Safekeepers of Avatar's Abode, a 40-hectare Sunshine Coast property that's dedicated to global spiritual leader Meher Baba, are confident they will preserve the site for centuries.
The safekeepers of a 40-hectare spiritual and ecological sanctuary , potentially worth $20 million and overlooking a coastal CBD, are confident they will preserve the site for centuries, despite sky-rocketing land values.
"People are increasingly recognising the importance of this property, not only for its spiritual significance, but also biodiversity and First Nations linkages."Within the southern hemisphere, Avatar's Abode is the pre-eminent place of pilgrimage for Baba's followers, which some researchers say are numbered in the millions worldwide.
Baba described himself as an Avatar, the earthly incarnation of a god, but spurned concepts of religion, rites and rituals. "The local community values that land in its own right, not just from a spiritual point of view, but because it offers them biodiversity lost elsewhere." Since 2019 Avatar's Abode Trust has secured $60,911 in total from the Sunshine Coast Council via 13 modest grants, predominantly for weed control and meticulously assembled archives.
An immaculately kept bedroom where Baba stayed has a curious Queensland touch, in that the table legs are fashioned from used pineapple crates.
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