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There are many different possibilities and theories of our human origins and evolution. Some of you may have already read about the theory of ancient alien astronauts from my previous blog post: Chariots, Gods & Beyond

Now, I will further explore the theory of how these ancient alien astronauts have influenced and even impacted our life on earth, based on collected years of research of the ancient Sumerian texts.

 

Sumerian History

One of the most famous authorities on Sumerian history is the late Zecharia Sitchin. In 1974, Sitchin had published books such as “The Twelfth Planet”, “The Earth Chronicles”, “The Cosmic Code” and many more. These books provide a compelling body of evidence to support the assertion that the earth had been visited by ancient alien astronauts in its past. Most fascinating of all, is the conclusion that Sitchin formed from his findings – that is, we are the descendants of an alien race. Sitchin’s conclusions are derived from the written records of Sumer, the first civilization on earth that sprang up almost overnight in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley of today’s modern Iraq. By the way, Sitchin is one of the very few humans on earth who could actually read Sumerian texts.

Before his death in October 2010, Sitchin had deciphered more than 2,000 clay cylinders from the time of ancient Sumeria, more than 6,000 years ago. Some of these fragments, which date about 4,000 B.C., are now housed in museums around the world. One fragment in particular, presently in Germany, indicates that Earth is the “seventh planet”, counting in from Pluto. The time frame here is four millennia before modern astronomy confirmed the existence of Pluto as an actual planet in our solar system. So, how did an ancient race of people know this fact?

The ancient Sumerians gave detailed accounts of how the “Gods” came to earth and created a colony in a place they named “E-Den”. These “Gods” also created the first man in their image, whom they named Adam. But Adam was not conceived from “conventional reproduction”. Adam was a hybrid of the “Gods’ DNA” and the DNA of “pre-humans natives” of earth. The Sumerians call their “Gods”, the Anunnaki. And the Anunnaki came not from some “heaven”, but from a planet named, Nibiru. While the Sumerians knew of Nibiru about 6,000 years ago, NASA only discovered it in 1984, naming it Planet X.

This is basically how humans first appeared on Earth – according to the Sumerians.

Here is what we know of the Sumerians so far, as conveyed through their ancient texts – they were the first ancient civilization on earth, and yet they were already highly advanced. In fact, our current civilization stemmed from theirs.

They had developed the first written word, measured time by calendar, created sophisticated music, tools and even complex mathematical equations and systems. Theirs was a civilization of great buildings, governed by laws and organized religious institutions, military craft, agriculture and they even documented everything into some form of historical text made out of clay tablets. Some carvings in the Sumerian tablets even depict them as wearing a device that is much like the wrist-watches we wear today, and they had carried weapons. Look closely at the picture on the left.

The Sumerian ancient texts reveal the most startling information that can potentially re-write the entire history of mankind and the Bible. And today, many of the world’s well-known historians, researchers and archeologists are beginning to agree with Sitchin. One of these famous researchers is Robert Sepehr. He gathered various data from different historians and researchers in the world to make a documentary entitled, “The Planet X Video”. The documentary’s several interviews offer explanations on why they all believe that Nibiru exists, and that Darwin’s evolution of humanity is wrong.

One of the more compelling interviews is with Lloyd Pye, an author and famous researcher on the alien race theory. In this documentary, Pye expounds that humans are not descendants of primates. He attributes the creation of our humanity to alien genetic engineering, as described in the Sumerian texts.

The video below elaborates on why the aliens created humans in the first place.

 

Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/Planet_X_Nibiru.mp4

 

Sitchin states that the stories in the Bible are actually extracts of a larger document of stories, i.e the Sumerian texts. In the video below, Sitchin explained in detail how the Anunnaki created the Sumerian civilization. From the Sumerian pictorial tablets, Sitchin shared that the Anunnaki were actually giants of about 10 feet tall.

 

Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/Zecharia_Sitchin_Anunnaki_and_Planet_X_Nibiru.mp4

 

I have had these two videos edited for your easy reference and viewing. The content are extracts from various sources to summarise how our earth was formed and how the first man came into being. The videos are both about 6 minutes long. Take your time to watch them.

Ancient Sumerian texts indicate that the Earth, which they referred to as “Tiamat”, was struck by a large planet about 450,000 B.C. which moved it into its present orbit. And from that collision, the Moon and the Asteroid Belt were created. In Sitchin’s books, “The Twelfth Planet” and “The Cosmic Code”, he outlines this “celestial collision” as described in the Babylonian text named, “Enuma Elish”.

