Vimala Thakar Born : April 15, 1921Died : March 11, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Vimala Thakar Life is in the here and now. Vimala Thakar here-and-nowlife-ismissing Once you have tasted the nectar of Silence, then whether your eyes are open or closed does not matter. Once you have tasted the nectar of that dimension, then it does not matter whether you are sitting in a room or working in an office or the kitchen or talking to people. The quality of aloneness, the quality of motionlessness, the quality of thoughtfreeness does not get affected by physical or verbal movement. Vimala Thakar eyetalkingpeople You may know the pain of possessing and dependency, reducing persons to objects, but this is not love. Love doesn't attempt to bind, ensnare, capture. It is light, free of the burden of attachments. Love asks nothing, is fulfilled in itself. When love is there, nothing remains to be done. Vimala Thakar painlightlove-is All our lives we are engaged in preserving our experiences and keeping them fresh by artificially sprinkling the water of memory over them. They have ceased to retain their original smell and fragrance. Do you call it life- this effort at the preservation of a phantom freshness in something that is withered and gone? Vimala Thakar smellwatermemories Nothing in life is trivial. Life is whole wherever and whenever we touch it, and one moment or event is not less sacred than another. Vimala Thakar sacredeventslife-is Revolution, total revolution, implies experimenting with the impossible. And when an individual takes a step in the direction of the new, the impossible, the whole human race travels through that individual. Vimala Thakar revolutionracesteps To realize that one is really alone, gives new courage to the person. Discovery of truth is a journey, a voyage on which one has to launch alone. You cannot impose the inquiry of truth in the heart of your partner. You cannot compel your partner to have the same intensity or the same depth of inquiry. So irrespective of where you are, the voyage has to be launched upon alone. Taking the inward journey and arriving at silence, is a voyage in solitude. Vimala Thakar journeyheartdiscovery The life that the dawn brings us is the only life we have. Life Vimala Thakar here-and-nowdawnlife-is When the state of observation is sustained, it changes the quality of your biological structure. The nerves are steady, the chemical system has an equilibrium, and there is relaxation, equipoise. You live in the clarity of knowing who you are. Vimala Thakar knowing-who-you-arequalityrelaxation When we see the wholeness of being born, living, and dying, there is a joy in living and a grace in dying. Vimala Thakar dyinggracejoy As we deepen in understanding, the arbitrary divisions between inner and outer disappear. The essence of life, the beauty and grandeur of life, is its wholeness. Vimala Thakar arbitraryunderstandingessence Meditation is meeting eternity in the present moment. It is resolving every problem as it comes. It is resolving every tension as it creeps in. It is facing the challenges of life in a non-fearful way. Vimala Thakar meditationpracticechallenges To take a journey of a thousand miles, you have to begin with the first step from the place where you stand; the romantic description of the journey and the things the body sees on the way and the description of the scenery are of no use unless you lift your foot and take the first step. Vimala Thakar journeyfeettravel Friendship inspires and enriches the lives of those who come together. Vimala Thakar togetherfriendshipinspire
