Excerpt from The Hidden Land

 Time to revisit a poem that was published last year: The Hidden Land

A note on the poem: it was written after reading the story of Tulshuk Lingpa (1916-1962), whose name translates to "Crazy Treasure Revealer". He was a charismatic Tibetan lama and a tertön (finder of hidden spiritual treasures). Driven by visions and the deteriorating situation in Tibet after the Chinese invasion, he was prophesized to open a hidden land of immortality and refuge, known as Beyul Demoshong, in the Himalayas. In the early 1960s, he led over 300 followers to the high glaciers of Kangchenjunga with the aim of "opening a crack in the fabric of reality" to enter this secret paradise. The expedition ended tragically on the mountain in 1962 when Tulshuk Lingpa and some companions vanished in an avalanche, though his disciples recounted experiencing lights and a warm breeze just before the event.

I would only like to add that it should be important for all of us to try to 'open a crack in the fabric of reality'! The full poem can be read here

Douglas Thornton