The Shared Experience: 11:11

For the past two decades, the number 1111 has invaded the lives of people all over the world. We wake night after night to see the digital clock announcing that it is 11:11 p.m. We notice 11:11 on microwave clocks when, in fact, that isn’t the time at all. We are confronted by $11.11 as the total of our purchase at the coffee shop or we see 1111 on the license plate of the care ahead of us or as the last four digits of phone numbers screaming at us from billboards.

Probability

Common sense as well as statistical probability tell us that 1111 is bound to turn up in our lives from time to time. The human mind actually looks for recognizable patterns, which is why we can see puppies and apple baskets in the clouds, so perhaps the simple symmetry of 1111 may catch our attention because we can easily process the pattern. Is it that, having noticed that particular series of numbers, we are actively looking for it afterward? Many assume this to be the case, but if that’s true, why aren’t a multitude of people seeing 1212 or 666 on a regular basis and in all sorts of places?

Meaning

No one knows what this excess of elevens is all about, but all theories point to transformation. Those who experience this phenomenon report a sense of urgency associated with the numbers. “It’s as if someone is sending me a message,”  says Carrie L., who first noticed a plethora of elevens on November 11, 2003. “I feel like someone is telling me, ‘Hey! This is important!’ but I have no idea what ‘it’ is or what I’m supposed to do about it.

Some speculate that the upsurge in 1111 sightings is related to the December 21, 2012 solstice, which will occur at exactly 11:11 Universal Time. Others believe that the numbers remind us that angels are with us, and a popular theory holds that the numbers open the Gateway to a remarkable evolution in humanity. Almost everyone who experiences the presence of 1111 agrees with Carrie that it is a message; it just isn’t directed at the message center of the brain.

It appears most likely that 11:11 is an activation code sent directly to our DNA for the purpose of ‘rewiring’ us. The repeated sightings suggest that we are being programmed in increments, so that transformation of consciousness occurs gradually. If this is the case, the small changes that occur with each exposure would be subtle so as not to cause harm to body or mind through a too-rapid or too-massive alteration.