Prosperity's 12 Affirmations

My fanciful reason for referring to the 7 Habits, at least in these blog posts, is that I have an interest in the metaphysics of numbers. I therefore pay attention to how numbers play out in my experience. I know this is rather fanciful and may not be meaningful to anyone but me, however, I find it interesting that in some metaphysical interpretations the number 7 represents completion in the physical world. 

One example is that there are 7 days which complete our weekly cycle. Another example is the scriptural account of the battle of Jericho. This is the account of an Israelite victory completed after a series of activities involving the number 7. The most memorable is the encircling of the walls of Jericho 7 times (Jos 6:3-5).  So to me, there is a poetic elegance in Dr. Covey discovering 7 habits commonly practiced by highly effective people. What is more significant to me is that the more I practice these 7 habits the more effective I feel myself to be. 

In my next posting, I will share why I find the number 12 interesting.

Until next time,

Enjoy Long Life and Prosperity, 

Charles

These started out as some brief comments about why I am fascinated with the numbers 7 and 12, at least with regard to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. Now, they will probably expand to a couple of blog entries.

A visitor to the Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations blog asked me why I have a list of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on this blog. Aside from the fact that I have found the 7 Habits to be continually helpful to me, my “official” answer is that I list them as reference for students in the 12 week course, “How to Live an Affirmative Life Using Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations”. In the course we review the 7 Habits and look at how applying them can help to internalize the 12 Affirmations and make them prospering habits we can live by. I also have a more fanciful reason for referring to them but I will discuss that later. 

Until next time,

Live Long and Prosper,

Charles