Time Traveler

A few years back, I attended a conference in Shanghai, China. Jeff stayed behind to run the business, so I was on my own. I have traveled extensively before, but not this distance by myself. I flew: Las Vegas to LA, LA to Tokyo, Tokyo to Shanghai. It was quite something...due to the flight times, the 16 hour time difference and the fact that we were crossing the International Date Line; I missed the entire day of 7/7/07. It simply didn't exist in my experience. It was as though I was suspended in time and space – in the ethers. I got much pleasure from this feeling.

On the plane, I found myself very introspective; listening to music, meditating, napping, reading - with the sun coming up and going down and coming up and going down. I experienced two sunrises while on the plane. I was a time traveler.

My experience in Shanghai was just as magical. I stayed in a beautiful hotel on the 67th floor; my cocoon in the clouds…literally. It was rainy and very dark clouds for most of my stay. July at home, in Las Vegas, was already sunny for 15 hours per day and 110 degrees. What a welcome change this was. Shanghai itself was consistent with the time traveler, “other-worldly”, energy that I was experiencing on the plane. Every morning, I sipped an aromatic jasmine tea from a china tea cup. I found myself very emotional – truly thankful for such an experience in my lifetime. I have such a love – no that is an understatement – a passion for traveling and experiencing other cultures.

I strolled through the tiny hotel gift shop for something Asian that might have meaning to me. Scanning through the silk scarves and tourist trinkets, I see a wall full of bookmarks with names, like “John” and “Cindy” written in Chinese lettering. The one that screamed out at me at eye level is “Calvin” (my last name)! I asked the woman working at the counter if they had any other “Calvin” bookmarks. She searched both on the wall and in the back. No, there were no other bookmarks with the name “Calvin”. She said that she had never seen this bookmark before. Of course, I bought it. I believe that this and the time traveler, “other-worldly” feeling were signs that I am on track – in alignment – with Source. Deepak Chopra would call this a synchronistic event – a conspiracy of improbability. I call the feeling, Bliss. Brenda