How to associate you phone number with messages on the mac?

Is there a way to associate the desktop app with your phone number so that i will be able to smoothly use it to communicate with all of my contact that i use iMessage on my phone for?

HI,
Messages on the Mac will only sync those iMessages involving the Apple ID used in Messages (Presuming you have this on your Phone as a second "Received At" ID.
iPhone to iPhone IMs will not show up in Messages on the Mac.
10:04 PM      Saturday; March 17, 2012
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