I am so grateful and happy to say: the retreat part of Maha Maya Center is finished!

It’s incredible, a little more than a year ago at this place have been rubbertrees in monoculture. And now there are shining temples, a seminar hall and ready made rooms for guests!

With humility I may say, that all this was a much greater aim than mine. A aim that chose this place to be a place for transformation and healing.

Bhole Baba ki Jai
Jai Maha Maya Ki Jai

When I sit at the holy fire in the early morning, I know that endless time before, somebody else sat at this place to do his or her seva.

The light from then retired, but it wants to revive now. That’s why all over the world, places like this will arise.

At these places, humans will aim themselves to the light and identify themselves with it.

The order of building depends on the concept of the center. The retreat guests will guarantee the longterm financing of the healing home, that’s why this part needed to be finished first.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart, if you feel you want to (further) support me in letting the center grow.

If you look forward to visiting Maha Maya Center you can already get an idea here: https://www.hiao-healing.com/en/hiao-einzelretreat/I had a some guests already and will keep you updated with their experiences ????  

Lots of Love!

Parvati

So I am back at Maha Maya land, after 6 monts. I am so grateful, bevause this center, that arises is so guided and protected.

As soon as my feet responded again, Alex - our wonderful architect - guided us through the building site. Actually it doesn't feel like a building site, because it's so beautiful already. We walk through an alley of palmtrees and I can perceive how wonderful and healing this garden will be, as soon as it may grow. I see the walls and am happy and grateful for all the hands that built the terracotta bricks, grateful for all the women's hands that planted in care. You can already perceive now how homey and peaceful this place will be.

As we move on in Maha Maya land, one thing sticks out: the seminarhall with it’s impressive roof top. All details are planned already, space for mats and pillows, the light switches and plug sockets. I stop underneath the huge dome and think how much joy people will experience here, when they come as seminar leader or participant and work, practice and meditate. I can feel what it is like to be here in silence and feel the natural draught that comes to the hall on a warm or hot day. I can feel how they hear the birds from around and get seduced from the silence and peace to find out about the world within them, and to finally fall in love with themselves.

The temple on Maha Maya land is not subject to any confession, it is a temple to perceive the highest in person. I know this place will touch many people.

In the beginning of September Sunanda and I finally “moved” to Kerala.

In the middle of monsoon it was not the heat that challenges, but the extreme humidity. On the other hand the humidity creates a breathtaking, green landscape and my skin is soft like baby’s skin.

The journey took a little longer due to C, but the organization at Cochin Airport worked very well, everybody got tested quickly.

And then I first visited Maha Maya land…

You can feel my excitement here:

And get some first impressions here:

Kerala, literally translated as "land of coconut palms", is located on the tropical southern tip of India – embedded/situated between the 580 km long Malabar coastline of the Arabian Sea and the mountain range of the Ghats.  

Our Maha Maya Center is located in the lush central plains of the Thrissur district between the great rivers, Periyar and Athirappily. Just 40km from the beaches of Kochi (second largest city). In the vicinity of the centre are the Chimmin Game Reserve, the Sholayer Forest Reserve and the Eravikulam National Park with its 2,600m high Anamudi peak. The neighboring villages of Chalakudy and Angamaly are 15 km away.

KERALA's agriculture

Almost a third of the state’s area is still pristine forest with dense tropical undergrowth. The natural vegetation of Kerala is largely endemic and consists of almost 4,000 flowering plants that are used in India's Ayurveda healing treatments.

The region’s main crops are rice - more than 600 varieties grow in the rice fields of Kerala - and tapioca. An important source of income for the region, based on more than 3,000 years of tradition, is the cultivation of spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg and vanilla. Kerala supplies pepper to all of India! Other essential cash crops are tea, coffee, coconut, betel nut, ginger, and cashew nuts. Red, green or yellow varieties of bananas are also widely cultivated. Kerala is the leading rubber plantation state in India. It accounts to 92 percent of the country's total natural rubber production.

Religions in KERALA

Hindus, Muslims and Christians live peacefully side by side in Kerala. 27% Muslims, 18% Christians and 55% Hindus to be precise. Mosques can be found next to churches or temples in given city.

There are some districts in which one religion is more pronounced. Suffice to say, there are many Christians living around the Maha Maya Center and on Sunday mornings Christian chants can be heard because a large church plays the Service/Mass over the loudspeaker, as is customary in India.

Als ich gerade in Indien war, musste ich zur Abklärung der Zufahrtstrasse des Grundstücks zu den weitentlegenen Nachbarn. Da gibt es ein Haus, das eigentlich nur aus Außenmauern besteht und als Dach nur eine Folie hat. Kein WC, kein Strom, nichts. Eine Familie mit 3 Kindern lebt dort. Es ist in dieser Gegend die einzige Familie, die in so ärmlichen Verhältnissen lebt. Ich hatte keine Zeit meine 4-jährige Tochter darauf vorzubereiten. Sie spricht die Sprache dieser dort lebenden Kinder nicht, aber sie gab allen eine Umarmung. Sie hat kein Wort zu mir gesagt, hat sich nur leise umgesehen.

Back in the car she said to me: “Mommy, I think we need to give these children some of my toys, because they have none. And should we go tot he supermarket and buy some food, so that they have something to eat?”. My daughter is just 4, but without the need to tell her something, she knew, what it means to be with each other and for each other. I was so grateful to see her like this and I felt how important it is to bring the apparently two sides of the world together, so that both sides can heal and become one.

It is astonishing that human beings are born with attributes like helpfulness, empathy and compassion. A child shoes these characteristics naturally - it's all about perceiving them.

Experiencing life far away, makes us aware, that it affects us, what happens to people all over the globe.

Through this experience, we get the chance to realize that all is one, that we can not consider the issues that concern us isolated, but that everything we experience concerns us as human beings, that everything is associated. This makes everybody and the whole world heal.

Permaculture (derived from permanent agriculture) is both a philosophy of life and a design tool for creating sustainable living spaces. The cycles of nature are our source of inspiration. In order to create regenerative cultures, it is important in all areas of life - from agriculture to community building - to consider how we use energy and resources sensibly and which long-term values and design principles we pursue.

The 2,000m² permaculture garden in the Maha Maya Center focuses – besides of conveying this ethical attitude – on the regeneration of soil and water, the use of organic seeds and compost, the avoidance of pesticides and plant diversity instead of monoculture.

The aim is for the center to supply itself sustainably with fruit and vegetables. People regenerate and heal with the help of the garden and are empowered to consciously nourish themselves and their families.

Another intention is to learn regenerative practices through joint co-creation and permaculture educational opportunities. Our garden integrates both vegetable patches - for the daily harvest for our delicious Indian cuisine - and the planting of a wide variety of trees. With the resulting tropical permaculture forest garden, mother nature is once again serving as a role model - the ecosystem of a rainforest is one of the most harmonious, holistic and species-rich systems on earth.

We are very happy that Christine is building and leading our permaculture