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This Weblog's topic is the number "33." You'll find the Site Host's opinions on this topic, news, comments, and links to other 33-related sites on the web. For an overview of the contents at this site, please visit the Site Map (click here).








































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8/23/2004

Saturn's New Moons
 
The big, recent "33 news" is that the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons has disovered two new moons, bringing the total from 31 to 33 moons. Imagine having 33 moons! When I learned - early in the course of this mission - that there were 31 moons, I surmised that more would be discovered, and imagined two new moons for a total of 33.
 
One 33er has written: "We 33 spotters should have known they were wrong when it was said Saturn had 31 moons, if not for the simple fact that any number that close to 33 is just waiting for correction."
 
Even our own solar system favors the number 33!

 
3:17 am mdt

8/10/2004

Just when I thought I didn't have it all figured out....
 
In the spirit of openness to this great big mystery of life, I endeavor to integrate new ideas and experiences in order to grow bigger, deeper, richer. The many dialogues I have shared with the "33 folks"  who have written to me have all had such an enriching effect. To each of you with whom I have had the opportunity to chat, I want you to know that I appreciate every word you have shared with me.
 
At last entry, I had suggested that I will not likely be providing any "answers" here at the site about this 33 Mystery. I wrote: "Don't hold your breath...."
 
One, very kind and insightful, has recently offered the following to me, and he has graciously given permission to share it with all of you. He writes:

"...is not 33 an answer in itself? Our questions are backed up now as a society, we have so many, and many of these cannot be answered, even more cannot be answered right Now (as they would be rejected by our brand of common sense) Still, "God", or Love, answers the children."
 
He goes on to point out that there is, indeed, something we all have in common, and that is 33 itself.  
 
I had elsewhere indicated that I could find nothing in common, nothing universal, among those of us having this "33 experience." His comments effectively show what I had overlooked: the rather obvious truth that we all have some special relationship with this very special number; and what a blessing that is!
 
While characterizing this fact as "obvious," I by no means intend to diminish the importance of it. Quite the contrary: the 33 experience - if I am able to take his meaning - is not only something that brings us together in its wonder and mystery; it touches us deeply to the heart and bone, as water might for the thirsty, or a prayer answered for the prayerful. It is only our irrepressible rational mind that feels need to question it.
 
I have been reminded of the beautiful Sufi poem wherein one seeker of God gives up after decades of diligent prayer and devotion, having realized one day that he had never received so much as the faintest reply to all of his prayers.
 
Only then, God asks him directly, "Why have you given up? The very longing that has motivated your prayers and devotion IS Me. That has been Me all along...."
 
We have heard that God works in "strange and mysterious ways." To be immersed in that mystery is to be with God.
 
Let us rejoice in our 33s!
 
10:22 am mdt

8/5/2004

About this Weblog Area...
For those of you interested in the number "33," I have expanded the "33 Mysteries" website to include this new Weblog Area. Generally, I do not include anywhere at this site my extensive personal journal entries regarding my own "33 experiences," and I likely will not do so here, either. I am happy to discuss this information directly with interested parties, via e-mail (contact me). Of course, we all have our own experiences unique to us, and I doubt that mine are any more special than any of yours.
I have already posted at the site my "Latest Comments" pages, as well as my "Main Page" (see Site Map) which offers an overview and history of this 33 thing, and I have included similar comments in the guestbook "Forum" section of this site.
 
So, I am not sure what I may add at this Weblog...Perhaps I will post portions of dialogues with the many folks who write to me, provided that they have viewed this area of the site and have specifically requested or approved such postings.
 
As always, feel free to contact me with any "33-related" facts, experiences, comments, suggestions, or new topic-related links, and let me know if you would like them made available to visitors here.
 
I hope you will follow all of the many links within this site in order to get a full picture of why I created and maintain it, as well as to view the extensive information about "33" itself and the comments written by visitors, plus view some of the other links, images, and resources I provide here.
 
It seems that, to date, I have established the "Central Hub" of the strange wheel of this "33 mystery experience" for everyone on the web, anywhere in the world, and I expect that more and more people will find this site, just as you have. Additionally, I hope to maintain that presence, because I believe this is the most comprehensive resource of its kind, and because I endeavor to maintain a fully non-biased approach to both the data I archive here, and to the postings from visitors at the "Forum" and "Questionnaire" sections of the site. I have not yet deleted or edited in any way the comments that visitors have left here, and I have attempted to make them completely accessible for view. I would edit or delete only content which might prove objectionable due to mean-spirited, foul, or otherwise inappropriate material. I am confident this site will receive no such material.
 
I will say this about my own personal experience of 33s: I feel comfortable describing this thing as "paranormal" for the reason that I have proven to myself  - and with the help of a mathematician - that the magnitude of "33s" that show up in my daily experience absolutely defies statistical likelihood. That is the very definition of paranormal: above and beyond what is "normal" or scientifically describable. Of course, here in the 21st Century, who is to say what is "normal"? Maybe "normal" is changing....
 
After nearly 12 years, in some sense, this "33 thing" has become normal in my own day-to-day existence. While it still sends a little jolt through me each time I see an entirely unlikely 33 somewhere, I have come to expect it. And I can assure you, as you may know from your own experience, it is very consistently -- indeed, persistently -- a part of my everyday life.
 
I will admit that there have been days in the past decade where I saw only quite "statistically likely" quanties of 33s in the world around me -- afterall, they are everywhere and everyone sees them, just as with any other two-digit number! -- but those days have been exceptional,  by no means the rule.
 
I wish I could say what it all "means." Believe me, I will immediately post the "answer" to this mystery as soon as I catch my breath after discovering it!
 
I would recommend that you do not check here everyday to see if that has happened, though, because I no longer really expect to find that answer, if one even exists. Maybe at some point, this will all make sense...maybe in this or some future time and place in this soul's journey. Who's to say?
 
In other words, don't hold your breath for any "answers."
 
Go on breathing through the experience, allow it to unfold in your life as it will,  just as it does in mine. I wish for all of you "33 experiencers" that you will find comfort in it, if nothing else, and that you will not fear it. In my heart of hearts, I feel confident that it is a good thing, and nothing to be afraid of.
 
Just promise me that if YOU figure it all out, be sure to let us all know right away!
 
~ Your "33 Mysteries Host," Adam
12:43 pm mdt

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