Numerology and Hope EP 333

Have you ever been driving home or walk into the kitchen and glance at the clock, and it says 11:11. You grab your coffee, the receipt says $3.33. Your parking spot? 444. This is episode 333 which is what got me thinking about this. When I see these sequences it feels like the universe is winking at me. I watched a few videos about this and what I learned is kind of interesting.  Essentially our brain is doing exactly what it has evolved to do. Our brain is always looking for patterns. It’s how our ancestors spotted predators in the grass and understood which berry was safe to eat. That same wiring means we unconsciously filter out the random sequences we see and zero in on the repeating sequences. It's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (or frequency illusion). You notice 111 three times today because your brain is looking for it. It’s why we see red cars when we buy a red car. It’s referred to as selective intention and cognitive bias. Our brain is helping us see what it thinks we need or want to see.  One of the videos I watched called this phenomenon angel numbers and said that the number sequences are how they message us. I don’t know if that’s true but I do know that seeing sequences over and over reminds me that everyday patterns exist all around us.   When someone sees 444 and feels calmed or sees 1111 and feels like they're on the right path, that feeling is real. The number is like a permission slip to trust yourself.  That’s a good thing. If a repeated number makes you pause, breathe, and check in with yourself for 10 seconds, that's a mindfulness practice that feels like a bit of serendipity, divinely inspired or not. You don’t need to read any other message into seeing sequences other than, my brain (my inner knowing, my intuition) is reminding me to pause, be in the moment. That’s a good thing however it happens because in the moment is also where hope lives.  Here’s to recognizing patterns that help you be your best, most hopeful self.