Secret of Shambhala by James Redfield

Author:James Redfield
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Spirituality, Philosophy, Adventure
ISBN: 9780759522909
Publisher: Twtp Assorted
Published: 1999-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I heard the music before I was completely conscious. It was a classic Chinese composer I had heard before. I jerked awake and realized I was in an elaborate, Chinese-style bedroom. I sat up in the ornate bed and pushed back the silk sheets. I was clothed only in a hospital gown and I had been bathed. The room was at least twenty by twenty feet, and each paneled wall had a different mural. A Chinese woman was peeking at me through the crack in the door.

The door opened, and in walked an erect Chinese military officer in full uniform. A chill went through me. It was the same official I had now seen several times. My heart pounded. I tried to extend my energy, but the sight of the officer completely deflated me.

“Good morning,” the man said. “How do you feel?”

“Considering I was gassed,” I replied, “pretty good.”

He smiled. “It has no lasting effect, I assure you.”

“Where am I?”

“You are in Ali. The doctors have seen you and you are fine. But I must ask you some questions. Why were you traveling with Yin Doloe and where were you going?”

“We wanted to visit some of the old monasteries.”

“Why?”

I decided not to tell him any more. “Because I’m a tourist. I have a visa. Why was I attacked? Does the American Embassy know I’m being held?”

He smiled, and looked ominously into my eyes. “I am Colonel Chang. No one knows you are here, and if you have broken our laws, no one can help you. Mr. Doloe is a criminal, a member of an illegal religious organization which is perpetrating a fraud in Tibet.”

My worst fears seemed to be happening.

“I don’t know anything about that,” I said. “I would like to call someone.”

“Why are Yin Doloe and the others looking for this Shambhala?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He took a step closer to me. “Who is Wilson James?”

“He’s a friend of mine,” I said.

“Is he in Tibet?”

“I think so, but I haven’t seen him.”

Chang looked at me with a hint of disgust and, without saying anything else, turned and walked out.

This is bad, I thought, very bad. I was about to get out of bed when the nurse returned with half a dozen soldiers, one of them pushing what looked like a huge iron lung, only it was bigger and standing on tall, wide legs, apparently so that it could be rolled up over someone who was lying in a bed.

Before I could say anything, the soldiers were holding me and rolling the machine over my body. The nurse turned it on, producing a mild humming noise and a bright light directly over my face. Even with my eyes closed I could see the light move from right to left across my head, like the scanner of a copy machine.

As soon as the machine stopped, the soldiers rolled the device away and left the room. The nurse lingered a moment looking me over.

“What was that?” I stammered.

“Just an encephalograph,” she said in careful English as she reached into a cabinet and pulled out my clothes.

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