Shambhala - A Universal Gift
A universal purpose to progress humanity further with spiritual evolution. Explore enlightenment and a practical path to creating peace within and without.
In this article:
What the World Needs Now
The Teachings of Shambhala
The Myth
The ‘Enemy’ Within
Awakening to Inner Peace
Karmic Energy
Being - Through the Heart Space
Holding Higher Vibration
Challenges to Inner Peace
What the World Needs Now…
“…is Love, Sweet Love, not just for some but for everyone.” If you were around in my first decade, you may remember this 1965 song by Jackie DeShannon, and it seems more relevant now than ever. Humans can only progress further with spiritual evolution. Through the practice of Shambhala we can learn to set an energetic field across the planet to uplift insidious forces of control and power, creating a conscious and loving thought network.
Through this intention and by empowering the angelic realm to support humanity’s evolution, we create an energetic network or ‘prayer field’ to manifest Divine change. There are many who are individually or in groups sending out prayers or intention to bring about enlightenment. Imagine what a collective could do to counter negative intention and the destructive energy of hatred and vengeance?
Understanding our role as the witness (discussed in The Art of Witnessing), we grow to see the true purpose of media: to bring problem areas to our attention, to notice discussions and scientific debates, and see the limiting mindsets we bring to developing solutions. With this new awareness we can contribute to moving ourselves, and the world we have created, beyond limitation.
The true purpose and potential of media is to use technology to support mental creation for the Highest Good of all.
The Teachings of Shambhala
Shambhala, a Sanskrit word meaning “place of peace” or “place of silence,” is a mythical paradise spoken of in ancient texts reached by those who have attained enlightenment. It has been known by many names, including the Forbidden Land, the Land of Radiant Spirits, Land of Living Gods, and Shangri-la.
The Myth
The myth of Shambhala as a place without suffering, and where love and wisdom fill enlightened members, has existed for thousands of years in many cultures including China, Russia and the Hindus, yet is often associated foremost with Tibet.
The 14th Dalai Lama, said: It is not a physical place that we can actually find. We can only say that it is a pure land, a pure land in the human realm. And unless one has the merit and the actual karmic association, one cannot actually arrive there.
The greater part of our recorded knowledge comes from The Kalachakra, a detailed Tibetan Buddist esoteric text. Within its teachings, the downfall of humanity is seen as gradual deterioration caused by the spread of materialism and related suffering.
The ‘Enemy’ Within
The Kalachakra predicts that Shambhala is attacked by barbarians forcing the Shambhalan King to emerge with a huge army to dispel the corrupt, restore harmony, and bring about a Golden Age.
Like the bible, many scholars believe this text is a metaphor and that The Kalachakra is not supporting war but referring to each person warring against their own shadow self. When the individual learns to apply unconditional love to themselves, they also learn love and acceptance of others - A Golden Age.
As we come to understand our 3D - 5D existence, Shambhala may indeed have a physical location, however, that location may simply rest within ourselves and our experience. When we come to understand, to awaken to the illusion of this reality we have created for ourselves, it becomes a the bridge between worlds - our physical reality and our infinite non-physical self.
Awakening to Inner Peace
So often we think of awakening as something we attain through doing, yet all the answers we need to find peace, inner peace, lies within.
When we truly grasp all are one - one energy, infinitely bound, each shard of Source embodied in a physical ‘reality’ - we come to know that what we do to any one of us, we do to all. And, as we develop awareness of this, we master our karmic energy.
Karmic Energy
Our actions still operate according to the law of cause and effect, but we are quicker to address the imbalances, to understand that as humans we are fallible, that we can right our path, and forgive ourselves and others for hurts caused. In the order of things, it only takes one person to choose not to continue the ‘tit-for-tat’ played out in many daily dramas. While it might not seem much, this thankfully results in the karmic imbalances we once dragged from one lifetime to the next to dissipate.
There is no blame. We all do the best we can given our current circumstances and awareness. Illness and suffering occur because we have moved too far from the path of our Highest Good.
Anger is a false power. It creates a temporary surge that spikes our adrenals and creates the illusion that we can dominate another. It is a buffer for depression and generally covers up an underlying fear.
Let it go.
Being -Through the Heart Space
We start with one. With ourselves. Our minds connect our thoughts and expectations, vibrationally going out and influencing others, acting to create a reality. The energy level of the individual and the collective is strengthened with every extension of loving vibration and trust that one energy can influence many.
We will find what we choose to see.
The general level of enlightenment any culture achieves is through the aggregate of the consciousness of its members.
Small, progressive steps
Stop using the Universe to get what you want.
