Misha, and his grandson Shilo, figure out how to get to Tambolia, a Galactic Library, by asking the question, where do people go when they figure it out? The solution is Tambolia. The problem they discover: is why is the patriarchal model, we are suffering form, is so invested with the ignorance of their own ignorance.
Misha, and his grandson Shilo, figure out how to get to Tambolia, a Galactic Library, by asking the question, where do people go when they figure it out? The solution is Tambolia. The problem they discover: is why is the patriarchal model, we are suffering form, is so invested with the ignorance of their own ignorance.
Odd Bits of Stuff
Most people wonder if Tambolia exists. It might be better to think - given all the time the universe has had to establish something like a Galactic Library; why wouldn’t it exist? Of course, access is the key and the most challenging part. The Galactic library has two initial conditions: one is the Mark of Emptiness; the other is Self-Secret. Once you understand these conditions, you can enter this library.
The science
The science and the scientific ideas in the Tambolia Paradox are contemporary though clearly fringe and controversial, which sometimes turn out to be true. All of the yoga and meditational practices described are authentic and have lineage from traditional Buddhist Masters. The application of these practices is also traditional, although there are numerous ways to utilize them, some more controversial than others. If you think you can be taught these practices at contemporary meditation centers, you will be mostly disappointed. If you think you can do these practices without getting into at least as much trouble as the people in this book - good luck!
Friends
All of the people portrayed in this narrative are mythical, as we all are to some extent. Some of the information in this narrative makes consummate good sense. Also, speaking mind to mind is mentioned. The Lamas called this upstairs telephone. It is easy to do and mysteriously enough, once you figure it out, a challenge to avoid. What you figure out first is, what is you and then anything extra is someone busy noise mind. Roger Sorenson (a mystical character) has often been quoted as saying, “Reading minds is a problem of stupidity management.”
Formal Practices
It was neither obvious nor easy discovering the content-rich information in ancient symbolic, even megalithic structures. Temples, Mandala, Yantra, Stupa, Statues, Celestial Mansions, Lineage visualizations, and the Hidden lines of Tibetan Cosmology and some other esoteric artifacts. According to Dr. Solt from the Harvard University School of Japanese Studies this could only have been done within these conditions. First, one needed a technical background in Physicist and Mathematics to see the mathematical arrangement of the various ancient symbolic components. Second, have lineage access to these ancient esoteric pictographs and meditations techniques.
Esoteric Symbolic Architectures have lasted for thousands of years, establishing durability and confidence in their sustainability. Noting that the information is content-rich, accessible, and culturally neutral is convenient. Deciding all this is obvious is not obvious and has been overlooked in contemporary times for obscure reasons. If the symbolism seems ambiguous, you might appreciate the ingenuity our ancient ancestors had in the original architectural organization and Mapping Strategies for Sustainable Decision-Making.
The Silent Hand
There is no time, place, or culture that does not have a story about the Silent Hand. Martial Arts may be the most apparent contemporary application of the Silent Hand. The Silent hand tells us the truth – relentlessly, especially when we least expect it.
The Greek letter Ψ
The Greek letter Psi was added to the Phoenician alphabet by about 800 BC, but I intend to use it symbolically as a pictogram. It includes and (I) as in an invested emotional sense and a shadowed (I) as a ‘one’ that represents the unity of awareness, a (Y) as an acronym for the question why and a chalice that represents the feminine quality of partnership equanimity, our only hope to save humanity from itself, and finally a stylized trident, a Tantric symbol for mystical insight. The Bodhicariyans wear this symbol somewhere on their body, not as a talisman but possibly as a provocative visualization.
The Bodhicariyans Dilemma
The Sanskrit words, Bodhi meaning enlightened wisdom and Cariya meaning reasonable action, are used as criteria to encourage people who have decided to become Bodhicariyan to remember that women and children are not the problem. In times of absolute despotism, those that have the ability to act have the responsibility to act, regardless of the consequences. Unfortunately, the patriarchal delusions we currently suffer from are the mandate that men kill anyone who criticizes or disagrees with them. So, how do you explain to delusional men they are delusional - without being martyred, a serious problem.