As the planet “Marduk” (the Sumerian’s ” Nibiru “) came into the solar system on its clockwise elliptical course, one of its satellites first struck “Tiamat”, which was moving in its ordained counterclockwise orbit. Then followed by two more strikes from “Marduk’s” moons. Then “Marduk” itself, an enormous planetary body, struck “Tiamat”. This collision smashed one half of the “Tiamat” into pieces. It became the Earth’s Moon and the “Great Band” (Asteroid Belt). The other half of the planet, which was struck by a smaller moon of “Marduk,” was moved into a new orbit, along with a chunk of material which became its moon. The new planet was then called “KI,” meaning “cleaved one.” The Earth’s original moons were dispersed, changing the direction of their orbits.

 

Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/AlienRace1.mp4

 

Zecharia Sitchin’s passionate interest in learning to read the Sumerian language, also known as “cuneiform” tablets arose from his initial curiosity as a boy concerning the meaning of “Nephilim”, an enigmatic group mentioned in the Old Testament. “Nephilim” translated means “those who came down.” “Came down from where” would be the starting point that turned Sitchin’s book, “The Earth Chronicles” into a reality. To trace the significance of the mystery, Sitchin travelled around the world to ancient sites and former civilizations. To be exact, he had dedicated his entire lifetime to researching the Sumerian history to prove that we are really NOT alone.

For your information, the Bible and dictionary define “Nephilim” as – in the Bible, Hebrew word of no known meaning, denoting peoples of gigantic stature with superhuman strength. The term is translated as “giants” in the Authorized Version. “The Book of Genesis” refers to Nephilim as the offspring of marriages between “daughters of humans” and “sons of God.”

Source: http://www.reference.com/browse/nephilim

Sitchin also compared similar but disparate mythologies in our history in order to provide a fuller understanding of how this “alien revelation” impacted our world’s religions. Be it Greek, Roman or Egyptian mythologies – they all share something in common. They revere Gods and their Gods possessed human-like qualities, capable of jealousy, anger, lust and etc. In addition, the mythologies told an existence of giants and titans in the ancient past. Sitchin asserted that these were not myths, but facts.

When the Anunnaki came back to earth, which was about every 3,600 years, they found our earth women to be very attractive. The union of the Anunnaki and earth women produced powerful giants and titans. When these great beings became too much to handle, the Anunnaki engineered a great flood in order to destroy all that they had created. There were supposedly about 409,000 giants that were killed in the great flood.

The video below illustrates where some of the stories in the Bible originates from.

 

Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/AlienRace2.mp4

 

If we are able to accept that all that we have seen and heard in the videos are true or possible, then it is not surprising at all that archeologists in the world today are digging up skeletal bones of giants. Such findings do certainly make the alien race theory even more plausible. Please see the video below.

 

Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/giant_humans_were_they_real.mp4

 

What I have shared here is not meant to ridicule or offend. It is meant to inform, and to open our minds to the different possibilities. The theories presented here are not made up by me, but based on the research and findings of famous scientists and well-known anthropologists around the world. Whether we are the products of an alien race or not could take a lifetime of study to prove or disprove. The real question would be, IS IT POSSIBLE?

 

“Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of 10 things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these 10 things, he has a special place full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish where he will send *you* to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever til the end of time…but he loves you.”

George Carlin

 

For those who are interested to learn more, I suggest the following:

  1. Genesis Re-visited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUSgO60ZPAI
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfFjKzP3rHg
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyp9p1UDPg
  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJDjAPNMfBM
  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMxSQjYi8c
  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EPqobSsD8

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  1. Samfoonheei on Aug 24, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    Interesting post…… Where do we really come from?
    Well, reading this post to refresh what’s all about. The origin of humans people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioural traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors. Human evolution had taken place over a million years ago. The Sumerian civilization is the oldest civilization known to mankind. Sumerians are considered the creators of civilization and are known for their innovations in language, governance, architecture and so forth. They had emerged roughly 6,000 years ago.
    Many of well-known historians, researchers and archaeologists do described and reveal Sumerian ancient texts that the aliens created humans in the first place. Zecharia Sitchin had been researching his entire lifetime looking for answers to prove that we are really NOT alone. Sumerian ancient texts had reveal that the creation of our humanity is related alien genetics. Sound interesting facts and theory. Interesting videos to watch…..
    Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.

  2. Cc on Dec 29, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.

    There are a lot unexplainable things out there.

  3. Moon Chan on Nov 26, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    This is an great article to help me understand easily about titans. It is interesting to know titans are actually produced by the union of the Anunnaki and earth women. Also the fact that they were the first ancient civilization on earth. This make sense to me because through the works done by Sitchin, we get to know and curious about the intelligence of the ancient race. They were already highly advanced, and told us about the exist of Nibiru.

