediately drove there. To my surprise there was only 1 parking space left. I immediately parked my car. All the parking spaces were numbered. We stepped out of the car, locked it, and to my complete shock the number of our parking space was 927! Again - my core numbers.

Imagine, out of 1000 spaces the only space left was the one that had my core numbers. Now that’s powerful and a clear message from the universe.

The Best Approach to Number Messages

So how should you best approach number messages from the universe?

I would recommend 3 things:

1. Acknowledge that the universe does indeed speak to you through the numbers.

2. Stay open to messages but don’t obsessively search for them. Trust that the universe will make you aware of a message when you need to.

3. When such a potent message comes your way, let yourself gently contemplate the meaning and its resonance with you. Don’t look for cookie-cutter interpretations.

You can check out my podcast episode about Number Codes where I dive into this topic a little deeper. However, if the message is really potent and you feel it holds a significant message for you, I honestly believe the best way to unveil its meaning for you, is to get yourself a professional numerology reading. There’s truly no cookie-cutter interpretations (as it is often portrayed online) and in a proper reading, all the variables existing in your core chart and timing numbers are taken into account to decipher what this message holds in store for you.

If you have such a message in your life, you are welcome to book a Numerology Reading with me.

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As of the date or writing this article, I’m 41 years old and have been on the spiritual path for more than 25 years. In the early stages of the path everything seemed exciting. Books and teachers offered great promises of inexhaustible freedom, happiness and bliss - Heaven on Earth. I went all in.

Little did I know though that being on this path, didn’t mean escaping to an inner heaven and avoiding all my deepest sorrows, pains, fears and excruciating suffering and traumas, but progressively developing the ability to meet them all with love, wisdom and compassion and offer them integration and proper digestion.

In the last 2 years multiple people have been urging me to write a book about my life experience because it includes an intimate relationship with both tremendous Light and unbearable Darkness, both the sublime and the painfully human. I kept saying that it’s not the time yet, because I haven’t reached a “final” conclusion…because I’m still struggling.

Lately though I felt that perhaps I will reach many conclusions in life and why not share with you, my followers, what I’ve learned and am still learning on the path as I go? And that’s exactly what I started doing.

You Are Both Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang

For the longest time I’ve tried to become pure light, only light. To relinquish all darkness within me. And to my devastating surprise, the higher my realization was, the darker my darkness became. It’s as if, the more light I was becoming, the more dark I was experiencing.

This was devastating and required of me to re-evaluate what is the spiritual path all about. Can I become only light? Can I truly dodge my deepest darkness? In fact, it led me to ask what is actually my deepest darkness. This is still an ongoing journey of discovery. But I do want to share a few valuable insights that you may resonate with.

As a human being you are meant to embody the meeting point of the Spiritual Self with the Human Self. You can never become only one of them. If you deny any of the above you become split within, deeply incomplete. You are pure light, truly a spiritual being, free and untainted. And you are a vulnerable human being full of past, trauma, haunting memories, piercing fears, bound to experience loss, tragedy and heart-break.

The Release of Accepting it All

The way I see it now, is that our real journey is learning to embrace the totality of it, the heaven and hell, the yin and yang. This total embrace is the real light and the true spiritual heart that doesn’t differentiate. It agrees to touch the purest gold of spiritual purity and innocence and to equally bleed with compassion and pain as a human being.

I don’t think we are meant to ruminate in pain or in any way glorify it. That’s not the point. I do think that the dark side of our being is the fuel, the grist for the mill on our path. We cannot become truly wise if we are not in touch with our deepest, darkest pits of hell, torment, pain and fear. The forgotten prisoners deep within our subconscious are asking for us to meet them, see them, to not be forgotten.

They too want to be released. And releasing in this context means agreeing to see, embrace and digest those sides of us that are made of human suffering.

Agreeing to Live with Pain

How badly we all want to be free of all forms of pain and suffering! But we also have to ask ourselves: has this wish ever been conducive to our well-being, freedom and creating a sense that all is ok and welcome?

If you’re honest, you’ll quickly notice the obvious: this insistence has only perpetuated the suffering and made it harder, much harder.

What if pain is part of life?

What if suffering is part of being human?

Is there any guarantee that it’ll end fully and completely?

If we are honest, we can simply admit that we don’t know. That there are no guarantees. But what can we guarantee then? After all, a life without any guarantee is very hard to swallow.

It might not sound as glorious as the promise of ultimate and eternal bliss and ecstasy, but it is, perhaps, more real, honest and truthful.

The Importance of Not Giving Up

Believe me, I know what excruciating suffering is. I know what it feels like that you simply can’t anymore. That nothing makes sense. Feeling like it’s the end. I know what hopelessness and despair are very very intimately.

And perhaps exactly because of that I can tell you here: my friend, don’t give up.

Not in order to prove that you’re a hero.
Not in order to “succeed”.
Not in order to “not fail”.

Simply because you know in your bones and your soul, that life wants you to learn. Life wants you to surrender and embrace it all. It wants you to see that all is part of you and it won’t stop until you agree to love it all. All the parts.

Also, giving up doesn’t work. Better burn through it today than procrastinate to tomorrow. And it will burn, but you will grow, your love will grow, your heart will grow.

Yes, get all the support you need. Friends, therapists, medication, rest, nature, family…whatever works. Simply keep going my friend.

It’s truly One for All and All for One.

Against All Odds

What I’m about to say now might sound outrageous to you, perhaps impossible, yet I truly recommend doing the following two things:

Say thank you for everything in your life.

