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| A moment or an eternity? |
Karma,
inner peace, enjoying (or at least accepting) whatever life brings in
your direction, making your fellow beings more often happy than sad –
is a core belief of Balinese.
And not a bad belief for anybody else.
True or False?
No worries, you get the same points for one or the other answer.
You may believe in karma, and that what you serve to others, will be in one or another way served to you.
You may believe in gravitation.
You may reject above ideas out of hand. And to hell also with Newton and his bloody apple.
You may be frantically googling for YouTube explanation of inner peace and how to achieve it in five simple steps.
You may be calling life bad names or embracing it day after day.
You may be a true friend to your friends. Or you may be sucking them dry.
Whatever you choose, it doesn't make you Balinese, Hindu, American, Chechen, Martian or even French. You will remain who you are, just your life will be slightly different.
Vibrating. Dull. Empty. Full. Bitter. Sweet.
And now we are coming to the pearl of this post.
To describe the changes in Balinese beliefs through my long time immersion into this environment.
Strongly opinionated remarks. Wise, brilliant comments...
But first it would be nice to make it clear what is changing. Their beliefs? My perception? Amount of chili in the sauce?
My rather frequently used expression “It's been really different when I was young...” doesn't really tell what was different – me or something else.
When thinking about all the inner changes I go through on my winding path from cradle towards the grave, a thought “More I change, more I remain the same... and more I remain the same, more I change...” appears more and more frequently.
Imagine a mountain stream, its crystal clear water rushing past you - same every day, every year... And not the same for even one second.
And my in-depth assessments of changes in Balinese beliefs goes happily down the drain ...
If you got digestion problems with all this food for thought, don't jump for Alka-Seltzer - if you have a chance better strap your scuba on and do a purification treatment in the clear blue waters.
And not a bad belief for anybody else.
True or False?
No worries, you get the same points for one or the other answer.
You may believe in karma, and that what you serve to others, will be in one or another way served to you.
You may believe in gravitation.
You may reject above ideas out of hand. And to hell also with Newton and his bloody apple.
You may be frantically googling for YouTube explanation of inner peace and how to achieve it in five simple steps.
You may be calling life bad names or embracing it day after day.
You may be a true friend to your friends. Or you may be sucking them dry.
Whatever you choose, it doesn't make you Balinese, Hindu, American, Chechen, Martian or even French. You will remain who you are, just your life will be slightly different.
Vibrating. Dull. Empty. Full. Bitter. Sweet.
And now we are coming to the pearl of this post.
To describe the changes in Balinese beliefs through my long time immersion into this environment.
Strongly opinionated remarks. Wise, brilliant comments...
But first it would be nice to make it clear what is changing. Their beliefs? My perception? Amount of chili in the sauce?
My rather frequently used expression “It's been really different when I was young...” doesn't really tell what was different – me or something else.
When thinking about all the inner changes I go through on my winding path from cradle towards the grave, a thought “More I change, more I remain the same... and more I remain the same, more I change...” appears more and more frequently.
Imagine a mountain stream, its crystal clear water rushing past you - same every day, every year... And not the same for even one second.
And my in-depth assessments of changes in Balinese beliefs goes happily down the drain ...
If you got digestion problems with all this food for thought, don't jump for Alka-Seltzer - if you have a chance better strap your scuba on and do a purification treatment in the clear blue waters.
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