Sacred Space Program

Chogyam Trungpa developed a sacred 

space program. It was an open secret, in that,

anyone could take part in it and be transported,

magically, to the enlightened kingdom of

Shambhala, albeit for a modest period of time.

Anyone who has done Shambhala Training and 

experienced that ordinary magic understands

the experience I’m speaking of, just as anyone

who has taken LSD, jumped out of an airplane,

or had a near death experience can understand 

what a person who has had a similar experience 

has seen. 

The sacred space of Shambhala is inner space 

and outer space experienced simultaneously. As

Suzuki Roshi pointed out, “me’ is really,  merely, 

a thin veil that obscures, more or less, the inner 

from the outer space. We get hung up because 

we experience “me” so solidly, that we get cut 

off from the inner space, which is why the outer

space can feel so cold, makes us feel like such 

a lonely, solid little thing.

The sacred space program is to dissolve the 

veil between inner and outer space, so that we

can realize that we are really, ultimately, just

part of the environment. No reflecting our light

back into our own mirror. Rather, the sun of 

awareness shining out.