“The spirit does not dwell in concepts, but in deeds and in facts. Words butter no parsnips. . .”
—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
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“The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”
—Albert Camus, The Plague (tr. Stuart Gilbert)
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“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.”
—Abraham Maslow, quoted in How the Best Leaders Lead by Brian Tracy
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“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other.”
—Anton Chekhov, letter to A. S. Suvorin, September 11, 1888 (tr. Constance Garnett)
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“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
—Arthur C. Clarke, #2 of Clarke’s Three Laws.
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“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even when you lose, you win.”
—Elie Wiesel, quoted in The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom, ed. Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross
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In April 2008, around the anniversary of the death of my Aunt Maxine, I started seeing 11:11 every day when I looked up at the clock. Not every time I looked at the clock because 11:11 only comes twice a day for those of us on a 12-hour clock, but often I’d feel compelled to look at the clock at this precise time. It went on for over two weeks and became rather unsettling.
What was the Universe trying to tell me? Something significant, or just that random chance sometimes gets stuck, throwing “heads” 85 times in a row?
Then I remembered my Aunt Maxine’s birthday was November 11 and wondered if it was her saying, “Hey, I’m still around. Don’t worry so much.” This was a comforting thought and the creepiness factor went away, although the 11:11’s didn’t. I kept seeing them for weeks after.
So I did what any semi-rational human being would do in such circumstances. I googled it.
Golly. There are a universe of beliefs around the coincidence of seeing 11:11. Yeah, I still (mostly) call it a coincidence, even though my personal anecdote seems to convey meaning, because post hoc theorizing and confirmation bias and because of all the fuzzy and convoluted theorizing I read online.
For instance, there’s this guy:
Um. I did scurry to my tarot to see what card was 11. It’s Justice. I thought, “If it’s the Hanged Man I’m going to mess myself.” Because for me that relates to 9/11 and I just didn’t know if I could stand that. The Hanged Man was 12.
Mr. Fuller is right about it being more important for me to find my own answers, but I looked online for more data points.
Uri Geller has a lot to say on 11:11 but I can’t tell you all of it. I fell asleep about halfway through his article. In all fairness to Mr. Geller, this strange phenomenon happened to me on more than one article on 11:11, which doesn’t always coincide with clear and concise theorizing.
Of course, no consideration of 11:11 would be complete without this:
However, some of the folklore surrounding 11:11 is charming, like the idea that if you look up to see it your wish will come true. Or when you see it repeatedly it means that you are beginning to “awaken” spiritually, and 11:11 is the indicator that you’re on the right path. Some believe it’s a sign that your angels are listening and you should ask for their guidance.
Other beliefs are darker, like the theory that 11:11 is a portend of great earth changes or history on the brink of something momentous…Actually, I don’t want to think on that one too hard, given recent seismic events in politics. I much prefer the belief that when you see 11:11, you should stop and consider the significance and importance of the moment in which you live. Of the moment, in the moment.
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”
—Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook
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“The main rule of writing is never to pity your manuscript. If you see something is no good, throw it away and begin again….The wastepaper basket is a writer’s best friend. My wastepaper basket is on a steady diet.”
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times, March 23, 1975
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