Our stories have tremendous power and one story that we're often told is that our lives
are completely random. That life can't be understood logically. And as
our world becomes ever more advanced, the more unpredictable things seem
and the more anxious and frustrated we become. But what if we could tell a different story?
One that tells us that our world is actually made up of patterns on top of patterns
that history only repeats itself. That there's an astonishing level of order in the universe
and if you watch closely what we call chaos is just patterns we haven't yet noticed. And
underlying all of it is a level of organization and symmetry that holds it all together.
The idea that the universe follows predictable patterns is actually very old and one of the
earliest sources comes from an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician named Pythagoras. A
man who lived between 570 and 495 BC. This is the story of a man whose life was clouded by legend.
Who was born the son of a merchant and who rose to prominence for his remarkable insights. And who
would go on to influence countless thinkers and scientists all around the world. But who was he?
And what can his life tell us about the patterns we find in our lives.
When you think of Pythagoras you probably think of an old bearded man from your math class where you
learned the pythagorean theorem. It's a simple equation that's taught in every classroom but
we rarely hear about his other contributions to history. Pythagoras was born on the Greek island
of Samos but before he was born it said that his father visited the Oracle of Delphi who predicted
that his wife would give birth to a child who would grow up to be supremely wise and beneficial
to humanity. After he was born he grew up in Samos which at the time was a major center of trade
and it was known for its advanced architecture and engineering.
And even from an early age, Pythagoras had unusually progressive ideas for his time.
He believed in gender equality and later in his life he would become one of the first teachers to
openly accept women students, and he insisted that women should be able to learn math and philosophy
just as well as men. This during a time when only men were allowed to pursue education.
And his school would have many prominent women including a woman named Theano who many consider
to be the world's first woman mathematician. A woman that he would eventually marry.
Pythagoras was also responsible for some truly amazing advances in science
many people don't realize that Pythagoras was the first person to suggest that the earth was round
and shaped like a sphere. He also discovered that the morning star in the evening star
were actually the same object in the sky, and in fact they weren't stars at all they're
the planet Venus. Pythagoras' ideas were also tremendously influential on Nicolas Copernicus in
his development of the heliocentric model of the solar system where the earth and all the planets
spin around the sun at the centre. Today we accept these insights as common sense but at the time
these ideas were revolutionary. And he made these discoveries 500 years before the birth of Christ
without telescopes and without any modern science or technology. How is this possible?
According to many accounts in 535 BC Pythagoras left Greece at the age of 18 and he went to Egypt.
It was here that he joined the inner circle of the Egyptian priesthood and from this he gained
insights that were incredibly advanced for his time. He would study geometry astronomy and music.
At the age of 56, Pythagoras left Egypt and settled in the city of Croton
it was here that he established a private school where he could share his teachings with
a select group of students these involved secret practices and esoteric rights involving science
and mathematics. This would form the basis for what many consider to be his most important work:
Numerology. It's one of the oldest systems of knowledge and it was exactly these
insights that would lead Pythagoras to the belief that numbers had a divine essence
and that to connect with numbers was to communicate with the divine. It's because of this
work that he's widely considered to be the father of western Numerology as its practiced today,
but what exactly is Numerology? To understand it we have to look at four basic ideas
The first idea is that our universe is mathematical. Pythagoras believe that
numbers are the most basic elements in nature. And understanding them is the gateway to unlocking all
of reality. According to Pythagoras there are two basic levels to our universe. The first level is
the physical world this is the world that we can see and touch and experience with our senses.
But one level below this is an abstract and mathematical structure that underlies our entire
universe a world of numbers in geometry. This led him to the famous statement that "everything
is number." This idea might not seem all that radical to us today but it's had a profound
impact on western science, and it's influenced a wide range of thinkers, including Plato,
Euclid, and Sir Isaac Newton. The idea that our reality can be understood with numbers has formed
the basis for much of what we consider modern scientific thinking. In fact it's one of the
most central assumptions in science we can see this in the field of physics where we found that
there are about 20 numbers called mathematical constants that make our universe what it is. These
are very specific numbers that consistently show up everywhere, again and again. And they include
the speed of light the strength of gravity and the electromagnetic force. No one truly knows why,
but if these numbers were even a little different from what they are now, life as we know it would
be impossible. This has led many scientists to say that our reality is a fine-tuned universe.
The second concept in Numerology is the idea that our universe moves through cycles. When we look at
nature we see constant birth and rebirth. From the cycles of day and night, the seasons in the year,
and even the cycles of life and death. This is something that's long been understood in Chinese
Numerology as well. We see this in an idea called Wuxing also known as the five elements of nature.
These elements were believed to move in a continuous cycle repeating endlessly and giving
rise to everything we see all around us. And our own modern science has uncovered all sorts of
cycles in nature including the lunar cycles of the moon, planetary cycles, and the nitrogen cycle.
Our world follows a basic rhythm with patterns that replay themselves
over and over again but it's not just nature it also applies to you. According to Numerology,
our lives follow a cycle called an "Epicycle" that lasts nine years each year of your life
has its own unique vibration and energy in its own approach that leads to growth and happiness.
