Picture: Palm Canyon; Mother thought this the most wonderful place 55 years ago, and it still is.
God is equally present everywhere. Thus affirms the great scriptures of the world and realized Beings down through time. And so God proves on a daily basis as He has taken us hither and yon. We have travelled to the deserts of Southern California to be here with devotees and to see how Divine Mother manifests Herself in this part of the world.
We have motored our way to Borrego Springs where Rick and Judy have their RV parked on the desert “boon-docking” in the midst of purple and brown shaded mountains. Rajasi Jnanakananda (James J. Lynn), Dr. Lewis and Bob Raymer all had homes in this area, using them as retreats. Mother came here after returning from India in 1958 in her recovery from paralysis suffered in her Mystical Crucifixion.
It is easy to see why they found this area conducive to healing and raised consciousness. There is such a pure and expansive feeling in this desert. Indeed, saints have sought out the desert from time immemorial in order to find solitude and pure vibration. Perhaps we will be brought back some day in order to spend more time here.
From the simplicity of boon-docking we return to the glamor of Palm Desert– El Paseo is a “tony” shopping area that would please more discriminating buyers. With beautifully lite boulevards that are banked on either side by walled off golf courses, deluxe hotels and resorts, it is simply amazing how water changes brown hills to green grass and rising palms trees. Bread may be the staff of life, but water is the absolutely essential ingredient for all life on this planet.
And God is the pulsating Life through it all. From the lonely gecko sunning on a rock to the pink shod lady walking her purebred pooch past brand name stores it is all Divine Mother parading Her life in a variety that is dizzying in its multiplicity. To the unbiased eye both manifest a singular mystery and beauty that pulses with bliss. Is not the life in the water flowing up the center of the palm tree not the same as what manifests in the lady in fluorescent pink shoes? And is not all life from the same Source, and a blissful expression of God?
Through pure vision the kingdom of Heaven is spread all over this earth, and with eyes to see and ears to hear it is unallayed joy to behold it. May you also know that kingdom as it manifests in your life, and that you feel His bliss now and always