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you, Goose?” Monica asked is a serious tone.
    Goose nodded meekly.
    “So these Nine Unknown men will try to stop us from stealing a little bit of their gold when we figure out how to get there? We’re still in India, we could pay our way through? Would that work with the Nine Unknown men?” quizzed Derek, obviously lost in a maze of hopelessness on how to find the lost city of gold.
    “Look, first get the basic things right. Please understand that the ancient scriptures of 99 Palms say that Shambala belongs to neither East nor West or to any culture or religion. The Secret of the Nine Unknown is for the benefit and goodness of mankind as a whole. That’s why Emperor Ashoka formed it in the first place. To have kept the secret sciences a secret for over two thousand years, you don’t suppose they just wrote nine books? Remember, the Nine Unknown are highly evolved beyond being human. Referring to them as the ‘Nine Unknown men’ would be ignorance of the highest magnitude! Show some respect to them first” said Monica, obviously rattled by the way we seemed to be approaching the whole subject.
    “OK, noted that they are not human beings, but are evolved minds and we don’t know what they look like. Also, we don’t know how to get to Shambala. If we are to find the gold and do our part of the deal, at least tell us where on earth is Shambala located in the broadest sense?” asked Hound, exasperated by his limited knowledge even to find the lost city.
     
    “It is my theory that Shambala may not merely lie on the surface as most people have believed across centuries. From what I could fathom in the scriptures, this land lies much beneath the surface of the earth, or should I say that Shambala possibly exists at the core of the earth? Would you fathom that? Hound, the 99 Palms say that the Shambala is at the center of the Earth…” replied Monica sympathetically.
     
    “Wow. This sure beats all logic. We can’t just try to evolve ourselves by growing brains, smoke up and go on a higher place, can’t drive down to the place. What is Shambala? Is it  Atlantis or what?” said Derek, betraying his helplessness and ignorance.
     
    “Buckle up, Derek. You want unlimited wealth? You want to find Paradise? It’s not easy. I must point out that the scriptures of 99 Palms not only refer to Shambala from a Tibetan and Buddhist standpoint, it also refers to other cultures. For example, it refers to the lost world of Atlantis which disappeared from the face of the earth without a trace. Legend has it that the Atlanteans were a highly evolved race and had transcended the boundaries of exiting knowledge. Atlantis is Shambala, dudes, know that!” said Monica, obviously pleased with her theory.
     
    Now we were supposed to plan a journey to the center of the earth. Cool. I hated the idea.
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    CHAPTER SIX

69 Ridge Points – The Stargates
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    Roses are red and violets are blue,
    We woke up with an idea as fresh as the morning drop of dew;
    To reach Shambala at earth’s center is a different story,
    We were driven by our greed, not pride, not glory;
     
    The monuments have an astronomical significance,
    To crack the same, one just needs a different lens;
    To get inside, we headed for Sanchi Stupa, you’ll know why,
    To know hyper-science of Nexus points & Ley Lines in the sky;
     
    The gateways to another world are depicted in our monuments,
    There’s a reason behind everything they made, my 2 cents;
    Shambala is not a place that most people have seen,
    It’s Paradise, a place of your dreams, so calm and serene;
     
    We’re looking for the Stargates, the secret doorways,
    As depicted in the Sanchi Stupa, the four cardinal gateways;
    The ancients knew more science that we could ever know,
    It’s hidden from us by them, as we search high & low;
     
    Driven by greed, fuelled by desire, we try to figure things out,
    We’re helped by smart women, we know nothing about;
    If smiles and Imagination