Numbers: Follow the Yellow Brick Code
I have always “believed” in a Higher Power, but for the majority of my life it was quite honestly a blind faith. I felt that in a Universe so vast, how could there not be a Universal Intelligence behind all that is? Wouldn’t creation imply a creator? Or at least an origin or “source” of time and space from which everything evolved from? I grew up in the Catholic Church in the Midwest where I was born, and then later in the non-denominational Christian Church when my family moved to California. I studied and learned about the stories in the Bible, memorized Bible verses, and even visited Israel at 18 years old, where I chose to be baptized in the Jordan River - the same river Jesus performed many baptisms. I saw all of the stations of the cross and visited Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
Despite having 18 years in the church, visiting the Holy Land, and memorizing stories and verses, I never personally felt the Universe speak to me like I heard in the Bible stories, the verses, or from those in the church. I always wondered, “why don’t I hear anything or see anything?!”
I went to college, stopped going to church, and did my own thing for awhile. Still ‘believing’, but allowing it to take a back seat. Then one fine spring in 2017, my life fell into shambles. I quit my corporate job at Tesla and followed what I thought to be a dream, but my naivitee got the best of me and I ended up losing everything I had to my name. I was making no money, got myself into a chunk of debt living off of a credit card, and had to move in with my sister in The Bay. I fell into a pit of deep depression. Coincidentally, this is when everything in my life began to change for me. All of a sudden, I started seeing triple numbers…EVERYWHERE. I had never noticed triple numbers before, but they became so consistent to the point where it couldn’t just be a coincidence anymore. The more I saw these numbers, the more I noticed a comforting feeling within each time they crossed my line of sight. So in typical Danielle nature, I began to research this phenomenon and stumbled upon a term that would become very near and dear to my heart to this day - Synchronicity.
Numbers much?
On my way to visit my parents in the fall, I happened to look at the GPS at just the right time! It’s fun moments like these I’m reminded of the magic in life.
I began to realize that I was becoming aware of the Universe, and I was not the only one this was happening to. While I was driving I would see 444 on a license plate, in the same moment I was feeling a rush of sadness. Shortly after setting an intention or wishing for something, I would see 111 or 1111. These numbers didn’t just show up in likely places such as the clock or license plates, but also in unassuming places like the total of a receipt or an address. They also started appearing in my dreams, or I would wake up in the middle of the night and look at my phone to find the time at 3:33am.
Now this is where the story gets more magical!
I was moving out of my apartment to move in with my sister, as I mentioned earlier in this post. I had recently read somewhere that if you find a feather in your house it means an Angel is watching over you. I thought to myself, “Why not! I’m going to ask for a sign - for a feather - from the Universe, as confirmation that I will be safe financially.” So I wrote this down on a little piece of paper and pinned it to my vision board. The following day I was packing boxes in my apartment for my eventual move. Amidst packing, I came across my Bible, dusty, in the back of my bedside table drawer, definitely untouched for years. I picked it up and just held it, thinking to myself, “Hm… why not take a look inside this thing. Maybe it will have a message for me that I need right now. Can’t hurt.” So I stopped packing, and took myself and the Bible over to the couch. I sat down, took a deep breath in, and said aloud, “Alright, show me what I need to see.” I felt a little bit silly doing it, but at that point I was so desperate for support nothing mattered. I opened the Bible and to my utter dismay laid a beautiful red feather, resting inside the front cover. It was one of those moments where your mouth literally drops wide open to a gasp followed by putting your hand over your mouth. Next, I was inundated by an involuntary rush of tears - tears of surprise, gratitude, and comfort. I knew in that moment, that everything was going to be ok. I didn’t know how, but I just deeply trusted that I was being watched, held, and guided.
Alright my lovely readers, let’s bring this post back around one last time…
Following this miraculous feather moment, and now having officially moved, I was living with my sister still unemployed. I was finishing my nail certification in Oakland at the time, and my classmate asked if I would be willing to help her with a pop-up nail salon. I obliged, because I knew I needed more practice. The day finally came, and I picked myself up out of bed and jumped on the BART to the City. I always feel like a girl with big dreams walking around San Francisco, looking up at the skyscrapers, watching each passer by-er and wondering what narrative is running through their mind. It was a beautiful summer day filled with the classic bay wind, blue skies, and SF hustle. I approached 650 California St and stepped inside the elevator up to the respective floor. When the doors opened, I walked onto the floor with awe and wonder. The space was not only beautiful, but it was electrifying - it had an unmistakable vibrant energy. By the end of the day, I sat down next to my friend and classmate from nail school and said, “I don’t know what it is, but I feel very strongly that I need to work here.” She looked at me and said, “I believe you and I feel you should too. I need to introduce you to my husband, he leads recruiting here for the West Coast.”
The space I had walked into was called WeWork, a global co-working space and workspace solution for businesses as small as a single entrepreneur to as large as an enterprise company. I submitted my resume and made it through 5 rounds of interviews, to which I was selected for the Sales Role at their upcoming Oakland location. Do you want to take a wild guess at the address to this new location? 1111 Broadway… Within weeks I was hired, and within months I paid off my debt and was building a savings. Who would have thought the numbers and the feather were a foreshadow of what was to come.
I no longer consider myself to be religious, as I do not go to church or follow any religious sect. However, I do consider myself to be a faith-filled or spirit-full person. I have trust that even in the darkest moments, there is a light to be found. And I know that I am an integral part of the larger body of the universe, and therefore am connected to so much more than just myself. I know that if I tap into the wholeness of being, there is so much more than meets the eye. There are many labels we humans use to describe this larger universal body, albeit the most well known with also the most stigma (God), Source, Zero-Point Energy Field, Prana, Light, Nothing-ness, Oneness, Universal Soul, Universal Intelligence, Energy, Non-Duality, Awareness, or Cosmic Consciousness. At the end of the day, these are all just words trying to describe an ineffable aspect of the nature of life.
I’m here to tell you that there is always a light, even in your darkest moments. I am here to tell you that you are not crazy if the same phenomenon has started happening to you. You are not alone.
Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychologist once said that,
“Numbers are doors through which the spiritual can reach man...Numbers are autonomous. They had their life, their significance before men used them as instruments. The mathematicians continue to use them as instruments, so in that instant they become dry. Before they had their proper significance….A mathematician once remarked that everything in science was man-made except numbers, which had been created by [God] himself.”
If you have found yourself reading this article without necessarily searching for Numbers or Synchronicity, there is a reason it’s plopped into your lap. These numbers, or synchronous moments in your life, are not only guidance from the Universal Awareness, but they are also a wake up call for you to become more Aware. Don’t ignore the call. If you answer the call and open the door, you will undoubtedly find magic on the other side. Seek and you shall certainly find, for effort is always rewarded.
Sources:
Carl Jung, Conversations with C.G. Jung, Page 60.
C. G. Jung, Emma Jung and Toni Wolff – A Collection of Remembrances; Pages 51-70.
Carl Jung, CW 8, ¶356, note 24.