![]() ![]() A few others decamped in the downtown tourist strip that marked the highlight of the city’s commercial centre. My flight was not until 8.45pm so I had resolved to get a local bus from the airport and visit Boulder, one of the renowned founding locations of Shambhala, in particular to visit the Shambhala centre.Īs I arrived I was drawn by the sight of war veterans in their 40s or maybe 50s, standing at a road junction, each holding a hand-written cardboard that testified to their honourable discharge and good character but also unemployed status. Humming birds, wrens, gophers and one quite substantial rabbit all made regular appearances. A pair of swifts constantly perched on the cabling high in the main tent and chirruped to each other engagingly. ![]() Every day deer would wander among us, and chipmunks occasionally ran through the marquee rifling fruit from the shrine with striking confidence. With Laramie and Cheyenne evocatively within striking distance to the north, it was not hard to reconcile this hardy yet elegant landscape with the native North Americans of an earlier era. Some 180 participants had spent time together in the slightly rarefied air at 8000 feet in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Wednesday was departure day for me after a retreat at Shambhala Mountain Centre.
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