By John Harricharan
I thought of an incident in college many years ago.A wellknown speaker was giving a lecture in the auditorium.Since I had enough time before the lecture started, I decided to get a cup of coffee in the cafeteria.I was enjoying my coffee at a table in the corner when a man walked up to me and asked,"May I join you?"
I replied, "Of course," as he sat down.Our conversation had lasted for about an hour.I wished I could go back to that scene for just a short while.
Gideon said, "Let's go and see your college incident
again."
He had hardly spoken the words when I was overcomeby an enormous swirling sensation.When it stopped, I looked around. Imaginemy surprise to find myself and Gideon standing in the college cafeteria of long ago. Other students were standing around and I began to worry about how I would explain our presence when Gideon said,"Don't worry. They can't see or hear us. You're visiting another time. They'll only be able to see us if we want them to. It's better this way at first."
He led me to a small table across from where we were standing. Two people were drinking coffee. Somehow, they seemed familiar.
"Don't you know who those people are, John?" asked Gideon.
I looked a bit closer and was amazed to realize that the younger man was me—not me as I am today, but the me I was many years ago in college.There I sat as a college student— much younger and thinner,without the gray in my hair—sipping coffee with another man."We're looking back in time, John," Gideon said. "That's the event you were thinking of when we left your present-time situation. Do you recognize the other man ? Don't you remember that he came to your table and sat with you for a while before he went on to give his lecture?"
"That was Dr. Martin Luther King! I didn't know it when he first sat down, but by the end of our conversation,he revealed who he was."
"Do you recall the effect his conversation had on you?"
"How could I ever forget? The compassion and the vision of that man! I'll always remember that."
"You see,we canvisit events from the past and observe,remember and learn from them."
Fascinated, I stood there watching and listening in on their conversation. Finally Gideon said, "It's time for us to leave here and go on to another time and place."
A thought struck me."Could we have participated in their conversation, Gideon? I mean, the me of then and the me of now conversing with each other?"
"Yes—but there are certain rules one has to observe. For now, let's go."
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Lecturer, entrepreneur and MBA business consultant, John Harricharan is the author of the award-winning book, "When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat." Spiritual Simplicity The Real Secret
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