Chapter 12

Numbers and Letters

Numbers

In one form or another all these ideas [such as the significance of numbers] have existed in the past. The significance of numbers was one of the chief elements in the teaching of Pythagoras 5 centuries before Christ.

The number 7 is the number of realisation – when there are four 7’s it indicates perfect realisation.

7 is the figure of realisation. 3 x 3 means the descent from above and the answer from below.

There is no unlucky number. Numbers all have their powers and why should 13 not have its chance?

Letters (Writing)

The writing [floating before the eyes] is often seen by sadhaks either in meditation and sleep or with the waking eyes or in both states. But if you see it only in sleep or an inward condition, it is not so easy to remember when waking unless you train yourself to remember.

OM

OM there [above the crown of the head] indicates the realisation of the Brahman on that level of the (higher) consciousness.