Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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Life - As I've seen it
this point. She had lived her life very peacefully for others and her death was also consistent with her life. One morning, she prepared an offering to take to a temple as was here daily ritual. Before going to the temple, she sat for one hour in meditation so that her soul would become free from all worldly attachments. Before she finished the meditation, she became unconscious. Other family members quickly rushed to her aid and tried to revive her by feeding her drinking water. Manekben revived for a moment and told them not to feed her water as she had vowed to become free from all worldly attachments. Then, she passed away just as a driver was preparing the family car to take her to the temple. It was as if her preparation of the ritual offering to God and her vow to become free from all worldly attachments had taken her in God's presence. What a way to live life and to leave life! What a blooming of a family of flowers in nature's garden!
Translation by Dr. Vikram Mehta