Ah, November 11th.
Yes, it is Veterans Day. But the numbers 11:11 have a paranormal meaning as well.
I was introduced to the ideas around 11:11 by a famous website, CrystaLinks. You can find the 11:11 page here. The reason I first read it was simply because it’s the top article in the alphabetized index :-P. Seemed like a good place to start learning about psychic abilities!
After I read the page, I started noticing 11:11 all around me. I suppose it’s just a mental trick, where you subconsciously start to look for it, so you notice it all the time. The Number 23 might do the same thing :-P. Luckily, I didn’t go insane, and start writing 11:11 all over everything in charcoal… yet. 
I could never really trust the stories around 11:11… I mean… DNA activation? What does that even mean? Numerology never really interested me, because I’m very good at math, and I knew that you could find all sorts of patterns in seemingly random places - just by looking around. I didn’t really understand why one would trust one pattern over another… it’s just numbers. They make patterns. That’s what they do. So I just threw all those ideas out the window.
But the subconscious seed had already been planted, and I kept seeing 11:11 everywhere, despite my rejection. The more I tried not to see it, the more I saw it! So I came to the conclusion that I might as well put it to good use… to this day, any time I see 11:11, I just tell myself, “You are psychic”. So, for me, 11:11 represents a constant reminder that the world is a mystical place.
Now that I’ve re-read the CrystaLinks page today, it all seems insanely silly. But oh well :-). It’s still a cool idea, and I can’t wait until 2012 to see if all these crazy prophecies come true. You never know. It’ll be quite the event, no matter what happens :-).
Happy 11/11!
November 11th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Oh thank you - November 11th is the Polish Independence Day
November 11th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
About seeing patterns everywhere, I’m kinda the same, only with me it’s the arabic letter “noon”. No idea why.
And I agree that the theories about 2012 may seem crazy, but if you look around on the net, there’s just too many people who believe it. So, truth, or just a very well made practical joke? That is the question.
November 11th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
me and a friend of mine started yelling 23 whenever we saw it, just as a joke, and now i see it everywhere and i feel a little crazier everyday…
i agree that its the subconscious,
if only it wasnt part of the answer of so many damn physics problems,
of course some times i dig a little bit to find the number, i interpret 2/3 as 23, and thats a common fraction,
sometimes i feel like writing 23 over everything in charcoal…
POLISH PRIDE!!!
November 12th, 2007 at 12:13 am
I started recognizing 23 before I knew of the movie or of any special connection to it. I only recognized it because of a character in the musical group Gorillaz ( 2D, to be exact) often has a 23 on his clothing.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
No one should think something (especially the 2012 prophecy) is true just because so many people believe it. Masses can easily be swayed by….well masses. Also, 1111 is binary for 15…which just so happens to be my favorite number. Coincidence?! I think not!
November 12th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
People believe in something -> People expect it -> Intention manifestation causes some minor effects-> People believe in it more and more.
Dunno. Like being a smartass though.
November 14th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I’ve actually heard that the number 11 has significance in magick. The added “k” in magick is the 11th letter in the alphabet. 11 is beyond 10, symbolizing the unseen.