and I told the Tibetan Lama I was studying with at the time this and he said, "Spiritual people are not Tibetan Oracles because it would kill a truly spiritual person to be possessed by the Oracle Tibetan Spirits."
He also said that: "When a Tibetan Oracle gets possessed he often will fly around the room so we have to put a 150 pound headdress on him so he stays on the ground."
So, I realized at least I wasn't a Tibetan Oracle because this is a completely different thing that has more to do with the Mountain Spirits of the Himalayas which are the biggest and tallest Mountains on earth.
So, looking back now to me this is pretty funny from 2024 because I found this out around 1986 when I brought with my wife the Tibetan Lama we were studying with back to the U.S. along with his Darjeeling Translator.
Originally Geshe Lobsand Gyatso had been discovered to be I think what might be called an INCARNATION might be the best word for it in Kham where he was from. His father sold Salt that he took to China from Kham Province in Tibet. So, he was discovered by Tibetan Lamas when he was 6 years old. Geshela as we called him was near the age of the Dalai Lama and also Gelukpa like the Dalai Lama, so Geshela grew up in Lhasa and was trained as a monk there I think at Sera Monastery and he also went with the Dalai Lama when he escaped with his life to India along with many other Tibetan Lamas and Khampa Guards who were good at fighting the Chinese then. They arrived in India March 31, 1959 and the Dalai Lama was given Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh state in India for his Tibetan Government in exile which still exists today and this is where I believe the Dalai Lama presently lives too.
Geshe Lobsang Gyatso passed away in California in the early 2000s. He told me his parents died at around 55 years old so mid 50s for both of them in Kham, Tibet. I told Geshela he would live much longer here in the U.S. for a variety of reasons. Life is hard in a country like Tibet where people live from about 8000 feet to 15,000 feet or more. So, then most people passed away by their 50s there. I think Geshela lived to be around 65 years old or so in California before he passed away.
The Tibetan Culture is very amazing in many different ways. I met many many Tibetans in India and Nepal while my family and I were there from December of 1985 to April of 1986. These experiences permanently changed all our lives for the better.
When we went then it was mostly like traveling to another planet or to Earth 1000 years ago. Tibetans are very kind and sweet and yet genetically very strong from living at high altitudes. I was happily surprised to meet so many kind and wonderful people while traveling in India and Nepal in 1985 and 1986. Geshela and his Translator returned to San Francisco with us and Geshela stayed until he passed away in the early 2000s.
Tashi Delek!
Which means Good Luck to all my Tibetan Friends and everyone else too!
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