INTO THE CAVERN
Rick stared out at what
appeared to be a vast lake, in a tall cavern, lit by some unseen subtle light
source. Had Rick walked forward without care, he would have tumbled into this
large nearly round lake. He stood at
the edge of his trail, looking out at the unbelievable scene stretched before
him. “How is this possible?” Rick
whispered to himself.
It took a while for his eyes
to adjust in the dim illumination. The path appeared to go on the entire
circumference of the lake, though he could not clearly discern the far
end. Rick shined his flashlight across
the lake but his little flashlight was not strong enough to illuminate the
distant opposite side.
Rick heard some rocks
tumble, and splash into the water. He
shined his flashlight in that direction and saw nothing. Then
he saw a spark, a flash. What
was that?, thought Rick. My
imagination?
Above
the water level by about 30 or more feet, there appeared to be another path on
a shelf that roughly followed the circumference of the vast lake. On this upper path, Rick could see as many
as 12 – maybe more – openings that led into unknown areas. Rick could not imagine how such an area
could possibly be man-made.
Though
the water’s surface was still, Rick could see that there were objects in the
water that stuck out maybe a foot or more.
These were cylindrical objects, not at all like stalagmites or
stalactites, but cylindrical, obviously man-made objects with a flat top,
sticking out of the water. These cylinders were more or less evenly-spaced in
the water. Though Rick could not be certain, the source of the dim illumination
in the cave seemed to come from these objects in the water.
As
Rick’s eyes adjusted to the dim light in the cavern, he began to examine the
walls of the inside of the cavern. They were not like the tunnel he’d been
walking in. This was more like solid
rock, and it was smooth, not rough.
Rick turned on his flashlight to see how tall the ceiling went, and the
ceiling seemed incredibly high. He
turned the flashlight off.
How was this possible?
thought Rick. What about earthquake
faults? What about flooding? How is the water controlled? Are there fish in here? Rick thought it was too cold, and too dark
for fish, and besides, there was no movement in the water.
Rick
stood up to examine the lintel of the tunnel which led him to the cave. He turned on his flashlight to see if there
was any writing there, as there was in the first fork he encountered early on.
To
his amazement, there was a passage in English, and a longer passage of
hieroglyphs similar to the one’s he saw earlier. Rick felt frustrated that he didn’t have his notebook, but he
began to study the images above the tunnel opening. Most were simple shapes that must have meant something, or could
have been some sort of symbolic art. But the English phrase caught Rick by
surprise, and confirmed that at least some English-speaking people had come
into the cave before Rick.
He
held his flashlight up to the writing.
It was neatly carved into the upper wall, and had been painted with red
and black, and the entire English phrase was circled.
Rick
read it out loud:
|
TIME IS an undulating
(but cohesive)
F A
B R I C
TIME is NOT
A linear flux
(i.e., vibrating
sinewave(s))
It enables us to See
All
yesterdays
AND all tomorrows
AND all dimensions
|
“So what on earth is that supposed
to mean?” thought Rick. Why would
someone write such an obscure thing deep in a tunnel? Does it have something to do with time travel, or is this just
some nut’s mumbo-jumbo
Rick was hoping for something more mundane, like
“This way to the desert,” or something like that. Rick stared at the
phrase. Who was it meant for? Why was it put in this particular spot, over
this tunnel? Rick wanted to get out and
go home, but he felt compelled to see if there was similar writing over the
other openings.
He
walked to his right on the narrow passageway that led in the direction that
Rick believed was eastward, along the eastern edge of the vast cavernous
lake. He reached the next tunnel in
about 5 minutes, and shone his flashlight up over the entry when something
unseen knocked him to the ground, along
with his flashlight. Rick passed out.
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