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I want to preface this post with a disclaimer that I don't actually know that much about the Hindu faith/culture. With that said, I'm mildly fascinated with the number 108. I first discovered this number's significance when I saw (the late) Kula Shaker at the 9:30 Club in DC. I was there with a friend and a not-so-friend (she offered to drive) and we got to meet the band after the show. After talking to Alonza about his bass picks, Jay about his scary eye make-up, and Paul about his drum sticks, we moved on to the holy grail of the band, Crispian Mills. Crispian was physically there, but his mind was on a completely different planet. Even so, he was definitely my friend's "faaaaaaaavorite" (no, you'll never live that down). She somehow managed to put together a coherant sentence and asked him about 108, since there was a song on their most recent (and last) album called "108 Battles Of The Mind." Crispian replied with it being the "magical number of life, love, and blah, blah..." (I said I don't know Hinduism). The point of this story is that since then, I've seen 108 EVERYWHERE. I really am convinced that there is something special about this, other than it being 1^1 * 2^2 * 3^3. I found this page which explains some of the Hindu significance. After a year or two of e-mails back and forth of "I saw 108 at [insert favorite restaurant, TV show, billboard here]!!" we decided to choose another random 3-digit number so that we could report on its sightings. Over the next year, I think that I saw "236" once, and "108" about 108 more times.
I was reminded of all of this last night while watching the season premeire of Lost. As Jack explored the bunker under the hatch, he saw a mural painted on one of the concrete walls. In the middle was a sun with a big "108" painted in the middle. I hope that this season keeps this as another recurring numerological theme. Stay tuned.
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