Don’t say thank you for the good things and omit the bad. Say thank you for everything. While it sounds counter-intuitive and sometimes almost impossible and definitely unfair, simply do it. It’ll connect you to an inner strength you didn’t know you had. It’ll also send a signal to the universe that you are willing to embrace and accept life as it is, and the universe will register that and give you further strength.

Find meaning and purpose in your suffering.

Even when things seem totally out of control, totally unbearable, try to find even a small area in your life where you are growing as a result of your struggle and suffering. Try to ask, perhaps through writing, what are you learning through this difficult experience? You might be learning humbleness, or perhaps to love even the darkest places, maybe you are learning compassion, or to appreciate all people wherever they are. Whatever it is for you, try to find it.

And since you can’t really control what’s happening to you, nor can you just stop it, what do you have to lose? Just express your thankfulness for all of life and it’ll generate a light inside of you that will keep you going. It might feel against all odds, but that’s exactly what makes it so powerful.

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If you ever read a new age book or attended a new age workshop, you probably came across the term - an old soul. Maybe some channeler or even numerologist told you that you are an old, even ancient soul. But can the numbers actually show us if a soul is old or young? Can the numbers reveal the age of the soul? To answer this question, let us look at what the term Soul refers to.

What is The Soul

When people speak of the soul, they often think of some immortal version of themselves that survives physical death and continues its journey forever. However, the Soul points to something much deeper. The way you know yourself today, your name, your character, your looks, is not your soul but only an emanation of your soul. Your real Soul is far bigger than your current character. It has been many other characters before with many different personalities, yet the Soul itself is none of them. It is beyond your personal self as you know it. Your Soul is a vast essence of Spiritual Light that exists prior to time and space and participates in the Cosmic Game of form and formlessness.

The Soul, in order to express its infinite nature, chooses to wear a body, with a personality, a particular look, born in a specific place and time, surrounded with the exact circumstances it needs to grow and learn. This specificity of conditions, circumstances and character is represented by the numbers as we know them (Life Path number, Expression number, Soul Urge number, Cycles, Pinnacles etc).

But can the numbers reveal whether the soul embodying these conditions is old or young?

Numbers as The Time-Space Fabric

The numbers are formations. They exist within the world of form. They represent structures, energies and tendencies. As such the numbers show us in great details what body - physical and energetic - the Soul chose to “wear” in a particular lifetime. That’s huge, because it helps the person understand and navigate their life lessons (chosen by the Soul) with greater clarity. In that sense the numbers are deeply useful and meaningful. But if the numbers show me the physical-energetic-circumstantial setting the Soul chose, can they actually reveal the root of the Soul itself? The truth is: not really.

The Soul exists prior to time, space and form while numbers exist within the realm of form and can only describe something within those boundaries. The realm of Pure Light prior to form is beyond the reach of the numbers.

Old and Young Souls Can Choose any Number Setting

Contrary to what many think, if you embody deep numbers like 7 and 9 it doesn’t necessarily mean you are an old Soul. Similarly, if you embody numbers like 1 and 3 it doesn’t mean you are a young Soul. So what does it mean?

It means that for this particular incarnation you have chosen to work on the topics of 7 and 9. You can be an Old Soul or a Young Soul. As a younger Soul you might have chosen these mature numbers because at this point on your path there’s a calling to grow, to mature, to move on to the next rung of the evolutionary ladder. And what better numbers than 7 and 9 to reach a completion of an evolutionary stage?

Conversely, you might be an older Soul choosing the 7 and 9 because you have a lot of wisdom to share with the world and you want to have the proper conditions and fitting character to radiate and embody these qualities. Or perhaps, you are making yet another, more advanced and refined evolutionary leap and need the help of the 7-9 energy to help you take that deep plunge.

But then again, you can be an old Soul embodying very childlike and youthful numbers like 1 and 3. Perhaps this time around you want to show people how to live a carefree, worry-free life, sharing your wisdom in approachable, lovable and light-hearted ways (something that wouldn’t have been easy had you embodied the 7 and 9).

Or maybe you are a young Soul choosing to embody the 1 and 3 in order to experience the fun and desires that life has to offer, focusing more on yourself, discovering your own selfishness as an important and relevant part and stage of your Soul’s path. The 1 and 3 might be giving you the exact energy, character and circumstances you need to explore many new and exciting experiences.

How Can We Actually Tell if someone is an Old or Young Soul

So if the numbers can’t really reveal to us the age of the Soul, what can?

Well, ultimately we must approach this whole topic with much caution and humbleness as there is much more mystery than meets the eye. That said, one of the best ways to gauge the age of the Soul is by observing a person’s motives in life. By motive I mean whether what moves them to make choices is more selfless or selfish. Another way is by observing whether they see the world and people through a lens of sameness or separateness. These are two good indicators, but should be observed over a long period of time.

A true old Soul is much more rooted in wisdom and light and therefore knows that selfishness leads to more limitation and suffering and selflessness to more freedom and happiness. A young Soul is by and large much more motivated to explore new experiences, thinks more about itself and finds it hard to go beyond selfish needs. An old Soul has less of an attachment to things and experiences, even if it really enjoys and loves them, while a young Soul tends to very strongly attach itself to objects, people and experiences, believing it must have them in order to be fulfilled.

These are broad strokes I’m making here. But they are good indicators that should be approached patiently and humbly.

Enjoy Where You Are

The need to be an old Soul usually only points to a need of the ego to feel special (a tendency of a younger mind or soul). In the end, the most important thing is to enjoy being in your own two shoes at any point of your journey. Just being yourself, fully and without regret is the true joy and not having a questionable badge of “Old Soul” or “Young Soul”. Simply focus on loving your life as it is with all the ups and downs and live your path to the fullest. That’s the only thing that you have and the only thing that matters.

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