As soon as Kai got home, he dropped his bag by the door and went straight for his phone.
The first thing he did was open the class group chat — fingers moving fast, scrolling through the most recent posts.
Nothing.
No video.
No jokes.
No humiliating comments.
His heart pounded as he scrolled higher and higher, searching for any sign that it had ever happened — but there was nothing.
He refreshed the chat, just to make sure.
Still nothing.
A wave of dizzying relief washed over him, but beneath it was something bigger —
A realization.
“I actually changed it.”
He had rewritten something that had already happened.
Kai sat back on his bed, staring at the screen in disbelief, his mind racing through possibilities.
If he had changed one moment…
“What else can I change?”
The words of The Kybalion echoed in his mind, clearer now than ever before:
“Everything vibrates. Nothing rests.”
“All is mind.”
“If everything has a frequency, then memories—my own memories—have their own frequency too.”
A sudden clarity washed over him.
“Every memory I have still exists in my mind. They’re real. They’re alive inside me as energy.”
And if he could tune into that frequency, maybe he could step into those memories like he had with the humiliation moment.
Kai jumped off the bed, heart pounding with excitement, and went straight for his candle.
This time, there was no hesitation as he lit it. The flame danced quietly as he sat in front of it, pulling in deep breaths, trying to calm himself.
He focused on the pyramid, letting it sharpen in his mind, feeling the now-familiar spiraling sensation take hold.
Lifting out of his body came easier now, almost natural — like slipping into a second skin.
But today wasn’t about wandering.
Today, he had a theory to test.
Floating above his body, Kai closed his eyes, reaching inward, like tuning a radio to a specific signal.
“Let me find a memory.”
He focused on something simple, something harmless —
A day he had traveled to another city to meet his online gaming friends.
He concentrated, reaching for the details — the train, the streets, the faces.
But nothing happened.
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The world around him didn’t shift.
Frustration gnawed at him, but he pushed it down.
“Okay, maybe another one.”
He reached for the memory of his mom’s promotion ceremony, when they had gone out to eat, and she was so happy.
Still — nothing.
Kai let out a long breath, tension building in his chest.
“Why isn’t this working? I know I did it before. So what was different?”
Sitting there in the dark, still floating, he thought back to the moment he had “gone back” to school—what had triggered it?
And then it hit him.
The emotion.
The raw feeling of dread and fear thinking about school, thinking about what had happened.
That’s what pulled him in.
“It’s not just about remembering… it’s about feeling it. Emotions are tied to frequency.”
Suddenly, it made sense.
With new determination, Kai searched for a memory tied to a powerful emotion — something filled with joy, something unforgettable.
And one moment lit up in his mind like a flame:
The day his mom bought him his gaming headset.
He had wanted it for so long, and she had surprised him when he thought they couldn’t afford it.
The memory was bright and warm, filling his chest even now as he thought about it.
“That’s it,” Kai whispered.
Focusing on that memory — the joy, the surprise, the love — Kai felt the spiraling intensify.
Then—
Woush—
The world twisted and spun, colors folding in on themselves until—
He was there.
Standing in the living room, but not as it was now — as it had been that day.
The light from the window hit just right, warm and soft. His mom stood there, smiling, holding the gaming headset box in her hands.
“Happy early birthday, Kai,” she said, just like she had before.
Kai’s chest tightened, feeling the realness of it all.
But this time, he wasn’t just watching.
He looked down at his hands—solid, real, part of that moment.
He could move, breathe, speak.
He was really there.
Not just a visitor.
His heart swelled with emotion as he stepped forward, reaching out — and this time, his hand didn’t pass through like smoke.
He touched the box.
His mom beamed at him, just like she had back then.
Kai swallowed hard, a mix of joy and awe filling him.
“I’m really here.”
Just like he had been back at school — when he refused to go into Room 3B — he was fully present, with the power to choose again if he wanted to.
It wasn’t just memory—it was alive.
“I can live this again… and maybe more.”
The moment he let go of the memory, he was pulled back fast, as if snapping awake from a dream.
Kai gasped, sitting in his closet, the candle still burning low.
His hands were trembling — but this time, from excitement and power.
