11:11 Experience and Background Information
I am a Christian, but there are those who will question my conviction, when they find that I respect and find much to like in other
religions from Judaism to Hinduism, and the teachings of Buddha. All of us are the children of God, but only a few have dedicated
their lives to teaching others how to get closer to "him". The major religions have grown because of these wonderful men
and women.
Very early in my life, God granted me experiences involving extreme power far beyond what mere adrenaline might cause,
and healing for myself and others in extreme pain. My life was changed in a profound way at a time when I could have just as
easily taken a diametrically opposed path.
I cannot deny that my life has been a neverending series of difficult situations,
with some wonderful times thrown in, just to "keep me in the game". In fact there was a time when I was really beginning to
think I should have taken that other path, since it seemed so many of God's followers, including myself, were struggling so badly... but
then we had a little "come to Jesus" meeting.
After this experience, my life and the world in general "made sense". No
longer did I try to bring myself to understand why God allowed poor innocent children to experience horrible pain and suffering, nor
did I try to rationalize why it was necessary for God to impregnate an unknowing human woman.
If you are of another faith, please make proper substitutions. However, the message remains the same.
It became clear to me that in order for "justice" to exist on this earth there must be a reason those innocents were made to undergo
undeserved pain, and with this new "enlightenment", I now understood why Jesus was such an incredible man, but not literally the blood
of God. For many of my fellow Christians my beliefs will not work, but I hope others will feel the same wonderful relief at
finally arriving at a solution that does work for them.
I take a little from eastern religion, when I envision an after-death
situation that involves meeting our maker, and being given choices of how our immortal souls will proceed. If you have done
the best you can to be a loving caring hard working follower of God during your life, those choices will be very nice, but if you
are a serial killer, your next experience will be one of horrific pain and despair. Your soul is indeed immortal, and Heaven
or Hell is just the next step in your life on this world... or maybe another one.
Jesus was the most wonderful person that ever
walked the earth because he was willing to be nailed to a cross without food or water, while being continually ridiculed by passersby
for three days ...not knowing for certain that there really was a God... just to save the souls of all of the rest of humanity, many
of whom were among those abusing him as he died. "Father, forgive them. They know not what they do."
Jesus was no
more the literal blood of God than you or me. He did not literally converse with God. He did have the most incredible
faith in God, and loved people of all races and creeds. That was his message... Love and help each other, and have complete
faith in your Father who is in Heaven.
About that time of my "enlightenment" 11:11 started impacting my life. As I'm
sure most of you remember, 11:11 starts slow. In the initial stages you notice, but really don't think anything about it.
Then it begins to get annoying. You think you must be doing something subconsciously to cause the phenomena. You start
avoiding any chance of it occurring... but it still does. Annoyance can become anger, because you equate this with being "out
of control". Finally you decide there is no avoiding the 11:11 phenomenon, so you try to figure out why it's happening.
It never crosses your mind that other people might be experiencing the same thing, and you're sure not going to ask anybody if it
is!
In my case 11:11 began in 1990. I had lived in Colorado for several years at the time, and was enjoying being in the
"Mile High City". Being raised in Texas, football was a passion, but up until that point the Broncos had been of very
little interest to me, however the CU Buffs had begun to attract my attention. They had hired a new coach a few years prior
that spoke of God with no fear of repercussion, and had produced a team that had gone to the Orange Bowl in 1989. He had dealt
with some very tough personal issues involving his star quarterback and his daughter that had to be very painful, and still stood
strong.
Approximately the beginning of the 1990 football season 11:11 hit that "annoyance stage" with me. By December I
was "fit to be tied". I actually discussed it with my wife, who looked at me like I was some kind of "kook"... until after
the Buffs won the National Championship, and the pastor at the coach's church was interviewed about a strange thing he had been experiencing...
yeah, you got it. The 11:11 phenomena. He had decided it was just a message from God telling him that the Buffs would
finish 11-1-1 for the season. I thought that worked for me too, and breathed a huge sigh of relief... until 11:11 didn't
go away. In fact as if "he" was saying "please don't believe it's the simple", it intensified.
Since that time the 11:11
phenomenon has been a consistent part of my life. I suspect most of you can identify with the fact that it disappears for a
few months, and then comes back strong... almost as a reminder. In the early years I racked my brain trying to figure
out what it meant, but eventually decided if it was important, I would be "made aware" eventually. Until February 2010, it never
crossed my mind that it might be a wide spread experience. Then one day I was researching subject matter for an entirely different
type of website, and out of the blue "11:11 phenoma" popped up on a Google search.
That led to investigation of information available
of the web. Bottom line is that although there are those who seem to think they know the exact meaning of 11:11, the lion's
share of those involved are still searching. Those who are certain they have the answer seem stuck in some sort of "mysterious
otherworldly" rut that doesn't work for me. I don't like that sort of thing in religion, and here it makes even less sense.
I
prefer to believe those of us who have been chosen have the power to change the world... as a group. It appears that we
come from every walk of life imaginable, and are of all races, creeds, and religions. The only concept that works for me is
as stated on the home page of this website... "Is is possible we were never meant to understand 'why'? Maybe we were only
to know that we were chosen to join together and help build a better world."