    I’ve heard people talked about their past life stories, they were alien. The meditation process feels so real and they just know it was them. So I could relate when I read about titans. Like Buddha said, rebirth consciousness arises in new life.

    Sitchin had dedicated his entire lifetime to researching the Sumerian history, his works convinced many of the world’s well-known historians, researchers and archaeologists are beginning to agree with him. Science haven’t answer many questions in the world yet, we should keep open up our minds and embrace the subtle of cosmos.

  4. Samfoonheei on Nov 19, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    Wow….it is an eye opener reading this interesting article. How our earth was formed and how the first man came into being. I did google research to get a better understandings. According to recent findings, the original Hominids emerged on planet earth about 7 million years ago in Africa. The human species evolved from ancestor that was probably arboreal. Sound interesting. The fossils of early humans who lived million years ago came entirely from Africa. Scientists had found and recognize many different species of early humans. Well maybe our long ancestors were created by aliens. The first humans existed between five and seven million years ago after scientist discovered bones from other ancient individuals in their excavations. Reading this post had me opening up a whole new dimension of thoughts and theories of human existence.
    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this with us .

  5. Jacinta Goh on Jun 17, 2019 at 5:05 am

    The name “Nibiru” always stuck in my mind. It was when Rinpoche posted a comment in the live chat before and I’ve answered that alongside with Choong.

    Till this day, I still believe the existence of Niburu or Marduk or Planet X. In one of the sutras, Buddha has described the existence of the giants before. I also believe the possibility of the creation of human race on this earth was through the union between the earth daughter and Anunnaki; the giant God from afar.

    To date, even in Malaysia, giant human skeleton were found in Malacca https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/12/18/giant-human-skeleton-found-historian-also-discovers-largerthanusual-graves-on-island/

    “However, the research on this latest find could help prove or disprove claims that giant-sized men roamed Malacca a long time ago,” ~Mohd Fuad

    Maybe someone can prove him wrong?

  6. Sofi on Mar 26, 2017 at 11:38 pm

    This is such an interesting article that certainly open up our minds to existence of Alien forms, what more as our creators too. From the way the article was written, the possibility of our creation correspond to that of the description in the Bible and the destruction of Giants and Titans in the great flood mentioned may be during the times of Noah’s Ark. With historical evidence that dates back 6000 years BC, well, its certainly no disputing that intelligent lifeforms existed then. I guess it really depends on the frame of mind of the researcher. Was he working solely from ancient times towards our existence or did he thought of his conclusion and worked towards proving his conclusion correct? For the later, then many points will be bias as he will only seek out evidence of proof and may ignore those that contradict.

    For myself, I would believe in Aliens. After all our own Mother Tara, all green in her beautiful splendour is an Alien who came to help us towards liberation from sufferings of samsara. Thank you Rinpoche for making us explore and expand our minds to all possibilities of our ancestry or existence.

  7. freon on Aug 8, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    Dear Rinpoche,

    Thanks for this article, i like it very much. It is an eye opener to me.

    I am curious. If we are offspring of an Alien race. What enlightenment mean to us in reality.
    Where are our creator now? What kind of karma we have ? Can we rebirth to their planet ?

  8. JACK on Feb 15, 2014 at 9:36 am

    SITCHIN IS A LIAR AND A CHEAT DON’T BELIEVE HIS WORK

  9. Julia Tan on Jul 7, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Wow, very interesting investigation! This is the very first time I heard that human was “created” by alien to be their slaves. If this is the case, meaning to say human is not the “original” being like any other animal. We are the scientific product of super high-tech alien. How could they create us so perfectly? Further question is how could they create our mind that never die and able to change physical body lives after lives? So this documentation was saying that alien is the God whom was being described in the Bible because they believe God created human. Is that important to know who and why human being created? If every human live with compassion and wisdom then doesn’t matter where were we come from.

  10. Garrick Zircon on Jun 16, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Thank you for sharing. I love Sitchin’s works 🙂

  11. Lafayette on Dec 13, 2011 at 12:18 am

    Discovery just today this outrageous blog, will visit often now during my limited
    use of public cybers, here in this savage, little peopled outback of a land.
    Lafayette your Grace, in twitter as @fogodoeon.

  12. KevL on Apr 12, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    I have watched the program Ancient Aliens on Astro’s History Channel and it details similarly to what you’ve written on this blog post. Clearly intriguing. I like what you said in your previous blog post, that one should broaden his/her scope in regards to life and not be limited to a narrow perspective. That is one reason why I find Buddhism acceptable – its teachings, IMO, may not be practical in its entirety, but it is definitely more practical and applicable in reality than other religions.

