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Could be the gateway
to another realm.
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There's a place
somewhere in tibet
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that's some kind of vortex.
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Giorgio a. Tsoukalos:
It is said that this was
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the abode of the gods.
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Narrator:
With thousands
of reports of ufos...
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Suddenly they saw an oval-shaped
object pass over them.
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Narrator:
...Accounts
of terrifying monsters...
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These yetis are able to appear
and disappear at will.
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Narrator
...And mysterious
mass vanishings...
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Jonathan young:
This kingdom had power,
it had glory.
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And then it disappeared.
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Narrator:
...Could tibet be
an extraterrestrial outpost
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-on earth?
-Tsoukalos: The reason why
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this area of the world has
become a religious center
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is because of the arrival
of the extraterrestrials.
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Narrator:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Narrator:
On the northern side
of the himalayas
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lies the highest geographical
region on earth: Tibet.
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Known as "the roof
of the world,"
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it has an average elevation
of nearly 15,000 feet.
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There is 40% less oxygen to
breathe here than at sea level,
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and the weather can be dangerous
and unpredictable.
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Yet more than three million
people call tibet home.
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Millions more brave the harsh
conditions to travel here
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each year and visit
tibet's sacred peaks,
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including mount everest,
which reaches
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nearly five and a half miles
into the heavens.
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Tibet we call "land of snow."
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young: Here is this mountain
kingdom, very hard to get to,
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with an exotic culture all
its own, amazing architecture...
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...And the dizzying heights
of its location.
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Deepak shimkhada:
There are a lot
of mysteries involved,
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with the origin of, uh, tibet,
and also a lot of history.
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Tibet is usually referred to
as a land of gods.
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It is a kind of exotic land
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where many people-- westerners--
wanted to go there.
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Young:
The secrets
of the tibetan culture
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have eluded us and held our
fascination since early times.
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Narrator:
Humans have inhabited tibet
for at least 20,000 years.
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Little is known about
the earliest inhabitants
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of this forbidding environment,
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but ancient tibetan texts
identify
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the region's first rulers
as the zhangzhung people,
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who emerged around 500 bc.
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Much about this early
civilization is still a mystery.
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But their spiritual tradition,
called bon,
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remains a powerful force
in tibet.
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The native indigenous
tibetan religion,
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which is known as bon or bon po,
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that, in many ways,
is similar to taoism.
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It connects nature
and spirituality.
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Certain spots are
very powerful spots.
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There's a lot of magic involved,
like, with demons and exorcisms.
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Narrator:
In the eighth century,
tibetan king trisong detsen
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introduced a new religion
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and philosophy to the area:
Buddhism.
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Followers of buddhism share
a belief in reincarnation
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and don't acknowledge
a supreme god or deity.
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They instead focus
on achieving enlightenment,
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a state of inner peace
and wisdom.
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The combination of bon,
buddhism,
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and other local traditions
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resulted in what is known today
as tibetan buddhism.
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At the same time buddhism was
introduced, tibet also gave rise
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to the world's most mysterious
spiritual leader,
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the dalai lama.
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Young:
The great tibetan thinkers
strongly believe,
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along with the rest
of the population,
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that this is, in fact, the 74th
incarnation of the chenrezig.
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And it is a continuation
of the buddha himself.
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So, the current dalai lama
is a continuation
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of this great energy.
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Shimkhada:
These lamas and all
these great personalities
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lived in tibet,
so perhaps there is something
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to be learned from
these great masters in tibet.
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David childress:
Having traveled in tibet
a number of times,
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it really expands your mind.
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And in many ways,
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tibet is that magical, mystical
place where anything can happen.
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Narrator:
Tibet not only stands
at a crossroads
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of eastern religious traditions,
but is believed by many
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to be a place where heavenly
beings actually reside on earth.
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Tsoukalos:
It is said that this was
the abode of the gods.
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The himalayan region
is filled with stories
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of so-called "celestial beings"
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that descended from the sky
in flying vehicles
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that they're referred to
as dragons and flying furnaces.
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According to some
of the earliest sanskrit texts,
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the first buddha
that ever walked the earth
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was nine feet tall,
had light blue skin,
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and his arms reached
all the way down to his knees.
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And there are multiple statues
all throughout that region
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of the world that depict
exactly a buddha like that.
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Tsoukalos:
Visitation did happen,
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and this was something that has
remained in the consciousness
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of the local people
over millennia.
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The reason why
this area of the world
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has become a religious center
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is because of the arrival
of the extraterrestrials.
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Narrator:
Is it possible
that the culture of tibet
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was influenced
by ancient alien visitors?
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And if so,
could they still be present
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in this mountainous region
today?
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According to both hindu
and buddhist traditions,
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the gods reside in a hidden
kingdom in the himalayas
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known as shambhala.
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Childress:
Shambhala is ruled by kings
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who live for hundreds of years.
