Take Me Home To Shangri-La

Is This Paradise?

It's raining out; this is typical Florida weather in the summer. But our dear Miss Peninsula drinks it up, fast; she is thirsty. Mother Nature gives her a nice cool drink daily; it's greatly appreciated through the eyeglass of her green life stretching from seashore to seashore and from land to sea. For a time, you could set your watch to Mother showing her kindness, but she is not so predictable these days. The streets crowded with a surplus of cars, many out-of-state plates skirting the trunks. Though it doesn't make sense, it's June, and season is long past. But no, these are not tourists; they live here. With so many people working from home, it's easy to live anywhere, why not the sunny south? And this place is paradise, a beautiful southern charm. But it's not the paradise it once was; humanity long forgot that world. If they only knew how it once transcended with such pure beauty, it could take your breath away.

The world was much like a fairytale, beaming with violet and crimson waterfalls rolling majestically through parting hillsides. The forest was vibrating with notes of an almost hypnotizing song of nature floating on air. But, like in fairytales, real magic existed and flourished in all dominions. Exquisite creatures roamed the land like the elusive and remarkable unicorn. It's power, spiritual, and it was a blessing to behold this transcendent creature. There were pixies, fairies, and nymphs dusting fields of flowers with illuminating charm and leprechauns casting down vibrant rainbows, overflowing with clouds of golden affection and spilling into mystical springs. So many magical souls. Much like the description in the Bible of The Garden of Eden, the world resembled a kind of Shangri-La. But describing the world as it was in its purest form is impossible for the modern soul to understand (it is not pure.) Our Utopia, Earth of past, a perfect world with flawless and stunning immortal beings, was once in unity with each other. Their immortality came with the pureness of the soul. Now hidden in a piece of our subconscious is a glimpse of the world that once existed. And it comes to us in our deepest thoughts and is buried in our dreams.

How is it that I know of this magnificent world that once was? I do because I was there, I remember. In this world, I am born special; I am stronger than most. My spirit is pure, and I have a job here. I am an Archangel sent from our creator, and I have lived many lives, and I remember them all. But unfortunately, the world we live in today is doomsday, and now is the aftermath of a perfect world turned to destruction. So as I clutch my magical heart-shaped locket, I drift off into memories of my life then, in that beautiful realm. A moment of sadness passes through my thoughts but fades fast because I know that what once was can be again.

What Happened To Shangri-La

What happened? Why did the beautiful utopic world change? It used to be that our souls could transition into other dimensions and explore the existence of other worlds and life through dimensional portals. Because our world was different, unique, and pure, it made exploring done with extreme caution. It's important to understand that the people and creatures of our world shared a conscience; we were connected in unity, sharing everything. The life on our planet was flawless and souls pure, while others were flawed and impure with negative influences. We only acquired positive and good attributes, with trust being at the highest level, and this became our undoing.

Important rules had to be abided by when exploring other dimensions and worlds. Limited souls were allowed to take passage at the same interval, and each securely monitored. When transitioning, our souls become one with them, sharing their way of conscience and seeing the universe through their eyes as they lived; in this way, it infused the most authentic experience from another world or dimension. But upon return, we had to cleanse our souls and flush out any remnants of impurities acquired while exploring. There was a thorough check before entry into the portal and at the end of each transition. And for a brief time, the unified conscience is not connected right before and after passage; there must be complete trust not to allow impurities to infiltrate our system. It was crucial for our safety; the rules were clear.

One soul bypassed the checkpoints before and after passage through the portal on the day that changed everything. His name was Lucifer. He did not understand the rules thoroughly before his departure. Somehow, he slipped through, unnoticed. People needed to learn the specific instruction for all interested in passage through the portal, and then they became certified. But Lucifer never knew of this and was never certified. So when he took passage, he did not let go of his world, but he did adopt theirs, so the two became integrated. Upon returning from a place laden in turmoil, Lucifers consciousness was now of two worlds, and his soul was not pure. In our world, we lived as one, and we shared all good and positive experiences, but never dark, negative, and when his un-pure soul riddled with darkness was introduced to our shared consciousness, it changed everything.

