OUR VISION
DOORWAY INTO LIGHT’S CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND
AND CENTER FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING AND DYING
MAUI, HAWAII
"A Place for the living and the dead"
Our vision is to create a model that can be replicated throughout the world.
This model includes:
Through the collective understandings, experiences and expertise of the founders of Doorway Into Light, a new model has emerged, one that leads to a very different way of living and dying and one which is respectful of everyone’s spiritual views. This model has its roots in religious and indigenous traditions. It honors and integrates well with some existing organizations and at the same time brings a powerful new paradigm to the sacred passage of dying and death. In this paradigm, communities take more of a “hands-on” approach; from physical, emotional and spiritual care, to bringing forth new rituals and ceremonies that lend support to the natural grieving process and the journey of the departing soul, thereby enriching family and community life. This model further supports healthy communities in right relationship with the earth, through sustainable, organic and renewable practices.
It is now time to take the next step in manifesting its larger vision here on Maui.
WE HAVE NOW LOCATED and have an agreement of sale for 10+ acres on Maui and Doorway Into Light, a non-profit organization, is seeking to purchase land, subsidize start-up expenses, build the facilities, purchase equipment and hire and train staff. This plan envisions the cemetery and crematory becoming the economic engines to help preserve and care for land protected in the public domain forever. As this center succeeds in proving its value and importance to the Hawaii community and beyond, we will seek to replicate this model in other parts of the world.
- A CONSERVATION CEMETERY utilizing holistic, regenerative and spiritually inclusive practices in caring for the dead and the earth. Food bearing trees, tropical hardwoods, native trees and plants will be planted over graves.
- A PARK, interspersed with the cemetery, that includes walking trails, picnic areas, reflecting ponds, labyrinths, open space and greenways. Interweaving life and death.
- A CEREMONY HALL, an all denominational space for family and community ritual, memorials, funerals, weddings, etc
- A SCHOOL FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING AND DYING providing trainings, skills, tools and programs for many aspects of wholehearted and sacred living and dying and the care of the dying and the dead.This will include an‘in-house’ staff of teachers and leaders as well as special guest presenters.
- A GUEST HOUSE FOR THE DYING, supported by local hospices and staffed by volunteer interns trained at our school. This is for people in their last weeks of life who recognize the importance of their dying time as a powerful opportunity for deep inner work, life completion and transformation.
- A SUSTAINABLY POWERED, NON-EMISSIONS CREMATORY
- DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS focusing on regenerative, agriculture, sustainable energy creation, bamboo and hemp as building materials, and on.
- A PLANT AND TREE NURSERY to support the cemetery plantings as well as an income generator.
- A VISITOR HUB and information resource center.
- A CO-HOUSING FACILITY for the small residential staff.
- A TINY FOOTPRINT This center will be built, as much as possible, with local, sustainable materials, powered by the sun, etc. Income generators include burials, cremations, school trainings and programs, fees for use of ceremony hall, fees for residents of the home for the dying, visitor merchandise, plant and tree starts, grants and donations, endowment funds, and on.
- "DYING TO GO TO HAWAII" Creating Maui as a destination for the dying and their families.
- GROWING OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INTERN PROGRAMS, OUTREACH SUPPORT PROGRAMS, TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY CAREGIVING TEAM PROGRAMS......
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Through the collective understandings, experiences and expertise of the founders of Doorway Into Light, a new model has emerged, one that leads to a very different way of living and dying and one which is respectful of everyone’s spiritual views. This model has its roots in religious and indigenous traditions. It honors and integrates well with some existing organizations and at the same time brings a powerful new paradigm to the sacred passage of dying and death. In this paradigm, communities take more of a “hands-on” approach; from physical, emotional and spiritual care, to bringing forth new rituals and ceremonies that lend support to the natural grieving process and the journey of the departing soul, thereby enriching family and community life. This model further supports healthy communities in right relationship with the earth, through sustainable, organic and renewable practices.
It is now time to take the next step in manifesting its larger vision here on Maui.
WE HAVE NOW LOCATED and have an agreement of sale for 10+ acres on Maui and Doorway Into Light, a non-profit organization, is seeking to purchase land, subsidize start-up expenses, build the facilities, purchase equipment and hire and train staff. This plan envisions the cemetery and crematory becoming the economic engines to help preserve and care for land protected in the public domain forever. As this center succeeds in proving its value and importance to the Hawaii community and beyond, we will seek to replicate this model in other parts of the world.
