Page 88

By Jack Joseph Smith

62 translucent walking with the monk father of her child, The Self Realization Center was neatly tucked within the wealthy Palisades just past the edge ef Las Angeles, Will Rogere Stae Park was near at hand, for tourists to witness his. estate of realization, The priests and the jes= tere idioma | palace in reute te the cou- | fertable gravey Pod Buner déum e Odrss os burnviz al 7) i "You must’ rise above: these things Jaugeline,®* ble & re io eM ¢ Porth sthope, the Buddhistie American was repeating, "Ever the Mohammedans: knew Allah is beyend alshel, In the inner parts ef you there is great strength, and yeu are physically: perfected far eneugh ts allew the auna:of yeu its beauty. Te be radiant, Jaugeline; eenes: net frem the suggestive sheen: laid in paint below your eyes." He makes: indieation to the white swans; the white duekss "You see how serene they are with= out’ changess" The -birds were flodting on an artificial pend beneath the distance of a quaintly curved wooden bridges She watehed’ the arch in the neck of & Turgnnt> swan, as they walked aside-a eiwe stone rectang= ular monument. “You see Jaugeline; out structure dees net wish |

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GPT

The page stages a comic but pointed contrast between institutional spirituality and Jaugeline's more unruly, resistant presence.

Its satire is quiet but clear. The serene birds, monuments, and polished counsel all belong to a controlled version of transcendence, while Jaugeline remains harder to absorb into that order, carrying a restless vitality the setting cannot neutralize.


Claude

A comic contrast between institutional spirituality and Jaugeline's bluntness — she will not be patronized by polished religious language. The page introduces her in her fighting mode.