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Stories of long lost civilizations, paradisiacal lands and hidden centres of esoteric knowledge are part of most ancient cultures. Is there any truth in these legends?
What if our ancestors were not the great apes scientific evolutionists would have us believe? And what if civilizations far advanced than ours peopled by superhuman beings flourished on earth long before the dawn of history? That hidden communities of realized adepts shape our planet’s destiny from earthly paradises built upon power spots is a view long held in spiritual traditions, which is now gaining currency among New Agers and alternative thinkers. Even though these myths might seem like speculative scenarios from sci-fi films, they are being taken seriously by those who believe that the truth is out there.

Shambhala

In his 1933 novel The Lost Horizon: Shangri La, author James Hilton told the tale of a hidden paradise in the Himalayas—Shangri La, the valley where no one grows old. The Tibetan myth of Shambhala was thus etched in the western imagination.

Shambhala is believed to exist even now, hidden from the world by a psychic barrier. Nicholas Roerich, the eminent Russian artist and poet who travelled extensively in the Himalayas, believed Shambhala to be the hidden principle uniting all religious traditions.

In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala is the source of an esoteric branch of mysticism called the Kalachakra, and great gurus are believed to visit Shambhala to receive these teachings. The myth also finds mention in the indigenous Bon tradition of Tibet, where it is known as Olmolungring.

Shambhala is described as being made of eight regions arranged in a mandala of an eight-petalled lotus, each region being surrounded by a ring of snow-clad mountains. In the innermost ring lives the king, who represents the Kalachakra’s deity. The cosmic mountain Meru and the tree of life are located in that centre of Shambhala. The latter is held to be the cosmic axis that unites heaven, earth and the underworld. Says religious historian Mircea Eliade: “The summit of the cosmic mountain is not only the highest point of the earth, it is also the earth’s navel, the point at which the creation began.”

According to French Sufi scholar Rene Guenon, Shambhala is a centre of high evolutionary energies located in central Asia. Guenon believes that Shambhala exists both below and above the ground, and that there is a vast underground network of tunnels beneath it where Agarttha, a centre of secret initiations, is located. Guenon likens Shambhala-Agarttha to a major earth chakra where immense power is concentrated. He accords it the status of the world’s secret government, the source of all wisdom, yoga and tantra.

Shambhala is said to exist simultaneously in the material, psychic and spiritual dimensions. Only realised beings can enter it, since certain features of the kingdom are accessible only to an advanced clairvoyant vision. It is said that the inner circle of adepts in Shambhala keeps a record of earth’s geological history. Inhabitants of Shambhala are fabled to have developed advanced technology and paranormal abilities by focusing planetary energies.

According to the Kalachakra prophecy, the last Shambhala king Rudra Chakrin, an incarnation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, and a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, will defeat the forces of evil at the end of Kaliyuga and establish a Golden Age through planetary initiation. Some legends equate him with Kalki, the doomsday avatar of Vishnu.

New Agers connect this prophecy to Nostradamus’ prediction of the emergence of a young Indian leader who will restore sacred order in the world. The Shambhala prophecy is also believed to be the source of legends of a future messiah in all religions. Many lamas believe this may happen around 2012, which is also the end of the Mayan calendar.

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-Stories of long lost {{Wiki|civilizations}}, paradisiacal lands and hidden centres of [[esoteric]] [[knowledge]] are part of most {{Wiki|ancient}} cultures. Is there any [[truth]] in these {{Wiki|legends}}?
-What if our {{Wiki|ancestors}} were not the great apes [[scientific]] evolutionists would have us believe? And what if {{Wiki|civilizations}} far advanced than ours peopled by superhuman [[beings]] flourished on [[earth]] long before the dawn of history? That hidden communities of [[realized]] {{Wiki|adepts}} shape our planet’s [[destiny]] from [[earthly]] [[Wikipedia:Paradise|paradises]] built upon power spots is a [[view]] long held in [[spiritual]] [[traditions]], which is now gaining currency among New Agers and alternative thinkers. Even though these [[myths]] might seem like speculative scenarios from sci-fi films, they are being taken seriously by those who believe that the [[truth]] is out there.