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They are all-knowing.
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And they, particularly,
are guiding the planet.
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Very much as we often think that
extraterrestrials are doing.
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They have wonderful technology.
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There's electricity.
There's airships.
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So what is going on
in shambhala?
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Is it some mystical city
of the masters,
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where extraterrestrials
and humans
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are living and working together?
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I mean, that's what
many people believe.
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Narrator:
Is the lost kingdom of shambhala
really a secret city
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of advanced
extraterrestrial beings,
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as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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And if so, might evidence
of its alien origin
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be found somewhere in tibet?
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Perhaps clues can be found
in one legendary expedition
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into the very heart
of the unknown.
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William henry: We're told
that people live there
narrator:
Russian painter, philosopher
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and archaeologist
nicholas roerich
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embarks on
an unprecedented expedition
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into the uncharted territory
of the tibetan plateau
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on a quest to find
the lost kingdom of shambhala.
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On August 5, 1927,
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roerich notes a strange object
in the skies while traveling
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through the mountains along the
northeastern border of tibet.
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Roerich writes that they were
looking up at the sky,
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watching an eagle fly around,
and then suddenly they saw
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a sort of oval-shaped object,
moving from north to south
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at very fast speeds,
pass over them.
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Hugh newman: At one of his
later lectures in 1935,
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nicholas roerich described
his sighting as a spacecraft
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or an aerial vehicle that must
have come from shambhala itself.
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Narrator:
Did nicholas roerich witness
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an alien craft in tibet
nearly a century ago,
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decades before the era
of modern ufo sightings began?
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And if so, is it possible
that the traditions
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that have endured here
for centuries
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reflect not only
a profound spirituality,
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but are tied
to an otherworldly presence?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining
an early buddhist civilization
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that suddenly
and mysteriously disappeared.
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Ngari prefecture, tibet, 2020.
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Towering at over 12,000 feet,
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these ancient ruins
are all that is left
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of the mysterious buddhist
kingdom of guge.
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Established
in the tenth century,
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this civilization flourished
for 700 years.
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But then, according
to local legend,
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its inhabitants vanished.
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The ruins of this early city
are truly amazing.
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They're in the southwest corner
of tibet,
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and there are thousands
of what were temples
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and palaces, mostly gone now.
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This was a kingdom
of great influence in its time.
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This magnificent capital
had artwork over all the walls,
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images of the buddha,
sacred carvings
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and images of all kind.
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It had power, it had glory,
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and now it is nothing.
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Henry:
Guge was in continuous operation
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until it mysteriously,
virtually disappeared.
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Nobody knows exactly
what happened there
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or why people
stopped living there
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or why they-- where they want.
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Narrator:
Guge was brought under the rule
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of the central tibetan
government in 1680,
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but remained largely isolated
and independent
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for more than 200 years.
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Then, in the early 20th century,
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the tibetan government
decided to finally
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start taxing
the residents of guge.
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But when soldiers arrived
to collect,
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they were shocked to find
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that the entire population,
an estimated 100,000 people,
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had disappeared.
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Where they went remains
a complete mystery,
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and many tibetans believe
the reason why
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is because the people of guge
traveled deep underground.
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Childress:
The fortress of guge
had all kinds of tunnels
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and hidden staircases
that went underground
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and went inside this mountain.
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So even though
it was, uh, ruins already
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when archaeologists went there,
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they were astounded
that this city of guge
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apparently led inside the earth.
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What people seemed to believe
was that
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if you were to follow
these tunnels far enough
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into the earth,
you would eventually
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come to that hidden city
of shambhala...
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An active city full of light
and-and power.
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Narrator:
Did the people
of this ancient civilization
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flee underground
on an epic pilgrimage
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to the mythic kingdom
of shambhala?
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And if so,
where did their path lead?
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Some researchers believe
the tunnels of guge
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lead to a holy mountain
to the east
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that can be clearly seen
from these ruins...
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Mount kailash.
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Every year,
thousands of pilgrims
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make the treacherous journey
to the base
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of this sacred peak.
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Steavu: Every year,
there are pilgrimages
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around mount kailash
in order to gain the blessing
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and maybe even
some of the powers
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associated with
the residing gods
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and, and buddhas and deities
of mount kailash.
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It lasts up to four weeks
if it's done correctly,
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with full prostrations
at every step,
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and it's also
a very unforgiving landscape,
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so many people end up
giving up, and some of them
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also end up dying.
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Narrator:
According to ancient
buddhist texts
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known as the kalachakra tantra,
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the kingdom of shambhala
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can be found "behind"
mount kailash,
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or, as some interpret it,
within.
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And many who have stared up
at this sacred peak
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have observed mysterious objects
in the sky.
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Mount kailash is at the center
of all sorts of mysteries.
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Ufo sightings,
the hint that there might be
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something hidden there,
but it's unknowable.
