[claire]Tara

Mark Holmes stooge@pranamaya.com
Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:50:26 -0700 

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 From Mark:

It is with both a special sadness and a special joy that I want to 
share with you that Clare, Corey and I were honored to witness Tara's 
last breath this morning at about 1:45am India time.  It was an 
absolutely amazing experience, made all the more special by it's 
softness and peace.  We will write more to describe the air, the wind, 
the moon and the quality of Tara's presence as it left her body.  But 
suffice it to say that it was a blessed event, and continues to be.  So 
much has happened in this absolutely full and rich day, and we're 
utterly exhausted.  Expect more soon.

Much Love,

Mark

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 From Clare:

the best word to describe the past 21 hrs or so is .......... WOW, 
simple as that, it was utterly an honour to have been with Tara as she 
passed on from us, indeed to have been with her over the past 3 weeks. 
Its difficult to speak coherently, to put it into words, the feelings, 
emotions, laughs, smiles, sad moments, energy and wonderment that go 
into todays beautiful picture of life. so i will have to leave it just 
as WOW, and thank-you Tara for every moment. With love Clare

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 From Corey

As Mark and Clare have both already written, the day has been 
incredible and somewhat inexplicable in this state of exhaustion.  But 
I am struck by the vast ways in which Tara's life has affected the 
people who have known her, or have even known of her.  My emotions over 
the few days I have spent in India have changed wildly, but right now 
I'm just feeling thankful for the opportunity to know Tara, who may 
have come as close to sainthood as anyone I will ever know.

Love,
Corey

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 From All

We apologize for our incapacity to provide any more information now.  
Please know that there is much more to come, in the form of emails, 
conversations, videos, and photographs.  For now, please trust that 
there was an unbelievable amount of love, devotion, and care expressed 
today and the story is still unfolding.  We will write more when we 
have gotten a little more sleep.

Om Namah Sivaya.


Here is a photo of Tara about 10 minutes before she died.  She was 
very, very peacefully sleeping.