-[[Shambhala]]
-In his 1933 {{Wiki|novel}} The Lost Horizon: [[Shangri La]], author James Hilton told the tale of a hidden [[paradise]] in the Himalayas—Shangri La, the valley where no one grows old. The [[Tibetan]] [[myth]] of [[Shambhala]] was thus etched in the {{Wiki|western}} [[imagination]].
-[[Shambhala]] is believed to [[exist]] even now, hidden from the [[world]] by a [[psychic]] barrier. [[Nicholas Roerich]], the {{Wiki|eminent}} {{Wiki|Russian}} artist and poet who travelled extensively in the [[Himalayas]], believed [[Shambhala]] to be the hidden [[principle]] uniting all [[religious]] [[traditions]].
-In [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Shambhala]] is the source of an [[esoteric]] branch of [[mysticism]] called the [[Kalachakra]], and great [[gurus]] are believed to visit [[Shambhala]] to receive these teachings. The [[myth]] also finds mention in the indigenous [[Bon]] [[tradition]] of [[Tibet]], where it is known as [[Olmolungring]].
-[[Shambhala]] is described as being made of eight regions arranged in a [[mandala]] of an [[eight-petalled lotus]], each region being surrounded by a ring of snow-clad mountains. In the innermost ring [[lives]] the [[king]], who represents the [[Kalachakra’s]] [[deity]]. The [[cosmic]] mountain [[Meru]] and the [[tree of life]] are located in that centre of [[Shambhala]]. The latter is held to be the [[cosmic]] axis that unites [[heaven]], [[earth]] and the {{Wiki|underworld}}. Says [[religious]] historian {{Wiki|Mircea Eliade}}: “The summit of the [[cosmic]] mountain is not only the [[highest]] point of the [[earth]], it is also the earth’s [[navel]], the point at which the creation began.”
-According to {{Wiki|French}} [[Wikipedia:Sufism|Sufi]] [[scholar]] [[Wikipedia:René Guénon|Rene Guenon]], [[Shambhala]] is a centre of high evolutionary energies located in central {{Wiki|Asia}}. Guenon believes that [[Shambhala]] [[exists]] both below and above the ground, and that there is a vast underground network of tunnels beneath it where Agarttha, a centre of secret [[initiations]], is located. Guenon likens Shambhala-Agarttha to a major [[earth]] [[chakra]] where immense power is [[concentrated]]. He accords it the {{Wiki|status}} of the world’s secret government, the source of all [[wisdom]], [[yoga]] and [[tantra]].
-[[Shambhala]] is said to [[exist]] simultaneously in the material, [[psychic]] and [[spiritual]] {{Wiki|dimensions}}. Only realised [[beings]] can enter it, since certain features of the {{Wiki|kingdom}} are accessible only to an advanced {{Wiki|clairvoyant}} [[vision]]. It is said that the inner circle of {{Wiki|adepts}} in [[Shambhala]] keeps a record of earth’s geological history. Inhabitants of [[Shambhala]] are fabled to have developed advanced technology and paranormal {{Wiki|abilities}} by focussing {{Wiki|planetary}} energies.
-According to the [[Kalachakra]] {{Wiki|prophecy}}, the last [[Shambhala]] [[king]] [[Rudra]] Chakrin, an [[incarnation]] of [[Manjushri]], the [[bodhisattva]] of [[wisdom]], and a [[reincarnation]] of the [[Dalai Lama]], will defeat the forces of [[evil]] at the end of [[Kaliyuga]] and establish a Golden Age through {{Wiki|planetary}} [[initiation]]. Some {{Wiki|legends}} equate him with [[Kalki]], the doomsday [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]].