    We may have gone through the process of evolution. We may have descended from aliens. Or we may have been created by an omnipotent being, though I doubt that it is a being in which the average people today call ‘God’.

    Martin: It’s amazing how when we question the existence of the ‘god’ in which you believe in, you simply cry out blasphemy in his name. When we question out of curiosity, you label such inquisitions as ‘ridiculing’. Our present society would definitely be a back-ward one if we didn’t question everything – the progression of science would have long halted, all in the name of religion. I do not mean to offend, but really, if your ‘God’ was as great as you claim him to be, do you think he needs you to defend him in his place? If your ‘god’ was as great as you claim him to be, clearly, he can withstand any form of critism.

    To add, there’s a religion holds no believe in evolution, because if they do that would mean that the context of ‘God created the world in 7 days’ would be false.. While we have solid, physical evidence showing that evolution really did take place.

  13. Zla'od on Apr 8, 2011 at 6:23 am

    Rinpoche, a number of people can read ancient Near Eastern languages, and the scholarly consensus among them is that Sitchin is a crank whose books do not deserve to be taken seriously. Here’s a website that may challenge your views even more than Sitchin’s did:

    http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/

  14. David Lai on Apr 7, 2011 at 11:54 am

    There are tremendous possibilities and even if we weren’t created by an alien race, perhaps we can one day create the offsprings of our own to live and colonize other planets. Well, I doubt if ET girls would be terribly attractive to men but you never know. Too many horror sci-fi invasion flicks have I watched. But no one seemed to have thought of Humans colonizing other planets and invading primitive alien species.

    Perhaps, no one wants to see the truth of what we are doing to the animals on earth. Hence, I always thought Planet of the Apes, a ground-breaking sci-fi flick that is famous for turning the tables on us, humans. If we don’t do something, perhaps we would be conquered and enslaved one days, just like how animals are treated. Karma comes around, don’t it?

  15. mima on Apr 5, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    Thank you Rinpoche for this very precious information.

  16. Adeline Woon on Apr 5, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    “Thus have I heard” the buddha’s clan might be the descendents of the Summerian.

  17. martin on Apr 4, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    Is is quite amazing how so many reject the idea of a “god” being an alien. I suppose, it would be inconveneient to to rethink god as it would necessitate the rethinking of all scoiety’s structures and that are “god-based”. Society arranges everything into packages that all can accept and whatever does not or cannot fall neatly within, is discarded, rejected and ridiculed. A “god” is given the character of being divine and supreme and therefore un-questionable. By extension, a god-chosen ruler is imbued with divinity and also un-questionable. And therefore, this is one way society is “controlled” and “managed”. To be aline-chosen somehow doesnlt carry the same weight and doesnlt have the same ring of holiness.

  18. tenzin llamo on Apr 4, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Dear Rinpoche,

    Above are very interesting points to know. Since we are genetically altered, I wonder how do the ‘aliens’ look like. Buddhism was not mentioned in 1 of the video as having believe that there are other beings out there as said by Buddha Shakyamuni. Thank you Rinpoche for the postings.

  19. Andrew Chiam on Apr 4, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Thanks Rinpoche. Very intersting theory and its making lots of sense too. I had been following the documentary “Chariots of the gods” and “ancient alien” after reading ur blog. Its opening up a whole new dimension of thoughts and theories of human existence.

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Dear everyone, I have chosen to write about this topic for Rinpoche’s blog because it fascinates me and it is something that many people are drawn to. Generally, people are...

Boo! Why Do We Love The Things That Scare Us?

by Shakila Rajendra | Oct 25, 2023

Despite their keeping us up at night, we all love a good ghost story. We are constantly fascinated by tales of ghouls, demonic possessions and those spirits that cannot...

Zozo – The Ouija Board Demon

by Admin | Sep 24, 2023

I was hesitant to have Ms. Vinnie Tan write up this article as I do not encourage anyone to contact negative beings especially with a Ouija board. Negative beings...

Questions on Ghosts

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 8, 2023

(By Tsem Rinpoche)   I posted regarding ‘psychic kids’ and Patricia posed some interesting questions which I have answered. With respect to Patricia, I am posting it here as...

10 Paranormal Pictures!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 24, 2023

  Some pictures I thought you might enjoy and do you think they are genuine. The paranormal beings do exist, but can they be captured on film? What do...

Inhuman Entity caught on film

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 25, 2023

See this episode. It is very good. Very interesting! Look at 5:01 and see an inhuman entity caught on film. Very interesting how these beings can be caught on...

