They say everything happens for a reason. Does it? Or do we make choices that shape our own paths? What if Time Travel was indeed possible… would you use it? Knowing that changing one choice could change your entire future, would you make the change? Maybe it’s the Nyquil talking, but I have truly been thinking about this today. There have been several movies these days that kind of push some incredible questions. Two spring to mind. The Butterfly Effect and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Both are not normal “time travel” movies, yet both deal with choices and the ability to change them. Would you take the chance of changing time forever by going back and preventing major events, like when JFK or Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed? Would you keep it more personal and self-focused? Would you use it for good, like a superhero? I have concluded that we are all Time Travelers already, but we are only going FORWARD in our time/space continuum. This is all we have been allowed to do so far, with our knowledge as a species up to this point. Yet, the more we study physics of the universe, the more doors we open. We find more information and more possibilities, yet we also bring more questions without answers. We do know that the faster we travel, the more time slows, such as traveling near the speed of light would in fact seem to slow time. For instance, if you had a car that could go 65 MPH and one that, for sake of this situation, could travel almost the speed of light, to the driver in the 65 MPH car, the other would be gone in a flash. To the Speed of Light driver, things would seem normal until he stopped. When he got out and checked the time, he would be ahead of himself. Wow – blows my mind to start getting too deep into THAT. Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (and, by extension, the General Theory) very explicitly permits a kind of time dilation that would ordinarily be called time travel. The theory holds that, relative to a stationary observer, time appears to pass more slowly for faster-moving bodies: for example, a moving clock will appear to run slow; as a clock approaches the speed of light its hands will appear to nearly stop moving. However, this effect allows "time travel" only toward the future: never backward. It is not typical of science fiction, and there is little doubt surrounding its existence. We know for a fact this is true and real. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali have been considered by some, such as physicist Fred Alan Wolf in his book, The Yoga of Time Travel to describe an inner process by which we can access knowledge of the past and future in the present. This form of time travel can be acquired by transcending the five Earthly anchors of the ego mind which otherwise leave us locked into the illusory self. Wow. Guess we’ll just stop right there on that one – but I do find it interesting and it also comes into line with what many guests on the show have said in the past. Astral projection is something that many people have believed in, including our own Government. But in the works of Ed Dames and Dr. Michio Kaku, Remote Viewers know that ‘mind’ exists outside of time. It is no more difficult to observe events in the past, present, or the future with Remote Viewing. So time travel can and does happen in that regard as well. It’s all just very interesting and mind-boggling, but it also has me wondering when this may become a reality. Notice I didn’t say “IF” – because even though we humans have done some very dumb things and continue to do so, just when I have about given up and decided we all should be kicked in the butt, we go and do amazing things. And meeting so many amazing people like all of you has truly renewed my faith in us all. Every day I am lucky enough to experience life through not only my eyes, but through yours. And the world is an amazing place where anything can and does happen. Wow. Thank you all for that. This hits me very hard - as I still have terrible nightmares after losing Dennis in 2005. Four long years and the nightmares still remain. I held it inside for so long.... many of you know the story, but basically, I worked with Dennis Kingsolver at Catacombs here in KC for almost 10 years - it was a dream come true. Dennis and I had grown up together in Gracemore, a small community here in Kansas City. He was like a brother to me. When he asked me to help out at Catacombs it was the best day ever. Building Mosters and designing the Haunted House - wow - all year long!!! And I got to meet and work with an amazing family like Sean, Marty, Ed, Ed Jr, Jason and especially Morris, Shirley and Dennis. One day as we worked, Dennis was killed in an accident in the large elevator shaft. Marty and I were there. When it happened, Marty ran out to get help and to pull Morris and Shirley away, and I tore into the fabric of the "black Hole" effect where he fell and I finally got to him and grabbed him. Held him in my arms until the ambulance got there, begging him to stay with me, screaming his name. Dennis was already gone, but I didn't know it. It changed me forever. It changed how I saw life. It showed me that even though we all think we can do anything, that indeed we are just mortals. The things I saw that day - I tell you... nothing can prepare you. It was like I was in a war. Horror. True horror. A part fo me died there with Dennis that day. I know it. I saw it. Part of the child in me died. And since then, I have often thought about Time Travel... for that and other reasons. Bad choices I had made in relationships long ago that hurt people I loved very deeply. Friends since and before that also died, like my boyhood best friend David who died of Reye's Syndrome. Family members I could have saved if we had caught the cancer earlier. But my question is this? If you could do it, would you go back and change choices you have made that ended up very bad? I know we all make mistakes. It’s part of being human. Sometimes we make choices for reasons we don’t even understand at the time. And in retrospect, we should have never made them. What would you do if you were given the chance to go back and warn yourself, or change events or make different choices? Would you do it? Or do you believe that each choice takes us down a road that leads to where we must be to learn the lessons we are supposed to learn? Do you think each choice adds up to who we are? Each lesson we learn, no matter how painful, is for a reason? Somewhere on that long lonely road... We all stand alone.... Looking for clues.... From our different views.... In the dark I've called out your name.... It echoes in vain.... Over again.... In an empty room.... [Chorus:] If I go away.... What would still remain of me? The ghost within your eyes.... The whisper in your sighs.... You see.... Believe.... And I'm always there.... Staring down a long empty hall.... Pictures on walls.... All with your name.... But it's not the same.... Searching for the chord I can't hear.... Been searching for years.... It's somewhere inside.... But it's well disguised.... [Chorus].... Someday I'll take a chance.... You find them where you can.... They tend to slip away.... Those doors to yesterday.... Forever is a long time they say.... Maybe some day.... I'll meet you there.... If you've time to spare.... Just some things to think about – lets all do what we can while we are here to bring light and good energy to people we meet. Lets try and think better. Lets make better choices. It is hard sometimes, especially in very emotional times, but lets try and think things through better. Lets not hurt each other and let’s not hurt ourselves anymore. I know I have beat myself up and tortured myself more than anyone could ever do – and finally I had to look in the mirror and let some of that go – not all of it yet, but I am a work in progress… as we all are. And I will work hard and fight to grow each day and I will work to be a better, stronger person… I promise this…

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