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Henry:
There are many myths and legends
and strange things
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that have gone on
at mount kailash.
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People go there on pilgrimages,
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but they're told not to stay
there long,
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because there's
something radioactive
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inside the mountain.
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And we're told that
people live there,
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both in physical form
and in nonphysical form.
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It has to be one of
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the strangest places
on the planet.
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Narrator:
Is it possible
that the mysterious phenomena
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occurring at mount kailash,
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and its association
with shambhala,
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is connected
to extraterrestrial activity?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest answers can be found
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by studying the sacred
buddhist monuments
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known as stupas,
found all throughout nepal,
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india and tibet,
including at the ruins of guge.
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Henry:
For centuries,
people have been sighting ufos
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or unexplained craft coming
in and out of mount kailash.
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And it's very interesting
when you compare the shape
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of the stupas
that we find in tibet,
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these dome shapes,
and how they highly resemble
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some kind of extraterrestrial
craft sitting on the ground.
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So perhaps people saw
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these craft entering
into kailash and decided,
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"we're gonna build stupas in
remembrance of what they saw."
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tsoukalos:
A stupa, by definition,
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is a vehicle with which
to reach the realm of the gods.
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That is the definition
of a stupa.
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Well, just change the wording,
"a vehicle
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with which to reach space."
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these stupas can be seen,
for example,
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in the ajanta cave, with smoke
and fire at the, at the bottom.
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And what more do you want?
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It's no longer a symbol.
It is the truth.
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Narrator:
Might the buddhist stupas
of tibet be monuments
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to alien craft witnessed flying
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in and around mount kailash,
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a site believed by many to be
the kingdom of shambhala?
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And if so, how has it remained
hidden for millennia?
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Could it be that somewhere
on the slopes of mount kailash
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is the entrance to a hidden
extraterrestrial realm?
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While countless expeditions
have tried and failed
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to find the legendary kingdom
of shambhala,
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there are some who claim
to have found a way
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to communicate with
its otherworldly inhabitants.
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Newman:
Was she somehow in contact
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famed russian mystic
and philosopher
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madame helena petrovna blavatsky
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publishes her seminal book
the secret doctrine.
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In it, she offers
detailed descriptions
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of the legendary lost continents
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of atlantis and lemuria.
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She claims not only that these
ancient civilizations existed
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but that they possessed
highly advanced technology,
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including flying machines,
thousands of years ago.
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Madame blavatsky maintained
that human lineage
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is vastly older
than we understand
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and that primordial
civilizations,
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like atlantis or lemuria,
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formed the foundation
of human history
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and were much older
than egyptian culture,
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than vedic culture,
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than any culture
known to humanity.
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This, to her, was an occult
history that humankind,
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uh, had forgotten about,
had failed to understand.
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Lachman:
Atlantis, we know,
goes back to plato.
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Uh, he's the first one
to really talk about it.
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And both atlantis and lemuria
at some point,
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they sort of turned dark.
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They became fascinated
with a kind
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of form of black magic,
and a kind of hyper technology.
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And this led to their demise.
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Narrator:
Madame blavatsky claimed
she received this knowledge
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from a mysterious entity
she described
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as a "mahatma," a sanskrit word
that means "great soul."
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he called himself koot hoomi
and resided in tibet.
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Koot hoomi communicated
with her telepathically.
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In other words,
she kind of channeled him.
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Shimkhada:
The way she described him
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is almost like an eternal baba,
eternal soul,
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so, you know, he is,
like, immortal.
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Michael salla:
Also, he was able
to manifest himself
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in her apartment
in new york city,
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even though it was
thousands of miles away.
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Newman:
We have to question
what was going on here.
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Was she somehow in contact
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with some kind of hidden world
in the himalayas?
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Narrator:
In 1875,
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madame blavatsky founded
the theosophical society.
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It was made up
of prominent thinkers
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who sought to explore eastern
religions and the occult,
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and create a kind
of universal brotherhood
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based on the teachings
of koot hoomi
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and other mahatmas.
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Lachman:
Theosophy means, uh,
"the wisdom of the gods."
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the theosophical society
was incredibly, um...
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Successful and popular
and influential.
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Not only in the occult world,
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but she was also influential
in the cultural world.
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Uh, people like, uh,
the-the painter, mondrian,
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and wassily kandinsky
were early theosophists.
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L. Frank baum,
who wrote the oz books.
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Abner doubleday,
who invented baseball.
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Thomas edison invented
the light bulb.
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These were all
very early members
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of the theosophical society.
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Narrator:
While many important figures
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joined the theosophical society,
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madame blavatsky had a
particularly profound influence
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on a young indian law student
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who came to visit her
in london...
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Mohandas gandhi.
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Horowitz:
Gandhi wrote about this
as one of the pivotal
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encounters of his life.