10 Creepy Mysteries You Haven’t Heard Of

by Tsem Rinpoche | Dec 25, 2020

Mysteries are always interesting to read about. Not only does it make our day a little less mundane, but it also help us to open our mind and contemplate...

The Burning Times

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 8, 2020

The 6-part film below is called “The Burning Times”. It explains what went on during the period from 1450 to 1700. That period of time in history is actually...

Witches

by Tsem Rinpoche | Oct 25, 2019

Below are videos that I have found on witches. They are very very good and very informative… interesting and you would enjoy watching. Also learn a lot about bias,...

Malaysian Ghosts: Orang Minyak

by Cindy Hew | May 12, 2018

Of the many types of Malaysian ghost, one of the most perplexing is the Orang Minyak, literally translated as ‘Oily Man’. However, the exact nature of the Orang Minyak...

The Power of Sak Yant

by Phng Li Kim | Dec 19, 2017

For this episode, I flew to Bangkok to discover the mystery behind the Sak Yant (spiritual tattoo). My mission was to learn more about the purpose of the sak...

Mystical Magic and Medical Science

by Phng Li Kim | Aug 28, 2017

In Yogyakarta, I visited Hospital Nur Hidayah where not too long ago, a young woman caused quite a stir. When the woman in question, Supiyati, arrived at the hospital,...

Valak – The Conjuring 2 Demon?

by Admin | Jan 8, 2024

Dear friends, Recently, there has been a huge craze about a horror movie called The Conjuring 2. Yes! I am a self-professed horror junkie although I am also really...

Must Watch: The Paranormal Zone on NTV7

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 8, 2023

The Paranormal Zone official launch!! Congrats to Celebrity Host Ms. Li Kim!!   Last night, The Paranormal Zone had their official launch party! It was an invitation-only event, held at...

The Mysterious Monsters – narrated by Peter Graves

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2023

Dear Everyone, Another favorite video of mine narrated by Peter Graves. He does a good job as he seems convinced in what he is narrating. I wish I can...

Psychic Kids (4)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 8, 2019

Another episode of Psychic Kids I thought my friends would enjoy. Notice how the senior psychics train up the younger ones. Reminds me of the Monastery where senior monks...

Celebrity Ghost Stories (7)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 8, 2019

Here’s another wonderful selection of supernatural encounters by celebrities. I find these neat as they show that people from all walks of life have experiences. Have a watch, learn...

Celebrities Ghost Stories (4) and Psychic Kids (2)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2019

Another dosage of great accounts of the supernatural that gives you a break and also helps you to ponder deeper on mysteries not visible to everyone yet exists. DO...

Celebrities Ghost Stories 2 & 3

by Tsem Rinpoche | Dec 26, 2018

Hello, This is your latest dose of Celebrity Ghosts. I hope you enjoy. Tsem Rinpoche   Part 2   Part 3   Note: All articles published on the blog...

Werewolves: The Shapeshifters

by Cindy Hew | Oct 8, 2024

Commonly associated with the full moon and silver bullets, lycanthropes or werewolves are said to be humans with a mysterious ability to morph into actual wolves or wolf-like creatures...

The Balan-Balan

by Phng Li Kim | Sep 8, 2024

My adventures in Sabah are kept alive in Kota Belud – a place where the natives are firm believers of paganism and the practice of dark magic since hundreds...

Kuchisake Onna

by Admin | Feb 23, 2024

Dear friends, From a young age, I have always been intrigued by Kuchisake Onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman from Japanese folklore. Originally I didn’t know her name or that she...

Legends of Mount Shasta

by Pastor David Lai | Feb 8, 2024

In the language of the Karuk natives, Mt Shasta is known as Úytaahkoo or ‘White Mountain’. It is an active volcano located at the southern tip of the Cascade...

Reincarnation Videos YOU MUST WATCH!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2023

Nov 28, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I wanted to share this videos with you for the longest time and happy I can do so now. Learn, ponder...

Can you believe in this?

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 8, 2023

I have always had an interest in mythology and folklore... about mysterious occurrences or beings that were described in books, or from stories shared by our family and friends...

Atlantis: The Richat Structure

by Wei Tan | Nov 30, 2021

Could the legendary Atlantis be real? These videos suggest that it can be located with relative ease in the modern day. The main sources of evidence draws from Plato’s...

Are angels ancient aliens??

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 25, 2021

Many of us believe in angels. 70% of Americans, believe in the existence of angels… 55% of Americans believe in guardian angels. It is said that every day, one...

Ancient Aliens: The Return

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 8, 2021

“The Return” is the last episode of Season 1 of the Ancient Aliens series. In the 20th century there was evidence that we were still being visited by alien...

