Shambhala - Shasta

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Our Vision

To take back our Motherland in order to
Create our Spaces of Love in a Kin’s Domain Eco-settlement
Re-create Paradise on Mother Earth
Re-claim our Pristine Origins
To establish our Motherland Party in order to
Help every individual find their soulmate
Restore to the people a way of life and rites capable of preserving love in families forever

Our Mission

We are a gathering of Men, Women, Children and Families organized and dedicated to the co-creation, development, and establishment of Shambhala - Shasta, an Anastasia Eco-Settlement in North America, creating a Space of Love (a Kin's Domain) on our Motherland; so that within ourselves we will define the essence of the Earth, and become aware of our destined purpose; so that the thought of each one of us will be brought into contact with the thought of God; in order that all human thought will merge into one. We ascertain that in doing so, we will be able to feel and understand the aspirations of the Divine dream and the gates of Paradise will open.

We co-create our Spaces of Love, our Kin's Domains, inheritable only to our descendants, in a community of enlightened good and great souls, seeking CONJOINT CREATION WITH JOY FOR ALL IN CONTEMPLATION. We ascertain that in doing so, our thoughts will be transformed and our souls will become radiant with light.

We aspire to Live in Paradise the way God wanted us to, to regain our Pristine Origins, to build ourselves a Paradise that will come into contact with the Divine Thought, and produce a new co-creation together with Him. We ascertain that the turn for our new co-creation will come once the creation of Paradise has been completed.

We co-create our Spaces of Love in order that the grand energy of Love will dwell in our homes. We ascertain that the grand energy of Love and all the planets in creation will help us lead full lives, a life inherent in a child of God. In doing so, we take our place and rightful roles as Children of God.

Take back your Motherland, people!

“The whole Earth could be a Motherland for each one of its inhabitants, and Man could be caressed by everything in the Universe, but for that to happen, he would need to join together all planes of being into a single point, call it his Motherland, and create with his own self a Space of Love therein. Then all the best things of the Universe would come into contact with it firsthand – come into contact with the Space of your Motherland. You in yourself will feel the whole vast Universe through this point, and possess power unsurpassed. They will know about this on other worlds. Everything will serve you, as God, our Creator, wanted it.” – Anastasia

Mount Shasta and the New Shambhala
By Peter Mt. Shasta

What is Shambhala? From the beginning of time legends have come down to us of a semi mythical place in Asia inhabited by a race of highly evolved beings living in peace and harmony and working for the benefit of humanity. Lost Horizons, and the classic movie by the same title, portrayed such an idyllic place called Shangri-La. There, in a lost world beyond the Himalayas, lived a race of enlightened beings who had so perfected themselves that they ceased to age and lived in youthful, healthy bodies, enjoying the beauty of life to the fullest, radiating love to the rest of the world.

Few people know that the author, James Hilton, was inspired in his vision by a visit to Mount Shasta. As he crossed the Siskiyou Mountains, coming down from Ashland, he beheld glacier clad Mount Shasta and the serene valley at its base, bounded by stunning mountains on nearly every side. As he descended into the Shasta Valley in the neighborhood of Yreka, he met friendly, peaceful people, and his vision of Shangri-La took substance.

Was James Hilton dreaming? Or, was he perceiving something which actually exists in some other dimension, some other time? He is not alone in his inspiration. Many others have had similar visions on visiting the area. Some have seen white columned temples resembling the Parthenon on the slopes of the Mountain, or been visited while camping on the Mountain by tall beings in long robes who spoke of an ancient race who lived on the far side of Mount Shasta, from where they journeyed out into the world on missions of guidance, peace and healing.

According to Pearl, a long time resident of the area who introduced me to the teachings of the Ascended Masters, there was a story in the San Francisco Chronicle that told of half a dozen men in violet robes crossing the San Francisco Bay on the ferry, walking through town to the mayors office, and delivering a prophecy of a great earthquake that would devastate that city if people did not live more moral lives. The mayor had said, "Who will believe me, and how do I know you speak the truth?"

One of the tall beings leaned over and drew his finger across the mayors desk, effortlessly leaving a deep groove in the wood. "Who are you, and where do you come from?" asked the mayor.

"We come from a colony on the slopes of Mount Shasta," was the reply, and they departed as they had come, back across the bay. For many years that groove remained on the mayors desk, a reminder of the words that foreshadowed the event to come.

Even the origin of the name, "Shasta," is clothed in mystery. The great mystic and founder of the Theosophical Society, Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, who once visited Mount Shasta, said that the Sanskrit word Sishta is the enlightened remnant of a previous age that forms the seed of a coming humanity. Again, a sort of Shambhala.

The Sanskrit word Shasta means one who lives according to divine law. Although, some say that Mount Shasta was actually named by French fur trappers who called it chaste, meaning "pure." Or, it could have received its name from the Tshastel Indians who lived in the area.

Whatever the origins of the name, many have come to the Mountain because of a vision or calling. I have heard many stories over the years of what brought people to the Mountain. Some are as mundane as a car breaking down and the person falling in love with the area while waiting for a part to arrive, while others speak of Masters coming in dreams or meditation.

