A Heavenly Home
By Katie Grose
Don and Karen Arney’s new home—perched 1000 feet above sea level and the nearby town of Ganges on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia—has views on three sides,. From the kitchen the couple sees Mount Baker to the southeast and the San Juan Islands parading off to the south. But what people often comment on most is the distinctive feeling of comfort inside their house.
“I just loved working on this home,” one of the stone masons confessed. “I loved to meditate before coming to work, so I had the best energy to put into the house.” He isn't the only one who feels this way. The stair framer from Montreal has been meditating for 25 years, and says he felt very peaceful working there.
“The experience of building this house has been wonderful,” Don says. “It was an act of faith to begin, but we are blessed to be privy to the knowledge of Maharishi Vedic Architecture that has allowed us to do this.”
Don says his favorite feature of the house is that Karen is always happy there. Inside the home there’s “an openness where one doesn’t feel excluded from the exterior,” he adds. “There are lots of windows and views everywhere. I never take it for granted, and feel a sense of gratitude to have found this place. It soothes the soul.”
By building in tune with Natural Law, Don and Karen have created a connection between their lives and the underlying intelligence of the universe. So often the house seems like a heavenly home. Don tells how just last week, as clouds covered the sea below their house like a billowy blanket, and the San Juans rose above the ocean of clouds, they watched the moon rise and a million bright stars cover the heavens above.
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