Ancient Aliens: The Mission (episode 4)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 24, 2021

If we can make expeditions in search of resources to sustain our culture, wouldn't any other life form who needs resources to survive do the exact same thing by...

Ancient Aliens: The Evidence (Episode 2)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 8, 2021

Hard evidence is presented that makes the possibility of alien existence undeniably real - and yet some people would still rather not accept it. It may go against our...

Ancient Aliens: The Visitors (Episode 3)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 25, 2021

It is written in the Old Testament: 'The God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness". Who is "Us" and "Our"? In the Quran,...

Legends of Mount Shasta

by Pastor David Lai | Feb 8, 2024

In the language of the Karuk natives, Mt Shasta is known as Úytaahkoo or ‘White Mountain’. It is an active volcano located at the southern tip of the Cascade...

Reincarnation Videos YOU MUST WATCH!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2023

Nov 28, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I wanted to share this videos with you for the longest time and happy I can do so now. Learn, ponder...

Thursday Paranormal Tales

by Admin | Nov 30, 2022

Many people like myself, are curious about paranormal experiences. It is a whole new world that most of us have yet to completely explore and understand. Some people have...

Nazca Lines – Another Sign of Paranormal Activity?

by Tsem Rinpoche | Dec 8, 2021

Have you ever wondered how the Nazca Lines are made? Are they man made or is there something else behind its creation that we might not know of...

Atlantis: The Richat Structure

by Wei Tan | Nov 30, 2021

Could the legendary Atlantis be real? These videos suggest that it can be located with relative ease in the modern day. The main sources of evidence draws from Plato’s...

SUPERMOON

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2021

On March 19th… You may be surprised by what you will see or have seen… For the first time in 18 years, the moon will swing around Earth very...

Just What Are Sailing Stones?

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 24, 2020

Look at these pictures and let your imagination try to figure out how this came to pass. Stones in the middle of nowhere that leave trails behind them, yet...

Psychic Kids (4)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 8, 2019

Another episode of Psychic Kids I thought my friends would enjoy. Notice how the senior psychics train up the younger ones. Reminds me of the Monastery where senior monks...

Kid Painter is Mini Monet

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 8, 2019

Kid geniuses are people who were good in something in another life and they from a young age without or with very little training can do something beyond your belief system...

Celebrities Ghost Stories (4) and Psychic Kids (2)

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2019

Another dosage of great accounts of the supernatural that gives you a break and also helps you to ponder deeper on mysteries not visible to everyone yet exists. DO...

The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle

by Cindy Hew | Jul 17, 2017

Mind boggling disappearances of ships and aircrafts – this is what immediately comes to mind at the mere mention of the Bermuda Triangle. Its reputation is so notorious that...

Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 25, 2024

I have always been interested in ancient civilisations such as China, Egypt and Mesopotamia as they reflect the sophistication and advancements of the people at that time. Although people...

Sleep Paralysis – Medical or Paranormal?

by Admin | Mar 8, 2024

Sleep paralysis or more commonly known in Chinese as ‘鬼压床’ is one of the most common paranormal encounters. Hence, most people would have experienced some form of sleep paralysis...

Legends of Mount Shasta

by Pastor David Lai | Feb 8, 2024

In the language of the Karuk natives, Mt Shasta is known as Úytaahkoo or ‘White Mountain’. It is an active volcano located at the southern tip of the Cascade...

China builds world’s largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens

by Tsem Rinpoche | Dec 25, 2023

Dear friends around the world, It is interesting that China is looking for extraterrestrial communications. China is really catching up on all fields of interest. Take a read. Tsem...

Einstein on Buddhism

by Tsem Rinpoche | Sep 8, 2023

Dear friends around the world, I came across this interesting article recently and thought that it’d be nice to share it on my blog. People would often pick science...

Initial DNA analysis of Paracas elongated skull released

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 25, 2023

Initial DNA analysis of Paracas elongated skull released – with incredible results 5 February, 2014 – 13:47 by April Holloway Paracas is a desert peninsula located within the Pisco...

Guess what was found!!!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Nov 8, 2022

I have interests in many subjects. I just don’t have enough time in the day to get deeper into many of the subjects that captures my mind. One of...

Top 10 Space Mysteries

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2020

In something as big as the universe, there are bound to be unexplainable phenomena... and things we truly can’t grasp. The universe shows us how small we really are...

Resurrecting Mammoths

by Tsem Rinpoche | Nov 24, 2019

Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 1/17/2011 Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using...

A Planet discovered that could have life…..

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 8, 2019

Imagine there are 40 BILLION planets out there that can support life in our universe… Wow… There has to be other life forms. The mathematical chances is beyond doubt...