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He maintained that
madame blavatsky gave him
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the first sense of universal
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brotherhood
that later came to form
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the core of his philosophy,
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not only of radical equality
but of radical nonviolence.
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Now, this is quite astonishing,
when we think about
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the potential here
that perhaps an entity,
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this strange tibetan entity
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that's making psychical contact
with blavatsky,
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has now reached out to someone
who would go on to be
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one of the most famous persons
in history,
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and would have made this radical
change in india that would,
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you know, really shock the world
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and change the face
of the british empire.
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Narrator:
Was gandhi's
transformative leadership
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and indian independence in part
a result of influence
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from these mysterious,
enlightened masters in tibet?
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And if so, who were these
so-called mahatmas?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answer can be found
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by examining an encounter
with a similar entity.
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New york city, 1918.
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British occultist and writer
aleister crowley engages
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in a magic ritual he calls
the amalantrah working.
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He claims the ritual opens
an interdimensional portal,
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allowing him to interact
with an otherworldly being.
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Aleister crowley is probably
the most famous,
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or, rather, infamous, magician
of the 20th century.
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And crowley took it
upon himself to revive
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the ancient black arts--
the dark arts, as it were.
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He was contacting
lots of different beings
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from other dimensions.
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But there was also a vision
crowley had of this individual,
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this entity that he called lam.
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Narrator:
According to crowley,
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this entity claimed to reside
high in the mountains of tibet,
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just like the mahatma
that madame blavatsky said
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she encountered.
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Lam claimed to be
a tibetan master of wisdom,
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somewhat in the footsteps
of some of the figures
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that madame blavatsky had
been in touch with.
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And he was a kind of mystical
or otherworldly adept,
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in his own description,
according to crowley.
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Picknett:
Aleister crowley drew a sketch
of this creature.
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And if you look at this sketch,
one thing that hits you
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very forcibly--
in fact, startlingly--
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is the fact that this looks like
a grey alien.
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Narrator:
More than 70% of alleged
alien abductees
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describe encountering what have
become known as the greys,
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or grey aliens.
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Is it possible that
there is a connection
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between these beings
and the tibetan masters
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that both aleister crowley
and madame blavatsky
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claimed to have contacted?
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And if so, does this suggest
that there is a hidden
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extraterrestrial realm
within tibet?
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Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
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that physical proof
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of an alien presence in tibet
was uncovered
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more than 80 years ago
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by adolf hitler and the nazis.
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Lachman:
The idea is that the statue has
some kind of mystical,
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may, 1938.
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Roughly one year before the
start of the second world war,
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german explorer and zoologist
ernst schafer
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leads a nazi-funded expedition
into tibet.
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Schafer's official objective
for the expedition
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was the creation of a complete
scientific record of tibet.
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But unofficially, he was given
another directive:
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To determine whether tibet was
the cradle of the aryan race.
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This was allegedly inspired
by a 19th century book written
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by british author
edward bulwer-lytton called
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vril, the power
of the coming race.
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He describes this
extraordinary race of beings
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that have magical powers--
sort of superheroes, really.
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And they have the "vril" power.
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And sadly,
this idea also permeated
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into the very early nazi
ideologues' worldview.
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The idea that a man
can be a superman,
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and in order to do this,
in their eyes,
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you had to be of the aryan race.
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Narrator:
Some within the nazis' ranks
identified the tibetan mahatmas
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described by madame blavatsky
as a race of supermen,
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and sought to prove that the
aryans were their descendants.
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But even more important to the
german expedition than proving
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nazi superiority was finding
the hidden kingdom of shambhala.
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Collins:
The nazis took
an incredible interest
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in looking for that entrance
to shambhala.
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The nazis were almost
certainly influenced
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by the works
of madame blavatsky,
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because she said
if somebody could find access
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into shambhala,
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they would also be able to
control the destiny of humanity,
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and the world as a whole.
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Lachman:
While they were there,
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the war broke out in 1939,
so they were called back.
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So, uh, they didn't really
return with any positive proof
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about what, you know,
what they were looking for,
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but the story is, they did come
back with this statue.
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Narrator:
Among the items schafer
brought back to germany
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was a mysterious
22-pound iron statue
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of what was presumed
to be a buddhist deity.
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The figure had a swastika on its
clothing, a symbol of divinity
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that predated the nazis
by thousands of years.
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One of their discoveries
was a little nine-inch statue
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of a being wearing
a swastika on his chest,
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which certainly would have got
the attention of the nazis,
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having adopted the swastika
as their symbol,
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although they put it
into its counterclockwise form.
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The swastika was originally
a tibetan symbol for prosperity
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and for good luck.
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Narrator:
In the late 19th century,
the term aryan
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referred to an indo-european
language group
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that included german, romance
and sanskrit languages.
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The ancient symbol of
the swastika became associated
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with "aryan"
due to where it was found.