Let Love use you and follow the flow of universal guidance. It is, after all, letting yourself trust the plan you made before you came in to the physical. This part of you always had and always has your Highest Good as priority.
What of the Irritations, the Resentment?
Our observation of the world is our reflection. A mirror. Make peace with your shadows. Others are only here to remind you of the discord that still sits within the self.
By acknowledging unpreferred experiences/energy as part of your shadow self it is possible to observe the situation or person’s behaviour rather than resist. What is the blessing within what you observe?
What we resent, reflects something we resent about ourselves.
What we criticise, reflects that we are criticising ourselves.
What we love, reflects the beauty and unconditional love that sits within us.
As one energy, we are all each other. Finding compassion for what we resist within ourselves releases others from needing to show us discomfort. There are extremely few accidents here.
The first level of inner peace is embodied by focusing on beauty. Recall how it feels to be surrounded by nature, or resting in a glorious garden. Imagine a gentle breeze carrying the scents of Mother Earth and breathe. The more you focus on this beauty, the greater your ability to perceive increases. You will notice how worries drop away - if you allow it- to be replaced with presence.
This simple task raises your vibration significantly.
Remember above, where we come to understand that our ability to observe something loving or beautiful in someone or something else, this is a reflection of what we too, have within us. Now understand that your ability to perceive beauty is the primary measure that Divine energy exists and flows within you.
The more you practice focusing on beauty, the stronger the Divine energy within you will rise up through your body and out of your crown. You will begin to discern greater wisdom about who you are and what your purpose is, gaining stronger intuition and more vivid dreams.
Your Goal is to Sustain this Energy
We do this through the power of expectation. When we expect the earth to turn, the sun to rise, our hearts to beat, and life to cycle, we are demonstrating belief in sustained energy.
It is possible to consciously expect the high energetic flow to keep filling you and flow out in every direction. Through deliberately seeking beauty and wonder in all, your vibration is raised infinitely upwards.
Feel it as unconditional love.
See it as a magnetic field, shaped like a doughnut emanating from your heart space and expanding outwards. Visualise this expansion and know the measure of your vibration is the feeling of love you hold for all.
Holding Higher Vibration
This feeling will become the background emotion and is sustained as long as you retain this focus. As humans learning through experience, it is very likely it will dim. When this occurs it is essential to refocus on beauty and regain the feeling of presence and love for all.
You are not ordinary! You are on the cutting edge of evolution. Your expectaction of high level Divine energy to rise from within, filling your energetic cup and infinitely overflowing high vibration outwards, creates your own personal Shambhala.
The Law of Vibration - a Reminder
Where we resonate, the level of vibration that we sustain, draws experiences that correspond to how we feel, towards us. (More information in The Art of Witnessing.) What goes into the vessel manifests.
It is definitely in our best interest to build a new habit, and practise deliberately choosing what we wish to focus on.
Actively choose to watch your thoughts and stay in the loving space of mind to create a positive life path by:
Hold conscious alertness about where the mind wanders.
Bring the Ego back from negative anticipation.
Refocus away from fear and doubt.
Self-Monitor for High Vibration
As you monitor yourself and become aware of your thoughts you will also notice synchronicity increase through the force of positive expectation.
Watch your thoughts
Use your intuition.
Follow your intuition.
Seek coincidence/synchronicity as guidance.
Hold high expectations, sending your energy ahead of you and notice how it returns.
Challenges to Inner Peace
How can we do this when we are surrounded by local and global tragedy?
To answer this, consider how it helps to lower your vibration. What do you offer to Mass Consciousness if you allow yourself to sink into suffering? How do worry and fear contribute to a positive outcome? Is there any real benefit?
I’m not saying that this is always easy but we can choose something different.
We have been trained to be habitually fearful and this low vibration energy has become pervasive, woven into Earth and her inhabitants. Cyclically operating within this toxic network, humanity continues to create and recreate Karmic consequence and nothing changes. Yet.
Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results. Anon
Perhaps, as we see the old ways of hatred, retribution and retaliation rising, we are ready to choose something different. To be part of the great forces that act to bring about the Golden Age the ancients spoke of.
It starts with us.
The first of the meditations to develop this inner peace can be found here:
Shambhala: The Power of the Heart Channel
Listen now (12 mins) | The world needs us - a gift from the Ascended Masters. This is the first of meditations to build the ability to project the energetic vibration of love for self and all that corresponds with high vibrational synchronicity and manifestation. You are the blessing.
Blessings
Michelle x
Michelle Cowles
Spiritual Leader/Teacher/Learner
Copyright Michelle Cowles 2023
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