Wickedness Needs Purification

This immediate shock to all consciousness created complete havoc and emotional depravity. Jealousy, greed, and hatred swarmed into every living soul, all at once, and creatures of our world began hurting and killing each other. The beautiful magic that intrigued our world in a once loving way became a destructive tool of wickedness. It happened so fast by the time creator noticed, most of the population had destroyed itself. The more powerful the magic, the quicker it happened. That meant all of the glorious creatures that now only live in fairytales killed themselves into extinction, leaving behind only a faint memory. Immediately, the creator had to take action, or the human race would do the same. One of his most extraordinary creations, beautiful and pure Earth's once immortal creatures, were about to perish. There was a pause; all remaining life stood frozen in time. What now? There would have to be a re-boot; the slate wiped clean. Life as we knew it would change, maybe forever. A new blueprint for life was created, but only for all the souls left. The magical creatures were too powerful to remain on Earth; it would be too risky. So those mystical souls would live in another dimension and for us, only in our dreams. All remaining souls, once in human form or embodied, would have to become mortal. Only then could the souls be purified.

No longer could there be a shared consciousness; now, there must be separation. Awareness only of one's thoughts, their consciousness needed direction. So the subconscious was designed to help guide them through life. It would also become a portal for creator and other higher beings to become intuition. Beings have free will also and can ask for help from creator or higher beings whenever they feel. The souls needed time to cleanse, so creator gave many lives, as many as needed now that humankind is mortal. Once that is realized and the soul is clean, the energy the body holds will vibrate to the highest frequency and reach enlightenment. Then the soul can ascend to purity and remain with our maker until every soul makes that realization, and we become one again. But creator needed help in guidance and more whispers of intuition. He needed help to get them back to their beautiful place in pureness.

Several souls (I included) happened to be in passage through portal simultaneously as Lucifer, so their pure consciousness was still intact. Their souls survived this way because they were not a part of the unified consciousness at Lucifers' return; they were saved. So at this junction began their quest as Archangels to help save humanity and all remaining creatures. Lucifer was not so lucky; his story is one of repeated damnation. He had to be the example; this could never happen again.

13 Archangels Help Mold A New Life

Creator molded them as his Archangels, the 13 lucky souls, to help the people and creatures adjust to a new world. Each commissioned to one of the eras of new developing regions of the world. They would later be recognized as Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, Celtic Deities and Hero's, Norsemen, India, China, Japan, North America's Mother Earth (My Domain), Mesoamerica, South America, Africa, and Worlds of Australasia.

Once there, they would help creator guide the people and show them the righteous path. In essence, the people were starting with a clean slate. The new history, or what we call Myths, was given to the Archangels. The story was supposed to be the same, but the message changed as each Archangel shared the Myths with the next, creating diverse cultures instead of analogous. It is why the underlying message is similar but not exact. Some resemblances are the birth of the cosmos, a universal flood, and mortality imposed as a punishment for disobedience. They all worshiped "The Gods," in some form, some with many and others with one.

Myths served an essential purpose explaining the creation of the universe, the nature of forces, the origins of the people, and guidance on social behavior. It was crucial to establish a foundation for the people to build their lives and to progress forward. There were specific rules by which to live so that the afterlife could be their reward.

Centuries have come and gone. With guidelines set in place and a solid structure for all, there has been some progress with souls reaching purity. But it has been a long, tedious road through good and evil, union and conflict, and compassion and tyranny. The impurities are dark and difficult to see through. Wars have raged on, sometimes for hundreds of years. So many clashes, and struggles with diversity, it's hard to imagine that we could ever be one. But there has been good too, banding together in the spirit of country, with world alliances, together yet still separate. But it is forward positive motion in the right way. And we, the Archangels, are here to guide. Though whispers, deep inside, called intuition, we gently place our hand at the small of humanity's back and lead the way.

Together We Are One

We are not always aware that we are Archangels. When we are born, we are mortal and live life with a normal upbringing. Then, when ready, our magical locket is presented. It has followed us through our whole human existence. Once we get it, we touch it, and we know who we are and what to do. And inside each of our lockets, there is one word, unity.

Each locket symbolizes something good and pure in our utopic world. Mine represents love; the others represent wisdom, honor, strength, insight, compassion, devotion, courage, trust, generosity, helpfulness, patience, and perception. They are outstanding attributes by themselves, but only a tiny part of something that, when put together, in unity, enlightenment can be shone. It reminds us that we need to unify to save our future; we cannot do it alone. Once we unite, our consciousness becomes one. For centuries we have been working tirelessly to bring souls back to purity through guidance, and we'll keep trying until we succeed. No matter how many lives it will take. We are one, united, and one day, we will bring unity to all living souls in the hopes of living together once again in Shangri-La.

In this life, I'll be doing my part here, on the sandy shores of Florida, with modern-day worries of traffic, rain, and too many people crowding my beautiful southern charm.

By, Kimberly Paulus

Note: All photographs included in this story are my original photos, excluding the original image of the locket, no intentional infringement of copyrigh. Kimberly Paulus