Showing posts with label offerings in Bali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label offerings in Bali. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Early Morning Bali Routine




Wake Up! Time to jump out of bed and greet the day!



All those surfers must still be asleep as I leave my hotel for the beach!



Observe the morning offerings being made along my way to the ocean.



Take time to stop and smell the water lily...













Stop every once in a while, and chat with the local spirits, to find out what happened throughout the night ....



Early morning .... the beach is quiet, as the chairs await their occupants.




Take off my sandals and touch the cool wet sand .... as I walk along the beach.



With the early morning sun rising over my shoulder .... the first signs of day show over the Indian Ocean.



The sun rises to meet the cresting waves..



Take time out for a relaxing cup of Balinese coffee on the way back to my hotel....



Breakfast! Tea ... had enough caffeine already! Fruit salad and a grilled banana sandwich.




Gotta get going! Class starts in Denpansar soon! And the teens are always so, so punctual!



Time to have some fun teaching the SOS teens in Denpasar some English! Whether it be math, reading the newspaper, buying fruit, or any other subject that involves them speaking with me in English .... we have a fun few hours together!

Friday, May 22, 2009

A hint of sweet incense....



Sleepily the Indian Ocean awakes
to the touch of the rising sun.
Embracing the still morning air
Hints of sweet incense.



At every house
Business
Intersection....
Holy Hindu temples
Guide and protect.



Daily offerings are made.
Daily blessings are bestowed.



Small as a single cement pillar,
Large as a family courtyard.
Simple as a small cement chair,
Elaborate as thatch roofed wooden huts.



Smiling stone mythological faces
Transcend the past into the future.
All the while observing
As daily offerings of
Food, flowers and incense
Are offered to...
The gods.
The ancestors.



Daily rituals of Balinese life.
Sacred rituals to live by.