Communities Directory: Komaja

Formed: 1978 Established: 1978

Komaja

Gersau,

Switzerland

Cologne,

Germany

Gottmadingen,

Germany

Vienna,

Austria

Zagreb,

Croatia

Skopje,

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Ohrid,

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Brighton,

United Kingdom

Novi Beograd,

Serbia and Montenegro

Limerick,

Ireland

Sliema,

Malta

HR Den Haag,

Netherlands

Bowral, New South Wales,

Australia

Beverly, Massachusetts,

United States

“Komaja” means “Radiant Love.” It describes a spiritual-philosophical system as well as an international spiritual community founded in 1978 by the well-known tantric master Aba Aziz Makaja. Komaja offers a deep and non-dogmatic access to spirituality with a complete system of spiritual schooling.

Komaja is a specific form of tantric kundalini yoga, developed by Makaja, who as spiritual master is at the core of Komaja’s life and its development. Knowledge is Komaja’s connecting spiritual thread, radiant love its principal virtue. The seven main activities of the Komaja community, for the purpose of advancement and self-perfecting, are: meditation, theoretical studies, development of community consciousness, Karma Yoga, spiritualization of sexuality (via asceticism or by being sexually active, original methods of realization are given for both paths, see www.komaja.org), spiritual singing and spiritual sport.

Today Komaja has more than 300 members and many friends who draw inspiration from its model of living. Komaja’s members live all over Europe, in Australia and North America. Makaja and his community are socially involved in many countries, with humanitarian activities during the war in former Yugoslavia, ecological activities, scientific and educational/therapeutical activities in the field of sexology etc (Komaja is member of the World Association for Sexology; Komaja’s Love-Erotic Therapy LET for overcoming different kinds of addictions is privately and state financed). Furthermore, Komaja is an example, how new forms of intimate relationships can be realized and lived successfully: although the form in which love is lived is a matter of free choice and creativity, many people practise the zajedna, an original form of Polyamory.

Website: http://www.komaja.org/

Contact:

Komaja Meditationsschule and
Komaja Foundation
Mittelurmi
Gersau, Schwyz 6442 Switzerland
Phone: +41-(0)41-397-05-50, +41-(0)41-397-05-51

Links:

www.love-erotictherapy.com: Komaja's original method for the treatment of different kinds of addictions

www.golden-vision.org: Komaja's training in Self-Management

International Telephone Info

Last Updated:6/8/2006

Visitors Accepted

Visitor Process: Please write to us well ahead to arrange your visit. During the visit, the consumption of drugs, alcohol and nicotine, as well as animal carcasses, is not permitted.

Affiliations: Komaja

Network Affiliations:

Fellowship for Intentional Community

Population Adult Members: 260 Child Members: 40 Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Gender Balance: 50% M 50% F	Government Decision Making: By a group of elders or other leaders Identified Leader: Yes (Makaja, the founder and spiritual leader of Komaja, and a leadership core group) Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Labor Contribution: Expected (Labor contribution if someone lives in one of the Komaja centres/ashrams) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: No (The people from the leadership core group are expected to regularly contribute money, the other member not)
Land and Buildings Other (mixed) Area: 24.7 acres (10.0 hectares) Land Owned By: Another form of Non-profit (Komaja Foundation) Number of Residences: 12 Cohousing: Yes (in different centres/ashrams)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% Share Community Meals: 2-5 times/week Dietary Choice or Restrictions: We all share a common diet (We are vegetarians) Dietary Practice: Vegetarian only Alcohol Use: Prohibited Tobacco Use: Prohibited	Social Factors Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members: Yes Shared Spiritual Path: Yes Which Spiritual Path(s): Other (Komaja's original spiritual path is most frequently used, but it is not a condition for being a member of the community) Educational Style(s): Other (different forms of schooling)

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