*The Number Thirteen*



B:  The idea that your civilization places behind the number thirteen - let
us discuss this concept as it exists in your collective archetypal
consciousness, and explore some of the ramifications as to why this
particular numerical value has been assigned such interesting qualities in
your culture.  First and foremost, recognize that anything that has to do
with numbers is connected to the idea, the recognition of, the sensing of,
the perception of, certain proportions and mathematical ratios in nature
that represent certain vibrations, certain relationships.

Thirteen -- not only in your own culture, but in many cultures, not only on
your planet, but in other civilizations -- is recognized as being a
vibrational resonance that defines and represents a relationship between
all that is considered to be of lower frequency, physical dimensionality,
and the higher realms of non-physical consciousness.  Thirteen is a
transition number, a transition frequency, in and of itself; therefore, it
is representative, archetypally, of a gateway, a doorway, through which and
by which consciousness can connect to higher levels of awareness, higher
dimensions of experience.

The frequency itself, the vibration itself, the relationship, the ratio
itself, is something that is an energy that can be used when contemplated
upon, when focused upon in meditations or in a variety of creative ways, to
open very specific gateways and doorways within your own consciousness,
physically, as a person.  And help you connect to higher self, Oversoul
level, spiritual realm, non-physical dimensionality of many different types
and varieties.

This is one of the reasons why, because of the definitions, the negative
definitions, the fears that exist in many cultures in your society, why the
number thirteen has been given such superstitious qualities, such fearful
qualities, as if it is something to be avoided.  These meanings, these
negative meanings, have only been attached to this vibration because it is
recognized, at least subconsciously or unconsciously by many of you, that
it is a connection to more rarefied realms of spirit and awareness.  Yet
because for thousands of generations, people on your planet have been out
of touch with themselves, their inner selves, their inner life, their inner
light, and have been out of touch with things of spirit, then mythologies
have been built up around spirit that make spirit and non-physical
awareness seem to be something to be avoided, something to be feared.

And so, in recognizing that the thirteenth vibration, the thirteenth
frequency is a doorway through which connection and contact can be made,
then because of the fear it has been labeled as something to be avoided;
something to be shunned at all costs.  For it is known that to connect to
that frequency will put you in touch with the inner realms of self -- in
some senses, to open yourselves up to fear, to face and process fears.  It
is a processing number, a processing frequency, that when dealt with
appropriately can be of great aid and assistance in helping you process
many of the doubts and fears you have within yourself.

Thirteen represents in many ways the actual portal of the unknown.  And, as
we have said many times, it is best to make a friend of the unknown,
because that is where you will discover most of yourself.  That is where
you will find who and what you are, in the unknown.  That is where you will
know who and what you are, by how it is you act when faced with the
unknown.  So we would urge many of you, most of you, perhaps even all of
you, in this time of your collective consciousness' awareness of the date,
that you call your Friday the thirteenth... you have a golden
opportunity... to really explore all the ideas of all the things that the
number and the vibration of thirteen can jolt loose, shake loose within
you.  And allow them to come to the surface, fearing not, but using your
imagination and curiosity to allow yourself to integrate the things you
formerly feared.  So that you can become more of who you are.

Use this time and use this number, use this archetypal symbol as your key
and your gateway to explore and discover the unknown self, and make that
/more/ of you.  Make it known, allow it to be known, so that you can become
grander, bigger, more expanded, more accelerated, more aware of who and
what you are; and thus, simultaneously, more aware of what your reality /can/
/be/.

In whatever way, shape or form you wish to contemplate this, in whatever
way, shape or form your imagination wishes to use this idea, do something,
whether it be meditative or creative play, or some artistic endeavor or
expression, or music.  Explore and play... with the number thirteen and
allow yourself to absorb and /transform/ all the symbology and superstition,
and allow it to become something that can serve you, rather than something
that would chase you back into the darker sides of yourself.  Remember that
your physical reality is a mirror, very realistically a mirror, reflecting
to you the strongest combination of ideas, beliefs, definitions that you
have bought into.  And so, take a moment to explore this unknown zone in
all the creative ways that you can.