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> Dearest friends and supporters of the Mother Divine Program,
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> We'd like to bring you up to date with recent developments regarding
> Heavenly Mountain, North Carolina.
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> As all of you are probably aware, last year we purchased the East Campus
> property of Heavenly Mountain (Mother Divine's former home) as a permanent
> home for the Mother Divine Program and Maharishi University of Enlightenment
> in North America. Since the purchase last May, renovations of the campus
> have been in progress, and by and large have been going well.
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> However, we are writing now to inform you of the very recent decision we
> have had to make with respect to these renovations and our property there.
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> After deep consideration and taking advice from experts as well as wise
> leaders of our Movement, we have concluded that we must stop the renovations
> on the Heavenly Mountain property and try to sell it. We wanted you to know
> that this decision was not made lightly, or without careful thought and a
> very complete assessment of our situation.
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> In the past two months as we started a detailed investigation of all the
> suites and common areas in the large building and the dining hall, aided by
> a team of expert subcontractors, we began to uncover more and more work that
> needed to be done in order for the buildings to meet the basic requirements
> for occupancy.
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> Even though we had performed thorough due diligence on all the buildings
> prior to purchase, additional and more extensive damage came to light once
> the renovations were in process. At first we thought we would be able to
> overcome these challenges, but this month we received a comprehensive
> summary report from our project manager and renovations team outlining the
> scope of work and related costs necessary to achieve partial occupancy of
> the campus. The report indicated a time line of one year or more with costs
> exceeding our budget by many millions.
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> In addition, we considered once again the very high operating costs and
> ongoing maintenance of an older facility such as this and the pressure that
> would inevitably be put on our future financial requirements. Even though
> this was factored into our original fundraising goal, we had not counted on
> the renovations taking so long or being so extensive and costly. We feel
> that new construction with recent energy saving designs could significantly
> lower ongoing operating costs and be more sustainable for us in the future.
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> There is still a great need and desire to create a permanent and comfortable
> home for the Mother Divine Program in North America, a place where we can
> all be together, expand our numbers, and welcome ladies from all over the
> world to join us for courses and special programs.
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> The Heavenly Mountain property remains very valuable and for the right
> person with plentiful resources could be a great investment. We are all very
> optimistic that the sale of this property will yield a nice profit that can
> be the seed money for the permanent home for Mother Divine.
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> We have the sense that Nature is organizing for us in the best possible way
> and guiding us in a very positive direction. We have already started to
> explore some promising options.
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> We deeply appreciate your continuing support of the Mother Divine Program,
> and look forward to sharing with you our future plans for a new home for
> Mother Divine and Maharishi University of Enlightenment that will be
> sustainable and ideal in every way.
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> Jai Guru Dev
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> With all our love and gratitude,
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> The Raj Rajeshwaris and members of the Mother Divine Program
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