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But when the nazis
redefined the term to identify
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what they called "the master
race," they adopted the swastika
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as a symbol of their heritage
and self-proclaimed superiority.
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We can assume that this is
what stood out to them,
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was this, you know, swastika
emblazoned on the chest,
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and they decided that this
is a representation
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of one of these entities
that are somehow involved
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in the backstory
of the aryan race
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and their sort of greatness
in the world.
480
00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:57,257
Narrator:
Could the "iron man" statue
depict
481
00:27:57,301 --> 00:28:01,804
one of the powerful mahatmas
described by madame blavatsky?
482
00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:05,599
Was it perhaps a sign
that the nazi expedition
483
00:28:05,643 --> 00:28:08,769
was close to finding shambhala?
484
00:28:08,813 --> 00:28:12,940
While most researchers have been
preoccupied with determining
485
00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:15,109
what the statue
is meant to depict,
486
00:28:15,152 --> 00:28:19,446
80 years after its discovery,
a scientific study uncovered
487
00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:23,784
an even more intriguing aspect
of the iron man.
488
00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:30,416
Narrator:
Stuttgart university, 2012.
489
00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:34,086
A team of german geologists
that have performed
490
00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:36,922
a new examination
of the iron man statue
491
00:28:36,966 --> 00:28:39,800
publish their analysis
in the scientific journal
492
00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:43,220
meteorics & planetary science.
493
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:47,015
They estimate the figure was
created in the 11th century
494
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:50,185
and have found that it was not
made of earthly iron,
495
00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:53,355
but was carved
from the chinga meteorite.
496
00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:55,816
Pope:
It turns out this thing is made
497
00:28:55,860 --> 00:29:00,529
from one of the rarest
meteorites in human history,
498
00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:07,161
that fell to earth over tibet
around 15,000 years ago.
499
00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:09,538
It's the most unusual
500
00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:13,292
and hardest meteorite
ever discovered.
501
00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:18,297
The ancient tibetans
who carved this into a statue
502
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:23,177
clearly suspected
that this thing had great power.
503
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:28,223
Childress:
The tibetans themselves seem to
realize that this was special.
504
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:31,477
And you have to wonder,
is this meteorite,
505
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,063
was it perhaps part
of a spaceship?
506
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:39,610
Something that had crashed
there in tibet,
507
00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:42,279
and the chinga meteorite
is all that's left of it?
508
00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:47,201
Narrator:
Is it possible
that the iron man statue
509
00:29:47,244 --> 00:29:49,453
was made from part
of an alien craft
510
00:29:49,497 --> 00:29:53,707
that crash-landed on earth
thousands of years ago?
511
00:29:53,751 --> 00:29:56,335
Could it be
a remnant of an event
512
00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:59,630
that marked the arrival
of otherworldly visitors,
513
00:29:59,673 --> 00:30:02,883
and the beginning
of the legend of shambhala?
514
00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:08,722
Ancient astronaut theorists say
yes, and suggest that the reason
515
00:30:08,766 --> 00:30:11,850
this alien realm remains
so elusive can be found
516
00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:14,603
by examining stories
of a tibetan monster
517
00:30:14,647 --> 00:30:16,980
known as the yeti.
518
00:30:22,780 --> 00:30:25,113
Childress:
Were they murdered by,
519
00:30:25,199 --> 00:30:28,242
April 29, 2019.
520
00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:33,247
Just a few miles south of the
tibetan border, the indian army
521
00:30:33,290 --> 00:30:37,042
reports the discovery of
enormous footprints in the snow
522
00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:42,965
measuring an astounding 32
inches long by 15 inches wide.
523
00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:46,218
They identify the footprints
as having been made
524
00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:49,888
by the legendary monster
known as the yeti.
525
00:30:49,932 --> 00:30:53,892
Shimkhada: The yeti is some kind
of a himalayan monster
526
00:30:53,936 --> 00:30:57,479
that looked like a man,
that looked like an ape.
527
00:30:57,565 --> 00:31:00,732
This is a composite, uh, figure.
528
00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:05,654
Local people have seen it
in the snow, in the mountains.
529
00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:09,783
Narrator:
Tales of the yeti stretch back
to pre-buddhist tibet,
530
00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:12,786
where the shamanic mystics
of the bon religion
531
00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:15,622
told of wild men
that guarded a hidden place
532
00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:19,126
of power and perfection
called olmo lung ring,
533
00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:23,922
known in the tibetan buddhist
tradition as shambhala.
534
00:31:23,966 --> 00:31:26,300
The yeti have this reputation
of being extremely violent
535
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:28,343
and aggressive towards humans.
536
00:31:28,429 --> 00:31:30,762
And one explanation for this
is because they're considered
537
00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:33,265
to be the guardians
of shambhala.
538
00:31:33,309 --> 00:31:36,685
Keeping away all those
that are not pure of heart
539
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:39,980
from entering into
this holiest of holy places.
