Voyage Within With Vimalajee

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

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"Same intimacy of Chi. Parul took shape with Sushri Vimala Thakar - Vimala Tai-An associate of Acharya Vinobaji, Dada Dharmadhikari and renowned Philosopher Sri. J.Krishnamurti. Being acquainted with us from our Sarvodaya
Bhoodan Padyatra days and Acharya Rajneesh Meditation & Music meetings, she was also kind enough to be with us from time to time and to shower her love, guidance and grace on our children-particularly on Chi. Parul and Chi. Vandana.
"Worth-remembering were her stays with us at Visnagar during our Mahila Art College principal ship and at Sanskar Teerth, Ajol. In a year-end camp.
I remember quite well. The then camp was to end on 31st December 1966, which was coincidentally Chi. Parul's birthday also. Vimala Tai after becoming intimate with Parul all these days also, blessed her on the birthday morning saying ---
"Be a revolutionary : VIDROHINI BHAV !
Be like me : MAMA SADRISHI BHAV...!"
"Though these blessings of Vimala Tai were contrary to little Parul's silent and serene nature at that time, they began to materialise later when Parul developed her abilities as a writer-journalist and her truth-seeking pen went on becoming fearless and revolutionary. Perhaps the seeds of this individuality were shown in this episode of Vimala Tai's blessings."
A RARE TELEPATHIC MEDITATION EPISODE AT VISNAGAR:
After above Ajol Camp, in December 1967, I had to privilege to organise Deedi Vimalajee's three-days' GirlStudents'Camp at Mahila Art College, Visnagar, where I then happened to be the Principal of that College. Our whole family was fortunate to host the hospitality of Deedi and her learned accompanying Musician and Pandit Omkarnath Thakur's disciple Dr. Premlata Sharma. In post-camp-hours our daughters had the joy of Deedi's loving company mostly out-bursting with the fountains of her divine laughter's. We had the joy of sharing her philosophical expressions and meditations in the night and early mornings. In morning she usually used to get up very early when we too enjoyed joining her silent meditative sittings in our house. Wife Sumitra even did not miss such elevating company of Deedi in spite of her busily serving and looking after Deedi. Seeing her spite of Non stop work, Deedi had entitled her with the words of "Highly Industrious Serving Soul".
It so happened that one night after the midnight and even before the usual risings in the Dawn, Deedi suddenly got up from the bed and silently sat down crossed legs in her Meditation. I saw it and I too got upand without disturbing her, humbly sat down in silent meditation joining her Internal voyage. After about an hour, when she got up to go to toilet, I tried to inquire of this to early risings of her in the night. She replied to me only in brief before resuming her Meditation-sitting, "Pratap bhai! Panditji-Omkarnathji is calling me to listen to his new Musical composition....."
And saying so she sat down again and slipped into that silent stream of Clairvoyant Meditation. I did not like to ask any further and remained seated silently again in front of her. All were yet asleep. It seemed as if Deedi was enjoying the Divine music being subtly rendered by the Great Modern Mystic Musician. I had known through Deedi and Premlata ji during this stay then that Pandit Omkar Nathji was not well and was admitted in Bombay Hospital. Just like Dada Dharmadhikari, Pt. Omkarnathji also used to treat Deedi as her worthy daughter and shower his love upon her from time to time. Amidst this background, it was quite natural that Panditji, before his great departure from the mortal world, was singing and making listen his unusual Musical compositions.
After sometime at about 5:30 A.M. Deedi opened her eyes, told me that "After making me listen his Last Divine Music, Panditji's great Voyage has begun... He has left the mortal frame. He has departed from the world."
She again become silent as if paying her tributes to the departed great Musician. The 6-0 A.I.R. Bulletin Broadcast informed of Panditji's passing away at the Bombay Hospital Telepathic Meditation Sitting of Deedi!!!.