And it's only when you work with the energy of your cycle that you can really take advantage
of the opportunities around you. But when you work against that energy, you find yourself struggling
to move ahead. What makes this even harder is that we live in a world that's obsessed with
early achievement, and we often put enormous pressure on ourselves to find success. And
if it doesn't happen as quickly as we'd like we become anxious and frustrated. But notice
how nature doesn't force itself to meet deadlines. Nature just unfolds on its own,
in its own time, the way it's supposed to. And it takes an uncommon level of wisdom in patience
to wait for things to reveal themselves without forcing them when the timing isn't right. So
what does this mean for you? It means that your numbers reveal a divine timing in your
life. A time for education or career, a time for relationships, or a time for family. And because
life presents so many important choices it's essential to understand your nine-year cycle.
The third idea is the discovery that music and numbers are intimately connected.
Pythagoras found that different notes in music have a mathematical relationship
to each other. In fact the language of music is the language of fractions and ratios.
He found that three mathematical relationships were especially beautiful to listen to.
He called them octaves, fifths, and fourths. Of course these are all numbers these insights
led Pythagoras to the idea that the universe itself is also vibrating with its own music.
And in the same way that every string in a harp vibrates at its own pitch,
so does every planet in space. Pythagoras believe that as these celestial bodies move through space,
they create beautiful music. But not in the usual sense because it can't be heard by human ears. He
called this idea "musica universalis" or the music of the spheres. Pythagoras believed that
this was the highest form of music in the sense that it followed a perfect mathematical harmony
and precision. What's interesting is that this idea isn't as far-fetched as you might think.
Recently nasa recorded sounds coming from different objects in space.
In a project called the "Van Allen probes mission" all sorts of high-pitched sounds were captured,
but we can't hear them because they're made by electric and magnetic fields
which follow mathematical patterns. What this suggests is that there's a very basic
underlying mathematical organization in the universe. But it's not just planets in space.
According to numerology you have a unique vibration too, and so does every human being and
creature on Earth. If you really think about it we often talk about being in tune with people we
get along with or being on the same wavelength. We also talk about certain people resonating with us.
But isn't it interesting that tuning wavelength and resonance are all ideas related to vibration.
The idea that everything in the universe has its own vibration
also finds support in a scientific concept known as string theory.
According to string theory inside every object we find billions of tiny atoms. And every atom
is made up of even smaller particles: a nucleus which is made up of protons and neutrons,
and electrons which float around it. Protons and neutrons are made up of even smaller elements
called quarks. And if we could look even deeper into these quarks, we'd find that they're made of
tiny vibrating strands of energy called strings. String theory tells us that in much the same way
that you can make different musical notes by playing different strings on a guitar,
the vibration of tiny strings inside an atom makes up all the different things we see all around us.
These tiny strings might vibrate in one way to make up the atoms in this kitten,
and another vibration of tiny strings could make up the atoms in this car.
Physicist Brian Greene says that when we look at nature through the lens of string theory, we
find that the universe is a grand cosmic symphony. But isn't this just a different way of describing
Pythagoras idea of the music of the spheres. But while string theory was discovered as recently
as 1968, Numerology described the universe in terms of vibration more than 2000 years ago.
The fourth idea in Numerology is known as metampsychosis or the transmigration of souls.
Pythagoras believed that the soul is immortal. That it's the part of us that makes us who we are
and which survives after we die. Essentially the soul is trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth,
and the only way to break free from this cycle is to understand the lessons that we've been brought
here to learn. And if we don't learn those lessons then we're doomed to repeat the same problems
over and over again until we do. Most of the pain and suffering we experience in our lives
is a direct result of ignoring our life lessons. The idea of the soul is a compelling one and it
shows up in almost every culture in the world. But is there any evidence to suggest that souls exist?
In order to understand the soul we have to look at the meaning of death. Historically doctors defined
death as the moment when we stop breathing and the heart stops beating. And up until about 70 years
ago there was no way to reverse this process. But now what we found is that through modern medicine
we can stretch this moment in time. Dr Sam Parnia studies what happens when people are
brought back to life, and he's found that when people return from the brink of death
they all describe very similar things. They talk about feeling a profound sense of peace,
seeing a warm bright light, but many of them also describe doctors and nurses working on them with
incredible accuracy, and with amazing detail, even when they should have been unconscious.
One of the most amazing examples of this comes from an orthopedic surgeon named Dr Tony Cicoria
who was struck by lightning in 1994. After feeling the powerful shock of electricity
he describes an incredible detail seeing his own body on the ground
as he floated above it. It felt incredible, and in that moment he believed that he was dead.
Suddenly there was a jarring feeling that brought him back into his body
and he came back to life. But he would never be the same. Something very odd changed in him after
the accident. He had a new desire to hear piano music all the time. It was like a new part of his
brain suddenly switched on and became intensely interested in learning to play the piano.
Today he's a renowned composer and even though he describes himself as a skeptical man of science,
today he's absolutely certain that our consciousness survives death. We often call
these "near-death experiences" or NDE's. But Dr Parnia says that that's the wrong way to describe
what's happening because these patients aren't "near death" they're actually clinically dead,
and they've been brought back to life. There's still a lot of research left to be done, but
his pioneering work suggests the possibility of a soul which continues beyond the physical body.
Pythagoras' biggest legacy is the idea that numbers can reveal the patterns and cycles of our lives.
And at the heart of Numerology is the idea that each of us is born in a particular time and place.
Which makes us totally unique in the universe. And each of us is a one-of-a-kind combination of
experiences with individual strengths and talents. And every single one of us is formed in a way that
has never happened before and will never happen again. And one of the goals of this channel
is to help you understand your numbers, because as we'll see, that's the key to unlocking who
you are, why you're here, and the untapped abilities that already exist within you.
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