Into The Universe With Stephen Hawking – Time Travel

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 25, 2019

Watch enlightening documentaries online! Into The Universe With Stephen Hawking – Time Travel (2010).The promise of time travel has long been one of the worlds favorite scientific what-ifs? Hawking...

Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking – The Story Of Everything

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 8, 2019

Watch enlightening documentaries online! Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking – The Story Of Everything (2010) In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a...

Paranormal Experiences Occur Everywhere – Part 2!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Oct 8, 2022

In the late 80’s, I was a university student in Essex, England. I was living in a student hostel at the university ground. The hostel was a high-rise building...

Paranormal Experiences Occur Everywhere – Part 1!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Sep 8, 2022

I like Steven Wong's stories very much as it shows that spirits and unseen beings are actually not restricted to specific areas like cemeteries or abandoned houses. Instead, they...

Bukit Antarabangsa Hauntings

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 25, 2022

Remember the Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide in 2008? What about the Highland Towers apartment building which collapsed in 1993? I am sure that you know many died during those two...

The Shadow On My Bed

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 8, 2022

More and more people are sharing their paranormal experiences with us, and I thank Mr. Michael Moore for sharing with us a very kind and sincere story... can you...

A Relieving Experience

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 24, 2022

Some people encounter with spirits directly and have disturbing experiences with the unseen whilst there are others who experience it very differently, where they feel that the incident has...

A swirl at the foot of my bed

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 24, 2022

  Perhaps Paranormal: Two night ago in the middle of the night in my hotel room, I woke up and noticed a dark swirling ‘entity’ that was not exactly...

The Lady in Red

by Admin | Sep 8, 2021

The two men disappeared into the woods and came out on the other side. They walked very fast without saying a word to one another. Finally, they stopped at...

The Headless Nun: A Canadian Ghost Story

by Guest | May 6, 2019

In the mid 1700s, The French Fort Cove, the place of the happenings concerning our tale, was a military fortification on the banks of the Miramichi River, between what...

The Balan-Balan

by Phng Li Kim | Sep 8, 2024

My adventures in Sabah are kept alive in Kota Belud – a place where the natives are firm believers of paganism and the practice of dark magic since hundreds...

Jean Ai

by Tsem Rinpoche | Dec 8, 2022

Thailand is known for their terrifying horror movies and you know what people say...where there is smoke, there is fire so when Jean Ai went to Bangkok to work...

Thursday Paranormal Tales

by Admin | Nov 30, 2022

Many people like myself, are curious about paranormal experiences. It is a whole new world that most of us have yet to completely explore and understand. Some people have...

JP Revisited

by Tsem Rinpoche | Nov 24, 2022

Whilst the Chinese have practised ancestral worship for centuries, for most people a visit to the graves of their forefathers stops there. A few offerings and some flowers, and...

David Lai

by Tsem Rinpoche | Oct 25, 2022

Quiet and unassuming, on first appearance David Lai does not come across as a person who has paranormal experiences. As they say however, looks can be deceiving...

JP

by Tsem Rinpoche | Sep 24, 2022

Facing college life in a new city, JP Thong had no idea what awaited him when he moved thousands of miles away from home to New York, where he...

Till I See Blood

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2022

After sleepless nights in Bangkok, Angel finally fell asleep, only to find herself struggling for her breath as she was rudely awakened by an unseen stranger. Feeling pressed down...

CJ

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 25, 2022

Many of us have heard that some people have the ability to see the dead and many of us have heard of the movie 'The Sixth Sense'. For 16...

Edward

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 25, 2022

There are many children around the world who tell their parents that they see dark figures. Most of the time, their parents would brush them off and tell them...

Snake Spirit

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 8, 2022

This week, I share with you a story that relates to the time when I was residing in southern Thailand. I stayed there for about a month to do...

Burmese Temple & Floating Heads

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 8, 2022

In this episode, we have exclusive rights to film at one of the most exotic locations in Malaysia at night: The Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple. Founded on 1st August...

Red Face

by Tsem Rinpoche | Feb 22, 2022

This week, I share with all of you 2 paranormal stories. The first relates to the filming location: Shih Chung Branch School. Around 1885, the very first 5-storey bungalow in Penang...

Legends of Mount Shasta

by Pastor David Lai | Feb 8, 2024

In the language of the Karuk natives, Mt Shasta is known as Úytaahkoo or ‘White Mountain’. It is an active volcano located at the southern tip of the Cascade...

They are Everywhere

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 25, 2022

Whether we believe in aliens or not, it is undeniable that the thought of other beings existing in places unknown to mankind yet is interesting...