540
00:31:40,024 --> 00:31:42,774
Childress: When the early
british expeditions
541
00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:44,776
went through india into tibet,
542
00:31:44,820 --> 00:31:46,862
they would stop
at tibetan monasteries
543
00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:48,614
on their way to mount everest
544
00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,282
and they would be told
about yetis.
545
00:31:50,326 --> 00:31:52,659
And that yetis were guardians
546
00:31:52,703 --> 00:31:55,203
of the entrances to shambhala.
547
00:31:55,289 --> 00:31:59,833
Narrator:
Monsters guarding the entrances
to the land of the gods?
548
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:03,128
While it may sound
like the stuff of legend,
549
00:32:03,172 --> 00:32:05,714
ancient astronaut theorists
suggest there is
550
00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:07,716
disturbing evidence
that may prove
551
00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:11,219
such stories are,
in fact, very real.
552
00:32:13,307 --> 00:32:16,642
Uttarakhand, india.
553
00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:20,020
16,000 feet high
in the himalayas,
554
00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:22,981
just 40 miles
from the tibetan border,
555
00:32:23,025 --> 00:32:25,150
lies roopkund lake.
556
00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:28,987
While it has become
a popular tourist destination,
557
00:32:29,031 --> 00:32:32,199
those who approach this small,
picturesque body of water
558
00:32:32,242 --> 00:32:34,701
are confronted
with a chilling sight...
559
00:32:34,745 --> 00:32:37,162
Because roopkund lake
is littered
560
00:32:37,206 --> 00:32:41,541
with the remains
of over 600 human bodies.
561
00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:46,838
For decades,
scientists assumed that the dead
562
00:32:46,882 --> 00:32:50,550
had fallen victim
to a single massive catastrophe.
563
00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:54,596
But in 2019, dna sampling
564
00:32:54,682 --> 00:32:56,723
revealed that
the bodies contained
565
00:32:56,767 --> 00:32:58,892
in what has been dubbed
"skeleton lake"
566
00:32:58,936 --> 00:33:01,019
did not all die at once,
567
00:33:01,063 --> 00:33:02,896
but at different points in time,
568
00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:07,442
over a period
of at least a thousand years.
569
00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:11,113
Some of the skeletons, uh,
had, uh, what they said were,
570
00:33:11,198 --> 00:33:16,243
um... Unhealed compression
fractures on the head.
571
00:33:16,286 --> 00:33:20,414
Were they murdered by, like,
being hammered on the head
572
00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:22,541
and then thrown into this lake?
573
00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:26,044
So researchers were baffled
by this whole thing.
574
00:33:26,088 --> 00:33:27,879
And the more information
that came out of this lake,
575
00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:29,840
the stranger it became.
576
00:33:31,969 --> 00:33:36,179
Shimkhada:
Recently, indian scientists
have performed
577
00:33:36,223 --> 00:33:40,809
dna testing on those bones
in roopkund.
578
00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:43,895
They have found
many south asians
579
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:45,397
and some east asians--
580
00:33:45,441 --> 00:33:48,483
meaning chinese and koreans--
581
00:33:48,569 --> 00:33:50,777
and of course
some from the west,
582
00:33:50,821 --> 00:33:54,072
you know, for example
mediterranean region.
583
00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:56,783
So that is really intriguing,
you know, how these people
584
00:33:56,827 --> 00:34:00,495
wound up there,
uh, that's baffling.
585
00:34:00,581 --> 00:34:03,915
Narrator:
What could have drawn people
from all over the world
586
00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:07,127
to make the treacherous journey
to this very small
587
00:34:07,171 --> 00:34:09,463
and remote mountain lake?
588
00:34:09,506 --> 00:34:12,132
And not just
at a single point in time,
589
00:34:12,176 --> 00:34:15,385
but continuously
for hundreds of years?
590
00:34:17,431 --> 00:34:18,805
Lachman:
Roopkund lake is
591
00:34:18,849 --> 00:34:20,932
on the pilgrims' trail, uh, to
592
00:34:20,976 --> 00:34:22,517
uh, mount kailash, which is,
593
00:34:22,603 --> 00:34:25,645
uh, one of the central, uh, uh,
594
00:34:25,689 --> 00:34:29,483
geographic sites
in-in, um, hindu
595
00:34:29,526 --> 00:34:31,651
and-and tibetan and buddhist,
uh, religion.
596
00:34:31,695 --> 00:34:34,821
These people at different times
could have been
597
00:34:34,865 --> 00:34:36,990
on the pilgrimage path.
598
00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:40,535
Henry: If the yeti is considered
to be the guardian of shambhala,
599
00:34:40,621 --> 00:34:43,830
and if shambhala is kailash,
then it makes perfect sense
600
00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:47,292
why the yeti is somehow taking
these people, killing them,
601
00:34:47,336 --> 00:34:49,377
harming them, and throwing them
in skeleton lake.
