The Library
The next building my guide took me to was a building that looked like the Supreme Court building in the United States. It was a huge, long, and gigantic building. The only columns were in the front. There were about eight to twelve columns, and it had a big triangle at the top, like some of the traditional Greek buildings have.
My guide took me inside, and I saw that it’s a library, but it was so large I could not see the end of it. It must have been miles long. My guide said anything you want to learn—anything at all—whether it’s science, or literature, or history, anything—you can go to this library and look it up.
There were all these people in this library. Some people were talking, some people were studying, and it was a huge building full of activity. He took me to an area on the left-hand side of this library, and it looked like what we would call study rooms now in our modern libraries. They were about as big as an average living room.
He took me to one of these rooms, and there was a woman sitting there. She had jet-black hair, and it went down to her waist. She was wearing a kind of purplish gown or a tunic—kind of like what you would think people wore in ancient Greece or Rome. She had her back to me, and she was watching a video screen. It looked like what we would call today a flat screen mounted on the wall. She was watching a video, and my guide said, get closer and see what she’s watching.
So I get closer, and I saw that she’s watching a battle that had taken place between Native American Indians and the United States cavalry. Well, I thought she was watching a movie, and my guide said she’s actually watching a battle that took place in Earth’s history. I remember thinking, how is that possible, because 200 years ago we didn’t have video cameras. I don’t even think we had regular cameras. How could she be watching something that actually happened here on Earth? My guide said everything gets recorded. Well, I didn’t think to ask him, how is that possible? How is everything recorded?
The only thing I can think of is it’s a God thing. I have no idea how our lifetimes are recorded, but anything that you want to see about history, you can go to this library, you can go into this study room, and you can watch it on a movie screen. You can watch actual living history.
One of the things I wanted to do is I want to see what it was like for the Allies in Normandy in 1944. Well, that’s something we can do. We can go to one of these rooms, and we can watch history. I just thought that was absolutely fascinating. I can’t wait to get back, because there is so much I want to see.
Medieval Castle
After the library, the next building he took me to was also really extraordinary. He took me to a castle, and it was absolutely perfect looking. It was made of stone, just a gorgeous, huge castle. He told me that the reason he showed me this castle was that on the other side, we still learn. Anything that you want to learn about that was on Earth is also on the other side.
So if you are on the other side and you say, I have never had a lifetime in medieval Europe and I would like to see what it was like for them, you can go to these castles on the other side and see what these castles looked like.
So he takes me to the inside, and the first thing I noticed is beautiful red carpet all along the inside of this castle, and on both sides were these huge, tall marble walls. On the walls were life-size paintings of people that had lived in that castle during that time period.
So you could go look at King George or Queen Anne; you could see what they look like. Not only what they look like, but you could also see what they wore during that time period. In front of each one of these paintings was a podium, and on the podium was a book which was about that person’s lifetime. So if you were on the other side and you wanted to learn about a particular person, you could go to the castle, you could look at their picture, and you could read about their lives.
Right about then, I looked off to my right, and there was a spiral staircase, and a woman was coming down the staircase. Her hair was strawberry blonde, and she was wearing a kind of peach-color tunic or gown. She walked up to me, and she talked to me. She said, “Is there anything I can help you find?”
I was so ignorant; I didn’t know where I was or what was happening. You know what I said to her? I said, “No thanks, I’m just looking.” Kind of like what you say when you walk into a clothing store. I still kick myself to this day. I could have asked her anything. I could have said, Who are you? Where am I? I thought I was supposed to be having surgery—what’s going on?
Well, my guide said that on the other side, what she loves to do is learn, and she’s kind of a professor about medieval history on Earth. Her job was simply to answer questions that people have about that time period in Earth’s history. She loved history about that particular time. So anything that you wanted to learn about that era, you could go to a castle, you could see what they looked like, you could read the books about what they did in that lifetime. Or you can simply talk to someone like this woman and learn about their whole experience on Earth. I thought that was just amazing, and I can’t wait to get back and talk to people like that.
