I do think that if you choose a path to understanding the nature of these prompts, you are still selecting free will. If you think about it, no matter what you choose, it is free will that is choosing. You always have free will, as you witness by your choice to ignore or give credence to the prompts. I've seen a gentle evolution in your thinking since you joined our board; you are opening up to possibilities about your own role, in all of this. I think of it like an invitation. If you receive an invitation in the mail -- yes, they want you to come to their party; yes, they expect you will come, hope you will come. But you can always respond and say "No," or you can even choose to ignore the invitation. If you go to the party, or turn down the invitation, either way you are exercising free will. But, by inviting you -- your free will was not violated. It is simply an invitation.
I laughed out loud when you shared that in your country some people spend money to get license plates like that (55 888) because of the good luck assigned to it. I don't know what country you live in, but for a time my brother resided in Northern China, near Mongolia. He shared with me that whenever you sign up for a phone number -- you are paying extra money for a 'fortunate' phone number, like you talked about with the license plates!

So -- when you keep seeing the number prompts, even though you've already acknowledged them, we return to John's idea. It's almost as though that invitation arrived in the mail, and you did not respond to say "Yes" or "No," you simply ignored it. And then -- a new invitation came. And a new one. And a new one. And every day you are receiving the same invitation! Then you start to think "Don't they think I got the first several???"

So, what do you think?
Peace!

Michele