602
00:34:49,463 --> 00:34:51,171
(growling)
603
00:34:51,215 --> 00:34:54,299
narrator:
Could the bones found
at skeleton lake
604
00:34:54,343 --> 00:34:56,843
belong to pilgrims
who were seeking
605
00:34:56,887 --> 00:35:00,013
shambhala and fell victim
to the yeti?
606
00:35:00,057 --> 00:35:02,808
Although there have been
numerous reported sightings
607
00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:06,353
of yetis in tibet,
no reliable physical proof
608
00:35:06,396 --> 00:35:09,648
of their existence has been
successfully retrieved.
609
00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:14,069
In fact, these mysterious beings
are often reported
610
00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:18,323
as simply vanishing
into thin air.
611
00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:22,410
In 1951, the world-famous
mountaineer eric shipton
612
00:35:22,496 --> 00:35:24,329
was on his way to mount everest.
613
00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:26,665
He's at 19,000 feet.
614
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:29,334
And all of a sudden,
he sees these giant
615
00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:31,837
footprints in the snow.
616
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,297
And he follows them
for over a mile
617
00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:36,550
until they disappear
into the glacier.
618
00:35:36,593 --> 00:35:39,845
The yeti could, in fact, be
an interdimensional creature,
619
00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:42,180
capable of either
cloaking itself
620
00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:44,850
or disappearing
into other realms.
621
00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:48,562
Perhaps they are not
physical biological beings,
622
00:35:48,605 --> 00:35:50,522
but are some sort
of interdimensional
623
00:35:50,566 --> 00:35:52,232
class of entities,
which is able
624
00:35:52,276 --> 00:35:54,734
to appear and disappear at will.
625
00:35:54,778 --> 00:35:58,029
And manifest themselves at will
to stop those
626
00:35:58,073 --> 00:36:00,407
who are not supposed
to enter certain areas.
627
00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:04,077
Narrator:
Is it possible
that both the yeti
628
00:36:04,121 --> 00:36:06,580
and the kingdom of shambhala
that it is said to protect
629
00:36:06,623 --> 00:36:09,749
are not only extraterrestrial,
630
00:36:09,793 --> 00:36:11,918
but also interdimensional?
631
00:36:11,962 --> 00:36:16,256
Might this explain
why they remain so elusive?
632
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:20,927
Some modern researchers,
people like jacques vallée,
633
00:36:20,971 --> 00:36:22,929
john keel, amongst others,
634
00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:26,266
have drawn the conclusion
that maybe we're not really
635
00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:30,228
dealing with extraterrestrials
from outer space,
636
00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:36,401
but ultra-terrestrials were
coming from parallel space.
637
00:36:36,445 --> 00:36:40,739
That's exactly
what masters of mysticism
638
00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:42,949
and experiences
of the prophetic traditions
639
00:36:42,993 --> 00:36:44,951
have been saying
for thousands of years.
640
00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,120
Narrator:
If a gateway
641
00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,915
leading into another dimension
exists somewhere
642
00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:52,959
in tibet, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,
643
00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:56,338
could it be a site
where extraterrestrials--
644
00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:58,632
or, perhaps,
ultra-terrestrials--
645
00:36:58,675 --> 00:37:00,967
are entering our world?
646
00:37:01,011 --> 00:37:05,972
And might it also be possible
for us to enter theirs?
647
00:37:06,016 --> 00:37:08,975
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
648
00:37:09,019 --> 00:37:11,811
that the key to accessing
this cosmic paradise
649
00:37:11,855 --> 00:37:15,982
may not lie in traveling
to a secret location in tibet...
650
00:37:16,026 --> 00:37:20,487
But in mastering an ancient
technique of the mind.
651
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:28,328
Narrator:
Seda county, china.
652
00:37:28,372 --> 00:37:31,998
December 11, 2015.
653
00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:35,835
In the southeast region
of the tibetan plateau,
654
00:37:35,879 --> 00:37:38,129
renowned tibetan buddhist monk
655
00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:41,883
lama thubser has been in
a state of continuous meditation
656
00:37:41,969 --> 00:37:44,302
for seven straight days,
657
00:37:44,346 --> 00:37:47,305
engaged in a practice
that is said
658
00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:50,642
to go back some 10,000 years.
659
00:37:50,686 --> 00:37:53,144
He is attempting
to attain what is known
660
00:37:53,188 --> 00:37:56,022
as the "rainbow light body."
661
00:37:56,066 --> 00:37:59,109
tibetan buddhists believe that
through meditation practices
662
00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:04,030
like this, it is possible
to access alternate realms.
663
00:38:04,074 --> 00:38:07,534
And that this may be
where the kingdom of shambhala
664
00:38:07,577 --> 00:38:09,953
truly exists.
