My life changed in an instant - here's what happened

Laurence Harrould - Monday, September 27, 2010

A few weeks ago I received a phone call which changed my life - in an amazing way. Before I tell you about it I need to give you some background.

Six years ago Danita & I had some coaching about marketing our Aviel business coaching services. One activity was to describe our dream scenario. We came up with a multi-disciplinary natural therapy centre located in a rural/semi-rural area close to Sydney. The name we had for it was Wellness, Wealth & Wisdom.

On Monday 13th September at 11.18am (see below for the technical/numerological details) I had a phone call from an associate offering me a business which matched this description EXACTLY. His wife had a multi-disciplinary natural therapies centre in Dural, a semi-rural area just north of Sydney. While her business was well established, she wasn't able to commit the time needed to grow it.

After much deliberation they'd decided to shut down the centre. However they felt uncomfortable with this decision due to impact this would have on the fantastic team of practitioners and their wonderful clients. There was something nagging at the back of his mind; my name kept coming up. He had no idea why that would be as he and I had never discussed this type of business and our connection was in a very different area. Following his intuition, he rang and asked if I'd like to take over his wife's business.

From my perspective this was unbelievable. At that point I was feeling very challenged as the Aviel business was not bringing in the income we needed and I couldn't see a way to address the situation. Life was feeling pretty grim; my relationship with Danita was suffering and there was no light at the end of the tunnel (except the one where it's a train coming).

However, there was one thing which kept me going. I was right in my Saturn return (when the current position of Saturn matches that of my birth). One thing I know about the Saturn return is that while it shuts down areas of your life which are not right for you it shows you the new direction that will work for you if you're open and willing to change. This usually works through subtle hints. So I was on the lookout for new opportunities and possibilities. What I wasn't expecting was such a dramatic event!

For me, this brought to mind the biblical story of Joseph (see the end of the book of Exodus). Joseph was in prison for 22 years and then within a matter of hours he became the person next in authority to Pharoah. I was always fascinated by this story but had the view that it doesn't happen in the 'real' world. This has now changed my perspective - it does happen when the time and energies are right.

Some technical stuff
As I mentioned I'd been going through my Saturn return. The first week of our ownership of the centre was when the transiting Saturn (ie where Saturn is in the sky now) was on exactly the same degree as my natal Saturn.

Also, the numbers associated with this timing were incredibly significant. There's no such thing as an accident or co-incidence so when certain numbers turn up I know there's a message for me and I pay special attention. 13, 31, 18 are special for me personally. Numerologically, 11 is important as is 9. So, when I received the phone call on 13/09/2010 at 11.18am my "psychic antennae" were on high alert. The other interesting number was the address of the centre. As I mentioned 31 is special for me. The address is 31 Kenthurst Road.

At first there were some slight doubts. Remember the old adage: "if it's too good to be true it probably is". The timing (and the numbers) helped me move through the suspicious phase pretty quickly. Also, while we still went through our due diligence and arranged formal legal agreements, contracts and leases our attitude has been very different to the "naturally" suspicious mindset that we'd normally have. This has had a huge impact on our approach to the negotiation process and legalities.

Danita & I are incredibly excited by this opportunity and would love the chance to show you our new business. So if you're in the area (it's only half an hour from North Ryde) please drop in. It's called Change For Life.

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How does numerology work?

Laurence Harrould - Thursday, April 08, 2010

Can someone please explain to me (or refer a good reference book) how numerology works. I simply don't get it.

That's not to say it doesn't work but I'm sceptical. Sceptical means I need proof or evidence that something works. I'm open enough to understand it could work but I don't get it!

Numerology bases a lot of its interpretations on the date of birth. Now, as I understand it the calendar is rather arbitrary. The year (currently 2010) is based on an event which didn't even happen in the year 0 - Jesus's birth is now placed at 6BC. Other interesting aspects of the calendar are the change from the Julian to Gregorian calendar. In 46BC Julius Caesar employed Sosogenes to produce a calendar based on a 365.25 day year. This was used in Europe until 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII had the calendar advanced by 10 days. In England they still used the Julian calendar until 1752 and in Russia it was until 1917. If you have trouble with different time zones imagine what that would have been like.

Returning to my question about numerology what is the implication of simply deleting 10 days?

Currently, different calendars are still in use. Take a birthday on 8/4/2010. Numerologists will have a great deal to say about the characteristics of someone born on that date. But that date also corresponds to 24/7/5770 in the Hebrew calendar. Presumably it will have links to different dates in the Chinese, Moslem and other calendars that exist. Why would the "English" calendar have any more influence than any of the others.

As I said at the beginning - can someone please explain how Numerology works!!!!

What do you think?

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Ana Claudia Brandao commented on 14-Apr-2010 01:39 PM

Hi Laurence,
To me numerology works on the energy of the numbers. It has nothing to do if the calendar is correct or incorrect. We may even say all calendars are correct because they serve to the purpose they were built for.
Because we are in the west, in numerology we use the date of birth on the birth certificate. Those numbers were giving to you at birth, so they represent some type of energy you align yourself with at your date of birth. You could even say that people who guess their date of birth are on the time of choosing, choosing the life path they want to take this life time. Two good books are Dan Millman's "The life you were born to live", a more spiritual approach. And Juno Jordan's "Numerology - The Romance in your name".

All the best,
Ana

Brett Elliott commented on 19-Apr-2010 11:36 AM

In my mind, numerology begins with on and off (in breath, out breath / movement, stasis, Odd, Even), is grounded by geometric principals and their relationships, and made relevant by their correlations to the geometry of the sciences: biology, astronomy, physics, chemistry etc. In this way, numerology is a consolidation of correlations, so 'belief' isn't required.

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