My introduction to the Mountain came in India. I was in Allahabad for the Kumbhamela, a sort of giant, annual Woodstock of holy men and spiritual pilgrims, where millions come together to seek their gurus and destinies. It was here that one of Paramahansa Yoganandas gurus, Lahiri Mahasia, met the ancient yet youthful Babaji, who initiated him into Kriya Yoga (see: Self Realization Fellowship). Many attend the Kumbhamela hoping for similar fortune.

I had wandered away from the heat and dust of the throng, up a cool, tree lined, side street leading into the city and the house where Ram Dass's guru, Neem Karoli Baba was staying. As I reached the gate of the house a young man dressed in white with a bright smile came up to me and began a conversation, "Really, one doesn't need to go to India. Everything I have needed to know about connecting to the spirit I learned meditating on a rock on the side of Mount Shasta. It’s a place where the veils between the ethers are thinner than elsewhere, and where the Masters can communicate with you more easily. You should go there when you get back to the States. Also, read the Green Books, Unveiled Mysteries, The Magic Presence and The "I Am" Discourses." Then he was on his way.

Godfre Ray King, author of Unveiled Mysteries and cofounder with his wife, Lotus, of the Saint Germain Foundation, spoke of meeting David Lloyd on the slopes of the Mountain. The Master Saint Germain had come to David when he was a young man in England and said words to the effect, "Seek for the man with the crystal cup. One day on the slopes of a great mountain in North America you will meet him, and at that moment you will attain liberation."

According to the description in Unveiled Mysteries, when he met Godfre a crystal cup filled with liquid light appeared in Godfre's hands, and David knew that the long anticipated moment had come. He drank from the cup which he knew the beloved Master Saint Germain had precipitated and, feeling his body scintillating with energy, began to rise from the ground. Gradually he became translucent, ascending into the air, and soon disappeared in light before Godfre's eyes.

Since those days many others who have read that account, or to whom the Masters have spoken in one form or another, have come here looking for the key to their own liberation. Perhaps for most the solution is not so dramatic as being given a cup of liquid light. But, then again, perhaps the cup is given in other ways. Some feel that the energy of the Mountain itself is the cup of light. Although all mountains have a certain exhilarating feeling due to their elevation above the dense worlds of human thought and feeling that accumulate at lower elevations, many speak of feeling Mount Shasta's quickening energy while still seventy-five miles away. For some, though, the energy is repellent, and they can only pass through, glad to be on their way, perhaps because they are too ungrounded or are unable yet to work on those personality traits the Mountain cooks forth from those who are accepted into its crucible.

Shambhala is also a state of mind, according to the Tibetan Lama, Ch–gyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It is a state of being, an attitude toward life which recognizes inherent goodness in all. Shambhala recognizes and honors the essential nobility of the spirit that is in everyone. It is not only a land of enlightened people, it is an enlightened society, a place where each lives for the benefit of others (For information on Shambhala Training given in most major US and European cities, visit. Also, read, Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior, by Ch–gyam Trungpa Rinpoche).

Although this seems almost unattainable in light of the present condition of the world, it is with an idea that all great undertakings begin. Even though one cannot personally perfect the entire world, we can perfect our own world, our perceptions of self and others through the power of our own illumination. The Vajrayanna practices of Buddhism teach one to take total responsibility for ones own world, to see oneself as a ruler in the center of a mandala which is the world of ones own making. Rather than try to change the world, change the mandala. Each of us is the ruler of that world, who, with the sword of the warriors wisdom, can cut away the illusory thoughts and misconceptions that veil us from our true selves. In the full experience of that Self the world reveals itself as it truly is, perfect.

As William Blake said, "If the windows of our perception were cleansed, the universe would reveal itself as it truly is, infinite."

Each of us can attain that Shambhala Within if we maintain the attitude that what I do for myself I do for all. In that way we are perfecting the world. We are the builders of Shambhala and its rulers.

Mount Shasta is one such place imbued with the vision that life is perfectible. Happiness, wisdom, peace and compassion are attainable, not only for the self, but also for the larger Self of which humanity is the mirror.

Several years ago while meditating one morning, Trungpa Rinpoche appeared to me and took me into the blue sky above Mount Shasta. He pointed toward the Shasta Valley, and with a sweep of his arm that encompassed the area from Mount Shasta to Mount Ashland, said, "This is the New Shambhala."

I saw that many people would be coming to the area, drawn by a similar vision. I saw many spiritual centers, temples and retreats, domes, new types of buildings constructed in harmony with nature to house this inflow of seekers that the Masters would invite. And I felt elated to be alive at the time of this Great Awakening, to be a part of the building of the New Shambhala.

Peter Mt. Shasta began working with the Ascended Masters in 1972 when St. Germain materialized before him and gave him the opportunity to learn and serve under his guidance. He was subsequently visited by various other Ascended Masters in their visible light bodies. The result of these contacts is the book of their instruction "I AM" The Open Door. Peter is also a health consultant using primarily Homeopathy and Chinese herbs. His book is available through Mount Shasta Magazine. Copyright, 2000, by Peter Mt. Shasta