+<poem>
+Stories of long lost {{Wiki|civilizations}}, paradisiacal lands and hidden centres of [[esoteric]] [[knowledge]] are part of most {{Wiki|ancient}} cultures. Is there any [[truth]] in these {{Wiki|legends}}?
+What if our {{Wiki|ancestors}} were not the great apes [[scientific]] evolutionists would have us believe? And what if {{Wiki|civilizations}} far advanced than ours peopled by superhuman [[beings]] flourished on [[earth]] long before the dawn of history? That hidden communities of [[realized]] {{Wiki|adepts}} shape our planet’s [[destiny]] from [[earthly]] [[Wikipedia:Paradise|paradises]] built upon power spots is a [[view]] long held in [[spiritual]] [[traditions]], which is now gaining currency among New Agers and alternative thinkers. Even though these [[myths]] might seem like speculative scenarios from sci-fi films, they are being taken seriously by those who believe that the [[truth]] is out there.
-New Agers connect this {{Wiki|prophecy}} to Nostradamus’ prediction of the [[emergence]] of a young [[Indian]] leader who will restore [[sacred]] order in the [[world]]. The [[Shambhala]] {{Wiki|prophecy}} is also believed to be the source of {{Wiki|legends}} of a future messiah in all [[religions]]. Many [[lamas]] believe this may happen around 2012, which is also the end of the Mayan [[calendar]].
+[[Shambhala]]
-[[Gyanganj]]
+In his 1933 {{Wiki|novel}} The [[Lost Horizon]]: [[Shangri La]], author James Hilton told the tale of a hidden [[paradise]] in the [[Himalayas]]—[[Shangri La]], the valley where no one grows old. The [[Tibetan]] [[myth]] of [[Shambhala]] was thus etched in the {{Wiki|western}} [[imagination]].
-[[Paramahansa Yogananda]], in his Autobiography of a [[Yogi]], writes about his [[guru’s]] [[guru’s]] [[guru]], [[Mahavatar Babaji]], an [[immortal]] [[Wikipedia:Sage (sophos|sage]] of great age who remains forever young. [[Yogananda]] mentions the sage’s abode to be a spot pulsating with the [[energy]] of [[siddhas]] and yogis—Gyanganj.
+[[Shambhala]] is believed to [[exist]] even now, hidden from the [[world]] by a [[psychic]] barrier. [[Nicholas Roerich]], the {{Wiki|eminent}} {{Wiki|Russian}} artist and poet who travelled extensively in the [[Himalayas]], believed [[Shambhala]] to be the hidden [[principle]] uniting all [[religious]] [[traditions]].
-Hidden in a valley somewhere in the [[Himalayas]], [[Gyanganj]] or [[Siddhashram]] is supposed to be the abode of [[immortal]] {{Wiki|saints}} with [[supernatural powers]] who silently and secretly guide humanity’s [[destiny]]. Sai Kaka, a [[yogi]] who claims to have visted [[Gyanganj]], says: “On the adhyatmic or [[spiritual]] level, it ([[Gyanganj]]) runs the [[universe]]. On the adhidevik or [[celestial]] level, the [[earth]] and [[water elements]] are absent, enabling powerful [[activity]]. At this level, [[Gyanganj]] impacts many planes (of [[existence]]) and [[beings]]. On the adhibhautic or gross level, [[Gyanganj]] [[siddhas]] guide [[human beings]] in [[spiritual]] and {{Wiki|social}} fields.”
+In [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Shambhala]] is the source of an [[esoteric]] branch of [[mysticism]] called the [[Kalachakra]], and great [[gurus]] are believed to visit [[Shambhala]] to receive these teachings. The [[myth]] also finds mention in the indigenous [[Bon]] [[tradition]] of [[Tibet]], where it is known as [[Olmolungring]].
