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The YOGA of " ' TIME TRAVEL . ,:I • Other Bool�s by Fred Alan Wolf Matter into Feeling Mind into Matter The Spiritual Universe The Dreaming Universe The Eagle's Quest Parallel Universes The Body Quantum Star�'Wave Taking the Quantum Leap Space-Time and Beyond: The New Edition (with Bob Tohen) Praise for Fred Alan Wolf The Yoga of Time Travel is one of the most imaginative books I have read about the nature of time. It makes us wonder zf time travel is possible, not only through the use of technology, but through yoga, which anyone can practice. -AMIT GOSWAMI, PH.D., authorof Physics oftheSoul In The Yoga of Time Travel, Fred Alan Wolf takes the reader beyond the normal boundaries of space and time into the world of the infinite, eternal spirit. He blends physics and spirituality in a way that is both seamless and intriguing. -GLEN KEZWER, author of Meditation, Oneness, and Physics Wolf is at the forefront of creating a new integral science that includes psychology, physics, and spiritual thinking. In The Yoga of Time Travel, he makes.concepts such as black holes, the space-time continuum, and parallel universes something we can feel. -ARNOLD MINDELL, PH.D., author of The Quantum Mind and Healing Fred Alan Wolf's Mind into Matter breaks new ground that is both enthralling and energizing, giving us maps to explore consciousness and the cosmic mystery. This is quantum alchemy at its finest. -MICHAEL TOMS, cofounder and host of New Dimensions Radio Entering Wolf's The Spiritual Universe is like stepping into a laboratory in a spaceship careening through the universe and manned by a philosopher-scientist. If you have a head for scientific reasoning, you'll enjoy the spirited journey. If you're a romantic, earthbound, poet-type lzke me, you're in for some mind expansion. -THOM AS MOORE, author of The Reenchantment of Everyday Lzfe The Spiritual Universe creates a brilliant New Physics of theSoul and ushers us into the third millennium with deepening faith, bold heart, and profound insight. -ERNEST L. ROSSI, PH.D., author of The Psychobiology of Gene Expression Fred Alan Wolf's Parallel Universes is a wild intellectual ride-an enthralling read. -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY The YOGA of TIME TRAVEL How the Mind Can Defeat Time FRED ALAN WOLF, PH.D. Quest Books Theosophical Publishing House Wheaton, Illinois + Chennai (Madras). India Copyright© 2004 by Fred Alan Wolf First Quest Edition 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written permission except for quotations embodi din critical articles or reviews. For additional information write to Quest Books The Theosophical Publishing House P. 0. Box 270 Wheaton, IL 601 89-0270 www.questbooks.net Cover art, book design, and typesetting by Dan Doolin Picture Credits: Page 17: illustration used with permission courtesy of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Int'l © 2004. Page 58: Photo used with permission courtesy of Jerry Davidson, • , To my future readers: May your travels be timely CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER l 1 The ANCIENT ART of TIME CHEATING CHAPTER A 1 1 2 BRIEF OVERVIEW of SACRE D TIME and SPACE CHAPTER An 25 3 OVERVIEW of PHYSICAL TIME CHAPTER an d SPACE 35 4 TIME and SPACE ENOUGH? CHAPTER 5 1 5 The PHYSICS of 11 0R DINARY11 TIME TRAVEL CHAPTER 75 6 The PARA D OXES of PHYSICAL TIME TRAVEL CHAPTER 95 7 The TECHNOLOGY of 110RDINARY11 TIME TRAVEL 1 13 CHAPTER 8 The PHYSICS o/11EXTRAORDINARY11 TIME TRAVEL CHAPTER - 1 3 5 9 - TIME, MIND, CHAPTER an d PROBABILITY 1 6 1 10 The SPIRITUAL DIMENSION of TIME TRAVEL CHAPTER SUMMARY APPENDIX CLASSICAL 1 83 1 1 an d CONCLUSION 203 an d QUANTUM COMPUTERS 2 1 3 NOTES 221 BIBLIOGRAPHY 23 7 INDEX 24 3 , • A CKNOWLEDGMENTS the manuscript and for making several important improvelike to thank Carolyn Bond for her skillful editing of ments in the writing. To my editor in chief at Quest Books, I would Sharron Dorr, I offer my gratitude for her editing and for offer ing many valuable suggestions. I also want to thank my wife Sonia Sierra Wolf, who-being a student, a teacher, and practi tioner of Iyengar yoga-made numerous helpful contributions.