Everything seems to make sense until we later remember it when we are awake. Then it doesn't seem to fit anymore. Without our questioning, skeptical mind, we accept certain things as significant. When you wake up at 1:11, 2:22, or 3:33, your mind is still open to accepting a kind of magical thinking. read more
I have heard this referred to as selective perception or memory in that you may wake up at all sorts of times: 3:37, 2:20, 1:08 or whatever, but patterns like 1:11 stand out when you see them and they stick in memory more. read more
So, assuming this theory is true, one option for waking up at some specific time, could be that your mind is connected to someone who wakes up at exactly that time. It can be even someone in another country (timezone difference) or on another continent. read more
When you wake up at 1:11, 2:22, or 3:33, your mind is still open to accepting a kind of magical thinking. You think, wow, that’s interesting! During the day, if you see something like this, you are much less likely to think it’s significant. read more