-Available accounts place [[Gyanganj]] [[north]] of Kailash-Manasarovar in [[Tibet]]. It is also believed to [[exist]] on a higher plane. References to it are found in the {{Wiki|Ramayana}} and the {{Wiki|Mahabharata}}. [[Gopinath Kaviraj]], in his [[book]] [[Siddhabhoomi]] [[Gyanganj]], details the place and its superhuman inhabitants. He talks about the [[experience]] of his [[guru]], [[Swami Vishudhananda]], who visited [[Gyanganj]] to learn [[surya vigyan]] or {{Wiki|solar}} [[science]]. This [[knowledge]] [[empowered]] him to [[manifest]] [[objects]] and [[transform]] one [[object]] into another by manipulating the [[rays of the sun]].
-In his autobiography, [[Yogananda]] describes his encounter with [[Swami Vishudhananda]] in {{Wiki|Calcutta}} where he witnessed the [[master]] creating [[perfumes]] out of thin [[air]]. Paul Brunton, in his A Search in Secret [[India]], claimed that he not only witnessed [[Vishudhananda]] create [[perfumes]] but also bring a [[dead]] {{Wiki|bird}} back to [[life]].
-Lemuria
-The legendary lost continent Lemuria or Mu is said to be the original Garden of Eden and cradle of the [[human]] race. [[Philosopher]] {{Wiki|Rudolf Steiner}} described Lemuria as the telepathic ‘third [[root]] race’. Early Lemurians are credited with founding the {{Wiki|civilisation}} of [[Atlantis]]. Lemurians were evolved {{Wiki|mystics}} and some think that they were not fully [[physical]] [[beings]] but made of finer matter.
-In anticipation of the cataclysm that destroyed [[Atlantis]], the Lemurians built underground shelters to preserve their [[wisdom]]. They emerged from the [[earth]] afterwards and spread out across the {{Wiki|planet}} to seed future civilisations. Lemurians are said to be the {{Wiki|ancestors}} of Native American cultures who preserved their [[knowledge]]. The Andes in Peru were part of the Lemurian {{Wiki|civilisation}}, and the Lemurians sought out natural caverns and power spots in the Andes where they stored [[sacred]] [[knowledge]]. The Inca city of Machu Picchu is believed to be one such spot.
-[[Atlantis]]
-“There occurred violent earthquakes and floods, and in a single day and night of [[rain]] all your warlike men in a [[body]] sunk into the [[earth]], and the island of [[Atlantis]] was sunk beneath the sea.” This is an account of the destruction of [[Atlantis]] by {{Wiki|Plato}} in his Dialogues written between 370 and 350 BC. The [[myth]] of [[Atlantis]] is a baffling tale of an {{Wiki|ancient}} island continent, home to a super {{Wiki|civilization}} founded by god-like [[beings]], destroyed by earthquakes probably triggered by misuse of technology.
-This [[myth]] still survives, despite debunking attempts from sceptics and [[scientists]]. {{Wiki|Poseidon}}, the {{Wiki|Greek}} sea [[god]], is believed to have founded [[Atlantis]] with his children born of Cleito, daughter of primitive inhabitants of the island. The couple gave [[birth]] to five pairs of {{Wiki|male}} twins, the eldest being Atlas, the {{Wiki|Titan}} who supported the sky in {{Wiki|Greek}} [[mythology]], and after whom the surrounding ocean was called Atlantic and the island, [[Atlantis]].
-[[Atlantis]] was a land of immense natural and mineral [[wealth]]. Atlanteans possessed not only [[spiritual]] and creative genius but also an extremely advanced [[science]] and technology. They built majestic [[temples]], {{Wiki|palaces}} and harbors. Apart from the Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Sahara, {{Wiki|Antarctica}}, [[North]] and [[South]] {{Wiki|America}}, {{Wiki|Indonesia}}, Bimini and Malta have been touted as possible locations of [[Atlantis]].
