Aim and purpose
Mahaivi stands for "to live and be alive" or "love be to Life" or "love be to Love". The word came to our mind unexpectedly some months ago, when at night we had the inspiration for a poem about Life itself. We had never heard the word before, but when we looked it up the following morning we found it was an old Polynesian word for "to live and be alive".
We associated the word with the content of the poem two hearts -
We decided to use Mahaivi as a greeting that means "love be to Life" or "love be to Love".
When we noted down the poem, we also made a sketch of a symbol. The symbol of Mahaivi or the symbol of Life. It is full of love, peace and humanity in harmony with Nature. Just imagine all the people in the world having a life like that.
We thought about launching this symbol on Christmas as Christmas is traditionally a day of peace. Mahaivi as the new symbol of Peace, Love and Humanity and consequently of Life.
Yet, some people did not like the idea of Christmas as it is associated too much
with Christianity. We want the symbol to be the symbol of all people wanting peace
regardless of their country, race, culture, religion or non-
The symbol of Mahaivi expresses what Life should be.
We therefore chose January 1st to be the Day of Mahaivi. We will launch the new symbol and its full explanation. It gives hints as to how to live life more fully. About how to build peace with oneself, other people and Nature.
We will ask the media, political and religious leaders and organizations to help publish and spread the symbol of Mahaivi on January 1st and to make a toast to Life, Peace, Love and Humanity. They can use the poem as inspiration. Toasting "Mahaivi" to Life everywhere in the world.
Mahaivi may hopefully make people think about how they can contribute to peace. How they can make life more rewarding and fulfilling. Developing their humanity and sharing friendship and love. Respecting Nature. We all need to take Life more seriously.
