This is from Para:
As you may have heard, there are large amounts of property in foreclosure at Heavenly Mountain in North Carolina. In addition to ca. 38 lots for building, ranging in price from $23,000 to $90,000 (originally most were between $200,000 and $350,000), there are two enormous homes in foreclosure, suitable for a Peace Palace and Pandit facility, and most recently, the entire Purusha campus. Mother Divine has purchased their own campus and will be returning when renovations are completed. Meanwhile, the Purusha campus will be sold at auction on 14 September for a reserve price of $2.4 million. The campus includes ca. 350 acres of beautiful wooded land, the two hotels that were used respectively for an Ayurvedic health centre and the Purusha course facility, for men's courses; the huge flying hall; huge dining hall; three Pandit mandaps; and all the Purusha suites (we don't know the exact number, but there were over 200 Purusha, I think.) The whole thing presents an amazing opportunity to reclaim Heavenly Mountain as the Spiritual Centre of America, which it was always intended to be. Some Governors in NC had a brilliant idea: if 100 people each purchased a Purusha suite as a one-bedroom condo for $25,000, we would have 2.5 million, hopefully enough to buy the entire campus. All the rest is thrown in free. The suites each have a private entrance from the outside and are composed of a living room, kitchenette, bathroom, washer/drier downstairs, and a bedroom loft upstairs. The views are apparently spectacular. This is a golden opportunity for anyone who'd like to live in the heavenly atmosphere and stunning natural beauty of HM to buy a condo (or two, if a couple, for more space) at an incredible price. It could be either a permanent home for those who'd like to live here but can't afford to build a house, or, at this price, a holiday home for others, including Europeans, Australians, South Africans, etc. There is a Governor here who is a Class A certified builder (the best), has built 47 homes including the original Purusha houses (early vastu) and most recently, several vastu homes in Florida, in the Mandala Club. He would be available to do any needed renovations, or to build a vastu home for anyone wishing to buy a lot. He is an excellent builder and totally sattvic and spiritual. The flying hall on Heavenly Mountain is beyond sublime; the experiences there are like being in Maharishi's ashram in India in Maharishi's presence. There is a monthly fee of $50 for singles and $75 for couples, or annually $500 for singles and I think $750 for couples. Right now the Purusha campus is certainly not part of Heavenly Mountain Resort, which is the homeowners' association; it was completely separate, as was Mother Divine's campus. It's not at all clear what the status of the condos would be-all of that would have to be worked out with the homeowners-but for now, as it's not in the Association, the condos wouldn't be subject to the $2400 per year homeowners' fee, which covers things like road maintenance, security guard, etc. Perhaps the condos would have their own condo association with their own dues to maintain their own roads. With that many condos sharing the cost, the fees would be much lower. There are also property taxes to consider; they are normally low in this county, but with the big buildings included in the price, it's not clear what the burden would be. It would have to be worked out who would actually bid on the property at auction and how to handle all the other expenses for renovating the other buildings. One thought was an LLC in which everyone pools their money and become joint owners. When the property is acquired, each owner would take out their own condo(s) from the LLC. All would jointly own the other condos, which could then be sold, perhaps for a profit, though Maharishi said, "Heavenly Mountain is not a place to make money." However, this profit would be used to renovate at least one hotel for an Ayurvedic spa and course facility (Peace Palace), and hopefully in future it would be possible to renovate the second hotel for a group of 121 pandits. Or at least 21, which means about 30 pandits for a margin, and all their staff, perhaps 40 people in all. The spa and Peace Palace would generate income for their own maintenance and salaries for the technicians and Governors who teach. What we really need is for someone to step forward and take on the project, ideally someone with experience in business, property development, legal proceedings, etc. That person could collect money from prospective buyers and also advance whatever is needed to make at least $2.5 million-but since it's an auction, it would be wise to collect more. Anyone interested could put in $1000 deposit on a condo for now, and if we get the property, we have at least 30 days, which can be extended many times, to collect the funds, have the inspections done, etc. before we actually need to close on the property. For now, anyone interested in a condo please email me at para...@gmail.com. We will be providing other contacts soon for lots, builder, etc. Everyone here in the beautiful, spiritual Blue Ridge Mountains is really hoping to make Heavenly Mountain the divine spiritual centre it was meant to be! We hope you can join us in this endeavour. Jai Guru Dev Para Steinmann