-In {{Wiki|modern}} times, [[interest]] in [[Atlantis]] skyrocketed with the publication of [[Atlantis]]: The Antediluvian [[World]] in 1882 by Ignatius T.T. Donnelly, a US congressman. His {{Wiki|theory}} was that Atlanteans laid the foundation of all [[world]] {{Wiki|civilizations}}. This [[book]] was followed by Lewis Spence’s The Problem of [[Atlantis]] in 1924. Edgar Cayce, the ‘[[sleeping]] prophet’, spoke about [[Atlantis]] in his [[psychic]] readings, the most detailed of which revolved around the Atlantean use of an instrument called the Great {{Wiki|Crystal}}.
-Who were the Atlanteans? [[Madame Blavatsky]], co-founder of the [[Theosophical Society]], proposed that survivors of Lemuria established [[Atlantis]]. {{Wiki|Plato}} [[thought]] [[Atlantis]] was founded by the [[root]] race of [[humanity]], the Hyperboreans. Another {{Wiki|theory}} is that extraterrestrials from the star systems of {{Wiki|Pleiades}} and Sirius populated [[Atlantis]].
-{{Wiki|Archaeologists}} dismiss the legend as fantasy, probably inspired by [[Thera]], a volcanic island of Crete that was home to the Minoan {{Wiki|civilization}}. Around 1500 BC, an explosion [[caused]] more than half the island to sink into the sea. But those who believe [[Atlantis]] was {{Wiki|real}} argue that since Atlantean {{Wiki|legends}} existed long before the Egyptian {{Wiki|civilization}}, which came before the Minoans, [[Atlantis]] can’t be equated with either [[Thera]] or the Minoans.
-Many New Agers consider [[Atlantis]] to be an {{Wiki|ancient}} [[wisdom]] centre that was destroyed when its inhabitants became corrupted by {{Wiki|materialism}}. The final upheaval was [[caused]] by the misuse of a technology based on {{Wiki|crystal}} power through which Atlanteans manipulated the earth’s magnetic and gravitational power grids.
-[[Spiritual]] {{Wiki|adepts}} of [[Atlantis]] are [[thought]] to have escaped to different parts of the [[world]] before its destruction to preserve their [[precious]] [[knowledge]]. [[Occult]] [[scholars]] think these migrants from Atantis shaped {{Wiki|ancient}} {{Wiki|civilizations}} like the Egyptian, Native American, Mayan, Inca and Sumerian. Edgar Cayce predicted that the details of [[Atlantis]] would be found in a secret chamber underneath the left paw of the Sphinx in {{Wiki|Egypt}}. Sonar readings have proved the [[existence]] of the room. Evidently, the last [[word]] on [[Atlantis]] is yet to be said.
-The [[Truth]]
+[[Shambhala]] is described as being made of eight regions arranged in a [[mandala]] of an [[eight-petalled lotus]], each region being surrounded by a ring of snow-clad [[mountains]]. In the innermost ring [[lives]] the [[king]], who represents the [[Kalachakra’s]] [[deity]]. The [[cosmic]] mountain [[Meru]] and the [[tree of life]] are located in that centre of [[Shambhala]]. The [[latter]] is held to be the [[cosmic]] axis that unites [[heaven]], [[earth]] and the {{Wiki|underworld}}. Says [[religious]] historian {{Wiki|Mircea Eliade}}: “The summit of the [[cosmic]] mountain is not only the [[highest]] point of the [[earth]], it is also the [[earth’s]] [[navel]], the point at which the creation began.”
-The [[scientific]] {{Wiki|community}} looks upon [[mythical]] fables of power spots as imaginative creations of {{Wiki|ancient}} cultures. Most [[religious]] [[traditions]] consider them as [[spiritual]] metaphors of ascension of [[consciousness]], though there are others who believe in their material [[existence]]. Considering the lack of concrete {{Wiki|evidence}}, it is impossible to decide on the [[reality]] or otherwise of these {{Wiki|legends}}.