Foreign Visitor in the Amazon!!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 8, 2022

Alien enthusiasts are always eager to find the latest alien discovery or encounters. Over the years, hundreds of media releases turn out to be hoaxes… It’s difficult to figure...

Spotted in a Sandstorm

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 25, 2021

I received an interesting email from Philip Yong, which shows some live CNN footage of a sandstorm also known as a “Haboob”. What’s interesting to note about this live...

A HUGE Collection of UFO Photographs from 1870 to 2011

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 24, 2021

  I was sent an email with a link to one of the most interesting websites on UFOs: UFOCasebook.com! This website contains A LOT of information in the form...

Top 10 Space Mysteries

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2020

In something as big as the universe, there are bound to be unexplainable phenomena... and things we truly can’t grasp. The universe shows us how small we really are...

Astronauts & Military Men Speak

by Tsem Rinpoche | Feb 8, 2020

There are 2 videos below that are of UFOs. These are probably 2 of the most convincing videos on UFOs so far. This is mostly because the presenters are...

They’re Sighted Everywhere

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2020

This YouTube video was forwarded to me by Shirley Tan. It is of a UFO sighting on the 18th of January in Moscow, Russia. The video was taken from...

Second UFO sighting baffles China & Malaysia

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 24, 2019

Another unidentified flying object (UFO) has been spotted hovering over a part in southwestern China’s Chongqing province after a similar sighting last week caused massive flight delays at a...

More UFO videos from China!!! Very convincing!!!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Feb 22, 2019

You have to watch these neat videos. They are very convincing. I copy and pasted the information below just so you have more to go on and understand. Enjoy...

Unsolved Mysteries – UFO’s & Me…

by Tsem Rinpoche | Sep 14, 2018

Since I was very young, I was naturally drawn to phenomena that was not accepted by ‘mainstream’ public. That didn’t bother me. I was always the type of person...

Flatwoods Monster: Close Encounter of the Third Kind?

by Cindy Hew | Nov 25, 2017

If you were in Flatwoods in Braxton Country, West Virginia around September 1952, chances are you would have been caught up in the hype surrounding the first sighting of...

Reincarnation Videos YOU MUST WATCH!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Aug 8, 2023

Nov 28, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I wanted to share this videos with you for the longest time and happy I can do so now. Learn, ponder...

Pastor Chia on Wah Lai Toi!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Apr 24, 2023

Pastor Chia, a long time student of mine appeared on TV recently. He was interviewed by a Paranormal Program on Astro Wah Lai Toi. It is so exciting to...

Inhuman Entity caught on film

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 25, 2023

See this episode. It is very good. Very interesting! Look at 5:01 and see an inhuman entity caught on film. Very interesting how these beings can be caught on...

Bigfoot Proven?? Must Watch!!!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Feb 8, 2023

American Paranormal is a one year old series on the National Geographic channel. They kicked-off their new series in 2010 with a documentary on Bigfoot!! This documentary uses thorough...

The Mysterious Monsters – narrated by Peter Graves

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jan 25, 2023

Dear Everyone, Another favorite video of mine narrated by Peter Graves. He does a good job as he seems convinced in what he is narrating. I wish I can...

Thursday Paranormal Tales

by Admin | Nov 30, 2022

Many people like myself, are curious about paranormal experiences. It is a whole new world that most of us have yet to completely explore and understand. Some people have...

Foreign Visitor in the Amazon!!

by Tsem Rinpoche | Mar 8, 2022

Alien enthusiasts are always eager to find the latest alien discovery or encounters. Over the years, hundreds of media releases turn out to be hoaxes… It’s difficult to figure...

Ancient Aliens – Season 1 to Season 3

by Tsem Rinpoche | Oct 25, 2021

Ancient Aliens is a series that launched their first episode on 20 April 2010. The series proposes various evidence around the theory that sometime within the existence of human civilization,...

League of Gentlemen visit ‘haunted’ Gloucestershire pub

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jul 8, 2021

Below is an article that my student, Shirley Tan, sent me. It is about a popular group of British comedians who decided to brave potential scares in a haunted...

Who are the Freemasons?

by Tsem Rinpoche | Jun 8, 2021

The Freemasons are known to be very secretive and according to some people, almost cult-like. Cult is a very subjective word of course. Although I do not know much....

Are angels ancient aliens??

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 25, 2021

Many of us believe in angels. 70% of Americans, believe in the existence of angels… 55% of Americans believe in guardian angels. It is said that every day, one...

Ancient Aliens: The Return

by Tsem Rinpoche | May 8, 2021

“The Return” is the last episode of Season 1 of the Ancient Aliens series. In the 20th century there was evidence that we were still being visited by alien...

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