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Synchronicity of Shamballa - Part 7
by Tony Knight

For many people the term Shamballa, (commonly known in the west as Shangri-la) conjures up images of a paradise land, a mythical, magical place of lushness, beauty and ancient temples where only peace is known and the people remain almost eternally youthful and healthy. This land has often been thought of as existing deep within the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet, and with good reason as there is a huge volume of evidence available. There continues to this day to be much mystery surrounding the concept of Shamballa and I have made it part of my mission in life to try and decipher the fact from the fiction and somehow reveal the truth, in a down to Earth practical way, as I believe Shamballa to be a central ‘key’ to our souls’ evolution, however we must first understand, before we can apply any knowledge.

The term Shamballa means many things on many levels of understanding and we must not get fixated upon the concept of Shamballa as just a place ‘out there’ that we are ‘searching’ for, as we could become attached to just another external illusion. However, in saying that, I firmly believe many of the legends and stories about the ‘Shangri-la’ paradise are based on fact and there lies hidden in the myths vital pieces of information, which would forever alter our view of our Selves and the world as we know it.

Much of my focus on Shamballa has, to date, been on the esoteric, viewpoint, as portrayed by the Masters through Helena Blavatsky, Alice Bailey and other early Theosophocists. Their idea is that Shamballa, as a “City of Light”, now resides in the Etheric plane of Earth, which acts as a vital link between Earth and the incoming cosmic energy rays from the universe. Also it is the ‘home’ of many Masters and beings of Light and a place of education, meditation and prayer for all souls connected to this beautiful planet of ours. Shamballa is a metaphor for the highest ‘state of consciousness’ to which we can elevate ourselves as we purify all our bodies and access the inner chambers of our spiritual hearts and higher minds. The Shangri-la or ‘Kingdom of Shamballa’ paradise is like an Earthly counterpart to this ‘God consciousness’ and an important symbol, or model of how the world can live in true peace, love and abundance.

We know that Shamballa, as the Etheric ‘City of Light’ did in fact exist upon the physical realm of earth, in the Gobi desert region of Mongolia, for many millions of years, in between destructions and re-buildings, until approx 60,000 years ago when it ‘ascended’ to where it could no longer be destroyed. Since this cataclysmic event there has been various great periods or epochs on Earth, such as the celebrated Lemuria and Atlantis, which I believe were founded by great masters from Shamballa and created on the basis of the timeless teachings and the universal laws of creation. Each time the Earth goes through another major time cycle of 13,000 years there is a huge upheaval or cataclysm, which spawns the beginning of the next ‘Golden age’ and the highly developed souls from previous ‘glory days’ are sent forth as builders and seed sower’s for the next upward cycle to complete the 26,000 year cycle. This just happens to coincide with the completion of our zodiacal orbit around our Great Central Sun. Rather than seeing these cataclysms as a “disaster”, they are in fact in keeping with the divine Plan as they act as an evolutionary ‘booster’ for the next Age, each one building on the last. Now we have come to that stage in our Earths evolution where we are at “The End Times”, with the present cycle of 26,000 years due to end in 2012 as predicted by the Mayan Indians and many other prophesies.   

Thus various civilisations have flourished and ‘fallen’, in between the great Lemurian and Atlantian periods, such as the Egyptian, Tibetan, Mayan and Incan empires and many others, however through each ‘fall’, the true knowledge, the “language of Light” is preserved. This is done through our genetic coding and our DNA, a shimmering waveform configuration which can be modified by Light, radiation, magnetic fields and the cosmic rays. It is believed DNA came from the stars and is destined to return, with us as divine humans, so that we may “walk among the Stars” once again. I think it is important to state that all our ancestors are in fact ‘us then’ and we are the keepers of the wisdom sowing the seeds for the next evolutionary phase, which is unprecedented in Earths history. We are entering a time of ‘no time’ where quantum physics meets spirituality taking us humans upward on the Fibonacci spiral home on the ‘fast highway to God’.

