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A Happy Home
Set in Rendlesham in Suffolk is a community of homes that has one thing in common – they have all been built and constructed according to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda principles, also known as Vedic architecture. Roisin Johnson investigates the claims that these homes promote wealth, health and happiness. A sense of orderliness and an aesthetically pleasing home are only two of the benefits of living in a Sthapatya Veda designed house. It is claimed that these houses are fortune-creating and occupants are convinced that there have been increases in their good health, as well as wealth and wisdom, as a direct result of their home. Not only that, but it is claimed that they connect the individual with the environment, as well as using environmental materials to promote this. Richard Johnson is co-director of MSV Homes, the company responsible for this project, and was among like-minded friends when it was formed in 1998. ‘We wanted to establish buildings that are in tune with the knowledge we are teaching,’ he says. The knowledge he is referring to comes from the traditional Hindu Vedic belief system, and in particular the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The founder of Transcendental Meditation, he first came to the attention of Westeners in 1968 when the Beatles adopted him as their spiritual guru. The Maharishi Ayurveda system says that there must be a balance in three principles which are responsible for all activity in the body and the environment. If this balance is achieved then it believes that the degeneration which occurs with age can be eliminated and therefore lead to a longer and healthier life. It is these underlying Vedic beliefs that have led to the principles of Sthapatya Veda homes and buildings.
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