This is the hardest search of all. It is easy to find a Deva in a Himalayan cave. It is almost impossible to find one in a parking lot or a subway tunnel. And yet, this is where 85% of humanity now lives.
When you walk through a redwood forest in California or a cedar grove in Japan, you are not walking through a lumber yard. You are walking through a civilization of beings who operate on a different time scale. In the Shinto tradition of Japan, this is Kami —the spirit of the tree. In Hinduism, this is Vanaspati , the Lord of the forest. Searching for- deva in-
In Sanskrit, this is called Maya – the illusion that the Deva is not there. The search itself is the Deva. The longing you feel? That is the Deva wearing the mask of absence. The ache in your chest when you look at a sunset? That is the Deva reminding you that you are an exile from the garden of pure consciousness. This is the hardest search of all