Okay, what do you guys think about this... following what Benmer said about being in the mountains... the song that was playing in the VWbus (Shambala) in (according to wikipedia) Tibetan Buddhist tradition is a mystical kingdon somewhere beyond the snowpeaks of the Himalayas... and shambhala is a sanskrit term meaning "place of peace/tranquility/happiness." Shambhala is believed to be a society where all the inhabitants are enlightened, actually a Buddhist "pure land"... the idea of shambhala is said to have an "outer", inner" and "alternative" meaning" Outer meaning understands Shambhala to exist as a physical place,.....the inner represents in terms of one's own body and mind, and the alternative the meditation practice.
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So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
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