Bret Burquest - 11:11 Flow of Life

11:11 FLOW OF LIFE

by

Bret Burquest

11:11 FLOW OF LIFE

Bret Burquest

F I R S T E D I T I O N

copyright @ 2015 Bret Burquest

All Rights Reserved

ISBN: 978-1-512056-52-5

ISBN: 1-5120-5652-9

COVER

Photo by Carole Hawkins

Bret Burquest (age 41)

with ex-wife's two Shih Tzu's

at mountaintop cabin

in

Topanga, California

(early 40s, my hippie years)

CONTENTS

PART 1 -- Wild Unknown Country

1) Another New Year 11

2) One Hundred Years Ago 14

3) The Y2K Bug 23

4) The Lost Island 25

5) Rich Fictional Characters 31

6) Dogs and People 34

7) News Flash 37

8) Lincoln and JFK Assassinations 39

9) Pondering Nostradamus 44

10) Redneck Humor 48

11) Scattered Stuff 50

PART 2 -- Long-Shot Gamble

1) Chinese New Year 2015 59

2) Year of the Sheep (Goat) -- 1955 61

3) Year of the Sheep -- 1967 65

4) Navajo Code Talkers 69

5) Movie Quiz 72

6) Disclosure Letter 79

7) Becoming a Writer 83

8) Astrology Chart 96

9) Understanding Women 109

10) Food for Thought 112

11) New Technologies 119

PART 3 -- Mental Slavery

1) Disturbing News 125

2) French Fried Nation 128

3) Day of Rage 131

4) King Obama 134

5) The Need to be Free 137

6) Global Death Cult 140

7) Psycho 146

8) Rare Statistics 152

9) Fractured Courtroom moments 156

10) Boston Strong 161

11) Regular People 164

PART 4 -- Slumber of Feelings

1) Special Slice of Time 171

2) High School Grads -- 50 Years Later 175

3) August 10, 1944 & 2014 191

4) South of the Border 193

5) Three-Man Army Reunion 196

6) Events of 1911 199

7) Two Humor Bits 204

8) Top Ten Richest People 206

9) The Seven Year Itch 210

10) Life After Life 218

11) Where All is One 224

About the Author 227

FORWARD

11:11 Awakening Code

In 1983, at age 39, I began "automatically" seeing 11:11 on digital clocks, and elsewhere, with regularity beyond coincidence, as extraordinary synchronicities became commonplace in my life. It compelled me to examine my spiritual purpose and embark on a journey of awareness beyond earthly consciousness.

This is my 11th book.

11:11 -- we are angelic beings having a carnal experience

11:11 -- synchronicities abound along your journey

11:11 -- a spirit guide is contacting you

11:11 -- All is One

PART 1

Wild Unknown Country

I married Isis on the fifth day of May

But I could not hold on to her very long

So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away

For the wild unknown country where I couldn't go wrong.

Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Another New Year

"Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect."

Lao Tzu

I put this book together in the spring of 2015.

As often happens in the course of human events, 2014 was about as predictable as the time and place of the next meeting of the Galactic Federation in a Parallel Universe.

Another New Year is now upon us and were all along for the ride. The journey may be a pleasant one or a hundred miles an hour down a dead-end street, often depending on your point of view.

Although every year is the same duration, they actually seem to go faster as you grow older. When youre ten years old, one year is ten percent of your life. When youre fifty, one year is only two percent of your life -- thus, the illusion of faster time as you get older.

Every year, life seems to get easier and more complicated at the same time.

I can remember when my grandmother had an actual icebox on her back porch and a man would stop by every couple of weeks to deliver a huge block of ice. My grandmother lived in a large two-story house, in Wisconsin, and her only heat came from an oil furnace in her living room and a wood-burning stove in her kitchen. She had running water but no water heater. A Saturday night bath was a major project that included heating water on the wood-burning stove and toting it down the hall to the tub.

At the turn of the last century, in 1901, things were quite a bit different.

• The United States of America had only 45 states. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Alaska and Hawaii had not yet been admitted to the Union. Texas was a state but it was too late to do anything about it.

• Life expectancy in the United States was 47 years. Pneumonia, tuberculosis and diarrhea were the three leading causes of death. Then as now, women were the leading cause of headaches.

• The average wage in the United States was 22 cents per hour and the average worker made less than $400 per year. On the positive side, there was no income tax.

• There were only 8,000 cars in the United States and less than 150 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed in most cities was 10 miles per hour. The only drag race was a foot race between transvestites.

• Drive-by shootings were a major problem in Denver and other cities in the west. Apparently, teenage boys would gallop through town on horseback, randomly shooting pistols at whatever caught their fancy.

• Only six percent of Americans graduated from high school. One in ten adults couldnt read or write. These days, many more people graduate from high school but they dont necessarily know how to read or write.

• Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over-the-counter at corner drugstores. Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Freedom of individual mind and body once actually existed before the government decided it had a right to control what mood were allowed to enjoy.

• The closest thing to a computer was an accountant with ten fingers and ten toes, or a Chinaman with an abacus.

Its hard to predict what the New Year has in store for us. The human race is a work in progress. We take two giant steps forward and a giant step backward. Whenever we get to a crossroad, we occasionally chose the wrong direction.

Perhaps someday well reach the Promised Land. Until then, the best we can do is to savor the journey.

May the New Year bring joy to all and Peace on Earth.

But if we must endure more hardship, thats okay too.

After all, suffering builds character.

___________

One Hundred Years Ago

"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."

Margaret Mitchell

Since I'm putting this book together in 2015, I thought it might be interesting to review the events 100 years ago.

The following took place in 100 years ago -- in 1915:

Jan 9 -- Pancho Villa (Mexico) signed a treaty with the USA halting border conflicts.

Jan 12 -- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

Jan 13 -- An earthquake in Italy killed some 30,000 people.

Jan 15 -- Japan claimed economic control of China.

Jan 18 -- A train crashed in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 600 people.

Jan 19 -- The first neon tube sign was patented.

Jan 25 -- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, inaugurated transcontinental USA telephone service by placing a ceremonial call from New York to his former colleague Thomas Watson in San Francisco. -- Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do, you will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Alexander Graham Bell

Jan 28 -- The U.S. Coast Guard was founded by an act of Congress to assist distressed vessels at sea and halt contraband trade.

Jan 31 -- During World War I, the Germans used poison (chlorine) gas for the first time against the Russians, and German U-boats sank two British ships in the English Channel.