Quote:
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb
eight (number), quote:
equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8
Eight is my number. It is not my "life" number according to numerology, and honestly, I don't care about it really. I respect it, nevertheless besides what says numerology, according to me, my inner feelings, my life path, experience, and foremost my heart, my number is EIGHT. I love this number. To me, it is the most beautiful number. I like its versatility and its curves. I like it stays the same when you flip it from right to left, or upside down. And I like it when you change its position from vertical to horizontal it becomes the number of infinity, also known as the lemniscate, and as a symbol of Ouroboros. Symbol of continuous renewal, resurrection, the cycle of life and death, and harmony of opposites. Simply said, it is an amazing number.
Coincidence or not, eight is also a number of limbs path in yoga according to Patanjali and the Yoga Sutras.
Eight stages, eight conduits to awakening, and so achieving the stage of infinite bliss and infinite power. And here they are:
1. YAMAS - ETHICAL DISCIPLINE
AHIMSA - NON-VIOLENCE - PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS
SATYA - TRUTHFULNESS - PRACTICE OF CONTROL THE TONGUE, TRUTH, CHARITY, INTENTION
ASTEYA - NON-STEALING - PRACTICE OF GENEROSITY, RESPECT, ADORATION THE LORD
BRAHMACHARYA - NON-HOARDING - PRACTICE OF SELF-CONTROL, SELF-RESTRAINT
APARIGRAHA - NON-COVETING - PRACTICE OF CONTENTMENT, GRATITUDE, ACCEPTANCE
2. NIYAMAS - INDIVIDUAL DISCIPLINE
SAUCHA - PURITY OF BEING, BENEVOLENCE
SANTOSA - CONTENTMENT
TAPAS - AUSTERITY
SVADHYAYA - SELF-STUDY
ISVARA PRANIDHANA - DEVOTION TO HIGHER POWER
3. ASANAS - PRACTICE OF POSTURES
4. PRANAYAMA - PRACTICE OF BREATH, RESPIRATION
5. PRATYAHARA - PRACTICE OF SENSE WITHDRAWAL
6. DHARANA - PRACTICE OF CONCENTRATION
7. DHYANA - PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
8. SAMADHI - AWAKENING
What comes to my mind next is an eight-ball, also a pool-table game. What I didn't know is that a kind of an eight-ball resembling the one from the pool-table game is a magic fortune teller. And here is one that is online...hihi. WOW. We always learn something new, right?
Voilà.
What is your favorite number? And why?
I'll leave you with that.
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Xoxo
Anna