The Tambolian Book of Deeds
At the beginning of each chapter, there is a quote from the Tambolian Book of Deeds. Yamentaka, the enigmatic guardian of Tambolia, proposed them, saying this was a very naughty thing to do. When asked to explain, he said, “In journalism, it is said that if two people know something, it is not a secret. In mystical traditions, it is said that if one person knows something, it is not a secret. What the Tambolian Book of Deeds explains is that everything essential to the human condition is still secret.
The Story Tellers
The Paleolithic period was before writing and the pyramids, before hieroglyphs and the petroglyphs, before settlements and politics; it was a time when the storytellers and the secret dances wondered about what we were, what we knew. The campfire was the stage, the ceiling of stars, the theater. The old and ancient ones were trusted and believed because they were the custodians of the memories. There were many memories of How to be here? How to be safe? How to be good people? The strangest and most magical memory was ‘How to get to where you need to be.’ This memory was called the Map and had many names through the centuries and has traveled far, perhaps to every possible place.
When we settled into agricultural villages, the storytellers became the Shaman-Healers, the Mystic-Hermits, the Pilgrim-Wanders, and the Teacher-Friend, and the memory of the Map persisted. The appeal included masks, tattoos and secret movement, hand gestures, the rhythm and the cadence of the story, spectacle, and drama. Story time was a time of enchantment and wonder when the children were quiet, and the dogs were quiet, and the fire was warm, and everyone could hear, and there was a mystery, and the mystery was the Map itself.
The most recent version of the Map is still 2500 years old and was hidden in the Mandalas and visualizations of the Tibetan Vajrayana practices and was not translated, nor even appreciated, until 1971 when it was discovered hidden under the altar in an ancient monastery. At that time, an unrecognized strange one, a hidden Mystic Terton, stumbled across these ancient teachings and was fascinated. Forty years later, the Map was complete again. The journey was made fresh by adventuresome pilgrims searching for the next place, the place they need to go, a place where the solutions to problems are found, a place not hidden but deeply unnoticed - Tambolia.
Shiloh is seven years old when he notices a small skiff being piloted into the small harbour of his hometown, Palmer-by-the-Sea; a village on one of the San Juan Islands in the Straight of Juan de Fuca (a set of islands which is smack on the borders of America and Canada). In it, is his long lost grandfather, Misha, once thought to be lost to the sea some fifteen years before, and the whole village rejoices in his return. Shiloh feels an immediate kinship with Misha, and is delighted when he moves into the home he shares with his reluctant mother.
As Shiloh gets to know his mysterious grandfather a little better, he becomes wistful. Misha tells him of a journey that they need to go on, tantalising the child with riddles and metaphors that he doesn't quite understand. All he know's is that he want's to go with his grandfather to this fantastic place: Tambolia.
The Voyage of the Dream Maker starts off strangely, with a glossary of sorts. It explains the science and esoteric theories behind the concept of a Galactic Library such as Tambolia. It's unusual, which makes it noteworthy. Yasha has written this info-dump in a conversational tone, almost making the reader believe that Tambolia exists as he explains it, or at least did once exist; maybe to have been forgotten in the mists of time.
Once the story gets going, we meet Shiloh, a young boy with dreams of grandeur. He roams the village as though he owns it, weaving in and out of the residents and relatives with ease. We see Misha through Shiloh's adoring eyes - the enigmatic grandfather who was lost at sea. It's clear that Shiloh simply wants to know about the adventures that Misha had, and Misha finds an enquiring and believing mind to regale his stories too.
We weave in and out of a strange narrative then. Yasha keeps the perspective from the first person, but in some chapters, there's no way of knowing who the narrator is. It keeps you on your toes in a trope that's been written a million times before. But this is a different take on it. As Shiloh prepares for the biggest adventure he'll ever embark on, he begins to understand that not everything on his small island is exactly what he's been told it is.
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