665
00:38:09,997 --> 00:38:14,374
You will find people within
tibetan buddhist tradition
666
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:18,086
who believe that shambhala
is an actual place.
667
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:21,881
But it may be what we might
call an interdimensional place.
668
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:27,387
So it cannot be accessed through
ordinary material techniques.
669
00:38:27,431 --> 00:38:31,933
But it exists in another
dimension, so to speak.
670
00:38:32,019 --> 00:38:35,854
Narrator:
Is it possible that the concept
of the rainbow light body
671
00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:38,440
holds the key
to reaching an alien realm
672
00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:40,567
that exists on earth?
673
00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:44,237
And is there any evidence that
such a transformative process
674
00:38:44,281 --> 00:38:46,865
could actually take place?
675
00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:50,577
Recently, scientists have
discovered that the human body,
676
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,537
particularly in the brain,
677
00:38:52,581 --> 00:38:57,417
naturally produces light
in the form of biophotons.
678
00:38:57,461 --> 00:39:03,089
The average person emits
14 to 20 photons
679
00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:06,634
by centimeter square per second.
680
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,054
This is very, very low.
681
00:39:09,097 --> 00:39:12,807
But in a state of meditation,
682
00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:15,935
you are able
to raise that number
683
00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:20,690
by 100,000 photons per
centimeter square per second,
684
00:39:20,734 --> 00:39:23,735
which is extremely bright.
685
00:39:23,779 --> 00:39:25,904
This tells us that
when we are in a higher state
686
00:39:25,947 --> 00:39:31,284
of consciousness, our bodies
emit a huge amount of light.
687
00:39:31,328 --> 00:39:35,872
And perhaps that is the reason
why we call it enlightenment.
688
00:39:39,753 --> 00:39:43,088
Narrator:
Tibetan buddhists say that
when a highly trained priest
689
00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:46,091
commits himself to attainment
of the rainbow light body,
690
00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:49,511
his material body
will fade away.
691
00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:52,722
Photographs taken by those
in attendance
692
00:39:52,766 --> 00:39:55,600
on the seventh day
of lama thubser's meditation
693
00:39:55,644 --> 00:39:59,020
provide an incredibly
rare documentation
694
00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:01,147
of this sacred process.
695
00:40:01,191 --> 00:40:05,860
As his breathing stops and his
physical body begins to die,
696
00:40:05,946 --> 00:40:08,947
it dramatically
decreases in size.
697
00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:10,949
According to the monks,
698
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:13,868
he has dissolved into light.
699
00:40:13,954 --> 00:40:18,123
And a final photograph reveals
a beam of light shooting up
700
00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:22,001
into the sky from the site
of his transformation.
701
00:40:38,145 --> 00:40:40,645
Henry: In the tibetan tradition,
they tell us that once a lama
702
00:40:40,689 --> 00:40:42,355
has achieved
this state of being,
703
00:40:42,399 --> 00:40:46,192
that they're able to then
travel to 12 star systems
704
00:40:46,278 --> 00:40:48,528
where this teaching is taught,
that are all connected
705
00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:51,364
with the earth,
and that beings come and go,
706
00:40:51,408 --> 00:40:53,867
bringing this teaching
and enlightening
707
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:57,912
all other civilizations
they come into contact with.
708
00:40:57,998 --> 00:41:00,665
The rainbow light body, it is
an extraterrestrial teaching
709
00:41:00,709 --> 00:41:04,711
that was imported to earth
from other star systems.
710
00:41:04,754 --> 00:41:09,215
Tzadok:
Right now, very few
make the efforts
711
00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:12,719
to learn how to expand
consciousness,
712
00:41:12,762 --> 00:41:15,430
to interact
with our parallel dimensions.
713
00:41:15,515 --> 00:41:19,017
But the future is
to bring the worlds together.
714
00:41:19,060 --> 00:41:22,896
This is what the biblical
tradition teaches
715
00:41:22,939 --> 00:41:25,356
when it says everyone
will know the truth.
716
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,484
There will be
enlightenment for all.
717
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:30,403
Narrator:
Could it be that high
718
00:41:30,447 --> 00:41:32,030
in the mountains of tibet,
719
00:41:32,073 --> 00:41:35,241
there is a gateway
into another dimension?
720
00:41:35,327 --> 00:41:40,079
And if so, is it possible
that this alternate realm
721
00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:44,042
can only be accessed through
a state of enlightenment?
722
00:41:44,085 --> 00:41:48,129
Perhaps as science begins
to understand more
723
00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:50,256
about human consciousness,
724
00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,258
we will learn
what the tibetan masters
725
00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:55,094
have known for centuries.
726
00:41:55,138 --> 00:41:57,722
That we can reach
the stars not only
727
00:41:57,766 --> 00:41:59,724
by mastering technology
728
00:41:59,768 --> 00:42:04,395
but by mastering
the power of the human mind.
729
00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:07,690
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