+According to {{Wiki|French}} [[Wikipedia:Sufism|Sufi]] [[scholar]] [[Wikipedia:René Guénon|Rene Guenon]], [[Shambhala]] is a centre of high evolutionary energies located in central {{Wiki|Asia}}. [[Guenon]] believes that [[Shambhala]] [[exists]] both below and above the ground, and that there is a vast underground network of tunnels beneath it where [[Agarttha]], a centre of secret [[initiations]], is located. [[Guenon]] likens Shambhala-Agarttha to a major [[earth]] [[chakra]] where immense power is [[concentrated]]. He accords it the {{Wiki|status}} of the world’s secret government, the source of all [[wisdom]], [[yoga]] and [[tantra]].
-But there are certain similarities between these [[myths]] that are intriguing. For instance, all {{Wiki|legends}} talk of these centres manipulating the planet’s power currents. Interestingly, cutting-edge [[scientific]] research admits the possibility of an intricate network of gravitational and magnetic power grids crisscrossing the {{Wiki|planet}}. Intersections of such grids could result in extreme concentrations of [[energy]].
+[[Shambhala]] is said to [[exist]] simultaneously in the material, [[psychic]] and [[spiritual]] {{Wiki|dimensions}}. Only realised [[beings]] can enter it, since certain features of the {{Wiki|kingdom}} are accessible only to an advanced {{Wiki|clairvoyant}} [[vision]]. It is said that the inner circle of {{Wiki|adepts}} in [[Shambhala]] keeps a record of [[earth’s]] geological history. Inhabitants of [[Shambhala]] are fabled to have developed advanced technology and {{Wiki|paranormal}} {{Wiki|abilities}} by focusing {{Wiki|planetary}} energies.
-[[Scientists]] like Rupert Sheldrake, who have speculated about a {{Wiki|planetary}} [[energy]] field similar to the [[human]] body’s [[Kundalini]] [[chakra]] system, are extending James Lovelock’s [[Wikipedia:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] {{Wiki|hypothesis}}, which presents the [[earth]] as a dynamic {{Wiki|organism}}. The {{Wiki|prophecies}} of a {{Wiki|planetary}} [[initiation]] could point to the [[emergence]] of a {{Wiki|planetary}} [[consciousness]] in the near future.
+According to the [[Kalachakra]] {{Wiki|prophecy}}, the last [[Shambhala]] [[king]] [[Rudra Chakrin]], an [[incarnation]] of [[Manjushri]], the [[bodhisattva]] of [[wisdom]], and a [[reincarnation]] of the [[Dalai Lama]], will defeat the forces of [[evil]] at the end of [[Kaliyuga]] and establish a Golden Age through {{Wiki|planetary}} [[initiation]]. Some {{Wiki|legends}} equate him with [[Kalki]], the doomsday [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]].
-Those who search for [[physical]] locations of these power spots seem to have missed an important fact. These {{Wiki|legends}} could be read as coded [[morality]] tales created for future generations. Even advanced {{Wiki|civilizations}} are doomed if they tamper with the delicate {{Wiki|ecological}} [[balance]] of the {{Wiki|planet}}, as in [[Atlantis]]. The {{Wiki|ancient}} [[myths]] of Lemuria, [[Shambhala]] and [[Gyanganj]] too assert the importance of a {{Wiki|holistic}} {{Wiki|paradigm}}.
+New Agers connect this {{Wiki|prophecy}} to [[Nostradamus]]’ {{Wiki|prediction}} of the [[emergence]] of a young [[Indian]] leader who will restore [[sacred]] order in the [[world]]. The [[Shambhala]] {{Wiki|prophecy}} is also believed to be the source of {{Wiki|legends}} of a {{Wiki|future}} messiah in all [[religions]]. Many [[lamas]] believe this may happen around 2012, which is also the end of the Mayan [[calendar]].
-The only choice available to [[humanity]] if it wants to secure its future is to align its progress with the self-regulating dynamic web of the {{Wiki|planet}}.
 </poem>
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