Voyage Within With Vimalajee

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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it was during a pilgrimage tour with her at IDAR, Gujarat, while Srimad Rajchandraji's dedicated follower POOJYA SAHAJANANDAGHANJI-Bhadra Muhi met there all of a sudden at the end of December 1967, on way to Srimadji's places from Hampi.
Regarding IDAR, The DIVINE ABODE OF SRIMADJI and Shri SAHAJANANDAGHANJI's inspiring meeting with VIMALAJEE and this humble self, I have mentioned with interest in this internal Voyage with VIMALAJEE. She also has referred to this in one of her letters from Shivkuti, Mount Abu on 9-1-1968:
"On 31" December went to Idar from Ajol... suddenly on the same day there arrived Shri Bhadra Muni, who has founded Srimad Rajchandra Ashram near Hampi, along with his 25 followers. As if a fair took shape over there. There is no doubt in it that the place of Idar is a 'SIDDHA BHOOMI'. Management of the Ashram is satisfactory. I was extremely pleased."
(Gujarati book "VIMALPANTHE JIVANYATRA"-page 13)
During my Principal ship and Professorship in Gujarat up to 1970, a number of Students' and general Seekers' Camps and Retreats of Vimalajee had been organized or attended by this self at Ajol, Visnagar, Mehsana, Palanpur, Patan, Ahmedabad, Chorwad, etc in Gujarat.
Thereafter editing and Publishing of "SELECTED WORKS OF SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA" was jointly planned with her to bring out in a series of Volumes. But since I moved from Gujarat to Bangalore and Hampi in Karnataka resigning my 'Vidyapith' position in 1970, this venture could not materialize. But, as it will be found later out in this Voyage, she became solely instrumental in editing and publishing of "SAPTABHASHI ATMASIDDHI" (which has a unique forward by her and which ought to have been published by above referred Srimad Rajchandra Ashram at Hampi) and recently "PANCHABHASHI PUSHPMALA" and other works of Srimad Rajchandraji.
Here, in this internal and intimate Voyage with hers is the account of our meeting with her after a long span of about 25 years' time in 1994 at Mount Abu, followed by other Divine Heights-scaling meeting at Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh in 1997. Accounts of these meetings are preceded by the 1967 end meeting at Idar and previous acquaintances during Vinobaji's Bhoodan Padayatras in a flashback of events.
Most of the events of internal Voyage with hers by this humble Self clearly and evidently show that how much love and care she constantly offers for a small seeker like me. All of those who have come in her contact will endorse this.
May this voyage of ours inspire all seekers.
DIDI VIMALAJEE'S REFLECTION ON THIS SCRIPT :
I have gone through the MS. There is nothing to add, subtract or change. It is your version of our conversations. Translation is also done by you.
Didi.