Seeing patterns: numbers and behaviours
During the past few weeks, I have been seeing the number 11:11 either in the morning or at night. Mostly on the clock or my wrist watch. I have a very shallow understanding of numerology, but I know that seeing certain sequences of numbers repeatedly and in random is supposed to signify something supernatural. Frankly, I have tried my best to avoid indulging my curiosity about new age things just because I find it unhealthy for my mental state. It´s just not pragmatic for me to invest in that realm anymore. I thought that maybe seeing 11:11 either AM or PM doesn’t mean that the universe is talking to me. Maybe I’m fabricating it...that I just tend to check the time at 11 minutes past eleven. It’s probably nothing. To be honest, the first few times it happened, I became terrified. The terror was certainly something I triggered in my head. Regardless, I should really pray and meditate more so that my mind does not get lost in nonsensical concepts.
On an unrelated, well, sort of related note...I have cut down on social media. I’m still in touch with the world through the news, but I try to avoid reading too much about other people’s opinions. I occasionally read the opinion section of the news, though. What I find anxiety-inducing is reading thread upon thread of rants. I personally do not need that kind of toxicity at the moment. None of us do. What I also find irksome is when people on social media bash on both their opposition and those who are not active posters about a particular issue. Getting riled up by opposing posts is an obvious outcome, but picking fights and provoking people who prefer not to post at all is just plain attention seeking. We do not know what other people’s lives look like in the 3-dimensional reality. Not everyone has a generous cellular data plan or great WiFi or enough extended monitors to accommodate extra browser tabs for anything else other than one’s calendar and work email because all available monitor real estate are occupied by work-related programs. Or free time these days. Or if there was free time, one would spend it de-cluttering or cleaning or cooking or baking.
On the topic of social media, there is always a falsehood on social media personas. Heck, there is even falsehood in real life—even among those you see face to face. People can feign concern. And people will never admit to being in the wrong. I once read somewhere (sorry for not being able to cite) that villains are heroes in their own stories. Not to say that everyone is a villain. As what is written in Matthew 7:3 “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?” In gist, let us try our best to avoid being hypocrites. This is quite the hormonal reflection. Cheers. Wear a mask.
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On an unrelated, well, sort of related note...I have cut down on social media. I’m still in touch with the world through the news, but I try to avoid reading too much about other people’s opinions. I occasionally read the opinion section of the news, though. What I find anxiety-inducing is reading thread upon thread of rants. I personally do not need that kind of toxicity at the moment. None of us do. What I also find irksome is when people on social media bash on both their opposition and those who are not active posters about a particular issue. Getting riled up by opposing posts is an obvious outcome, but picking fights and provoking people who prefer not to post at all is just plain attention seeking. We do not know what other people’s lives look like in the 3-dimensional reality. Not everyone has a generous cellular data plan or great WiFi or enough extended monitors to accommodate extra browser tabs for anything else other than one’s calendar and work email because all available monitor real estate are occupied by work-related programs. Or free time these days. Or if there was free time, one would spend it de-cluttering or cleaning or cooking or baking.
On the topic of social media, there is always a falsehood on social media personas. Heck, there is even falsehood in real life—even among those you see face to face. People can feign concern. And people will never admit to being in the wrong. I once read somewhere (sorry for not being able to cite) that villains are heroes in their own stories. Not to say that everyone is a villain. As what is written in Matthew 7:3 “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?” In gist, let us try our best to avoid being hypocrites. This is quite the hormonal reflection. Cheers. Wear a mask.
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