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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}}?
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− | 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.
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− | 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]].
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− | [[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]].
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− | 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]].
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− | [[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.”
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− | 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]].
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− | [[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.
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− | 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]].
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− | 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]].
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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. |
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− | [[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. | + | 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]]. |
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− | 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.”
| + | [[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]]. |
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− | 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 [[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]]. |
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− | 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]]. | |
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− | 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.
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− | 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.
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− | “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.
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− | 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]].
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− | [[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]].
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− | 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}}.
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− | 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]].
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− | {{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.
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− | 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.
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− | [[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.
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− | 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.” |
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− | 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]]. |
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− | 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. |
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− | [[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]]. |
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− | 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]]. |
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− | 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}}.
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