I believe where Shamballa fits into this bigger picture is that it is primary to Earth, it was and still IS the direct source of all true wisdom and God consciousness for humans. It was the place of true education for our souls, during its legendary time on this physical planet and now that it’s ‘above’ Earth, also serving the multi functions as generator, moderator, transmitter, transmuter of ALL universal and God energies, so that we may integrate these and realise who we truly are and why we are here. We are the ‘God’s in embreyo’ waking up to our role in this divine dream play, becoming conscious as light beings to enable the divine Plan to be effectively carried out. Deep within our hearts and cellular memory’s there is a vision of  “thy pure land” and as we dream of finding paradise on Earth, we are also connecting with our ancient memories of when we were there! We have all reached enlightenment before and we are now here again to re-member ourselves. Enlightenment is the most natural thing to be and it is simplicity and joy itself!

Tibet has long been a country of mystery and wonder, with its colourful history of Lamas and monastic way of life and the high Himalayan peaks, we can draw an analogy with us scaling our own mountains of spiritual attainment and journeying into an ‘unknown’ landscape. Tibet has long been a ‘keeper of the ancient wisdom’ and while its borders were sealed this vital information could be safeguarded until the time was ripe to reveal all to the masses. This is now in full swing as we see the Dalai Lama and many other Lamas circling the globe teaching their simple, yet profound philosophies of compassion, peace and non-violence. The Dalai Lama and many other enlightened masters are the change we are seeking to become, as they live by example, and it is our destiny to realise we ARE all ONE. It also makes sense to me that certain souls in Tibet have full awareness of Shamballa both in the esoteric and exoteric ways. They have the Kalachakra mandala which depicts the initiation of the “journey through the wheel of time”..and the destination? Shamballa! The Kalachakra Tantra belongs to the highest level of Mahayana Buddhist teachings and a young man named Tsi-lu-pa who claimed to come from the Kingdom of Shamballa originally brought it to India. It was then introduced to Tibet in 1026AD. The Tibetans also have a mandala which depicts The Kingdom of Shamballa, which shows a ‘Lama or wise one’ in his temple in the centre of a wheel with snow capped mountains forming the outer wheel and spokes, with rows of houses and other temples in between. Below the wheel are the human masses, trying to access Shamballa, and above in the clouds is Buddha and Kali goddess over-lighting everything and everyone. Buddha is now the ‘head’ of Shamballa and when you look at all the evidence, it is obvious that the Tibetans have preserved all the original wisdom from when Shamballa resided on Earth in Mongolia. The ‘Shangri-la’ paradise in Tibet is vibrating at a higher rate than Earth (i.e the 5^th dimension) and is an adaptation of the true etheric Shamballa. The legend states that the hidden land of Shamballa lies within 8 snow capped mountain ranges which resemble the 8-fold petals of a lotus. (which is in the centre of the Kalachakra mandala). At the heart of Shamballa is a mountain shaped like a 4 sided pyramid so as to resemble a 3-dimensional mandala.

The paradise Shamballa, or exoteric ‘Shangri-la’ version, is of upmost importance to the Tibetans and it is significant that many people have searched for this pure land and have not found anything despite countless journeys, however we know it exists through the few documented souls who have made it through. Few make it because in the Legend of Shamballa it says that only those who hear the ‘call’ (i.e ready for the jump into the 5^th dimension or world) can enter, and you must have completed various soul initiations and be at a certain level of consciousness, purity of intent and heart/mind to actually hear the call. This way no one gets hurt and we all learn in a proper order dependant on where we are at in our soul development. The call is “KALAGIYA”. To most this does not mean a thing, but as time rolls on many will know, as it is human destiny that we again enter the halls of records and sacred temples where man/women will walk as masters/Godesses in the paradise land called EARTH!

‘Lama, how does it happen that Shamballa on Earth is still undiscovered by travellers? On maps you may see many routes of expeditions. It appears that all heights are already marked and all valleys and rivers explored.’

Verily, there is much gold on Earth, and many diamonds and rubies in the mountains and everyone is so eager to posses them! And so many people try to find them! But as yet these people have not found all things – so, let a man try to reach Shamballa without a call….Many people try to reach Shamballa uncalled. Some of them have disappeared forever. Only few of them reach the holy place, and only if their karma is ready.’

Nicholas Roerich, ‘Shamballa the resplendent’, published in Talai-Pho-Brang, 1928

OM MANI PADME HUM

Tony