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Geskryf deur Vimala Thakar
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In her book Spirituality and Social Action , social activist and spiritual teacher Vimala Thakar passionately calls spiritual seekers and activists alike to take responsibility for the totality of what it means to be human:
A new challenge awaits us at the beginning of the twenty-first century: to go beyond fragmentation...and be open to total living and total revolution. In this era, to become a spiritual inquirer without social consciousness is a luxury that we can ill afford, and to be a social activist without a scientific understanding of the inner workings of the mind is the worst folly. Neither approach in isolation has had any significant success.... As we deepen in understanding, the arbitrary divisions between inner and outer disappear.... Life is not fragmented; it is not divided. It cannot be divided into spiritual and material, individual and collective.... And each passionate being who dares to explore beyond the fragmentary and superficial into the mystery of totality helps all humanity perceive what it is to be fully human. 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 |
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