“It worked. Not just seeing it—living it. And if I can live it… maybe I can change more than just the past.”
The possibilities opened wide before him.
And this time, he was ready to find out how far it could go.
As Kai sat in his room, heart still racing from what he had just done—traveling back into a living memory—his mind spun with possibilities.
“What if I can use this to change everything? What if I’m not trapped by my past anymore?”
The thought was both thrilling and terrifying.
But just as he was sinking deeper into those thoughts, a sound echoed from behind the wall—the hidden wall that led to the secret library.
A soft thud, like something had fallen.
Kai snapped his head up, staring at the wall.
The same wall that only opened when he spoke those strange words.
Standing slowly, heart thudding with curiosity, he walked over and whispered:
“Ut supra, ut infra.”
Click.
The wall shifted open, and the hidden room greeted him with its quiet glow.
Kai stepped in, and as the lights flickered to life, his eyes fell on something he hadn’t seen before.
A book.
Lying on the floor, as if it had fallen from one of the higher shelves.
The Kybalion still sat untouched on the table — but this was different.
Kai bent down and picked up the book, brushing dust from its cover.
As he touched it, a title appeared as if written in light:
The Master Key
His chest tightened with excitement.
Turning to the first page, his breath caught.
There, in neat, slanted handwriting, was a message.
His father’s handwriting.
Congratulations, Kai.
I see you’ve taken the first teachings seriously. Your journey has only begun.
But be careful. Traveling too far into time, changing too much, can have consequences you may not foresee. Every action creates ripples.
Read this with diligence. The Master Key will teach you how to shape not only your mind but reality itself.
Kai stared at the note, heart pounding.
“He knew. He knew this would happen.”
He pulled out the chair and sat down at the table, opening the book.
As Kai began to read, he was pulled into the world of The Master Key—a deeper, more advanced teaching than The Kybalion, but aligned with its principles.
The book taught him that the mind is the center of all creation—that thoughts are seeds planted in the field of the universe, and what you plant, you will grow.
Here are the ideas that stood out to him, burning into his thoughts:
1. The World Within Creates the World Without
Reality starts in the mind.
Everything you see outside of yourself—the people, the events, the experiences—are reflections of what is within you.
Master your mind, and you master reality.
2. Thought is the Cause; Every Effect is the Result of Thought
Nothing happens by chance.
Your thoughts set in motion forces that create effects in the world.
If you change your thinking, you can change your world—and that includes your past and future.
3. Concentration is Power
To shape reality, you must learn to focus your mind completely on one idea—with no distraction, no doubt.
The longer and more clearly you hold a thought, the more energy you give it to become real.
Mental discipline is the key to creation.
4. Emotions are the Fuel
Thoughts alone are not enough. Feeling gives thought power.
The stronger your emotion tied to a thought, the more energy it has to create.
That’s why memories with strong emotions were the only ones he could enter—because emotion is what activates the frequency.
5. Every Action Has Consequences
The Law of Cause and Effect applies to thoughts and to reality.
If you change a moment in time, the ripples will alter the present and future.
That’s why his father warned him—to be careful when changing past events.
6. Harmony with the Universal Mind
There is a greater consciousness—The All, the Universal Mind—that holds everything together.
By learning to align his thoughts and emotions with this Universal Mind, Kai could shape his reality on a much larger scale.
Kai devoured every page, reading until his eyes burned from exhaustion, but he couldn’t stop.
Each chapter felt like a piece of the puzzle, explaining things he had felt but never understood:
Why his emotions triggered his travels.
Why focusing on meaningless memories didn’t work.
Why The Kybalion had spoken of vibration, and now this book spoke of thought as a force.
When he finally closed the book, the candle on the desk had burned low, casting long shadows on the walls.
He sat back in the chair, staring at nothing, as his mind spun with all he had learned.
“So my mind is like a key… and when I think, when I feel, I’m turning that key and opening doors.”
“But if I open the wrong door… what happens to everything else?”
His father’s warning echoed loud and clear now.
“Be careful.”
Still, even with the fear lingering in his chest, a spark of excitement burned brighter than ever.
If this was real—if his mind had that much power—he had just begun to tap into something far bigger than himself.
Something that could reshape his life completely.
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