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Hermes has said:

 

            “Raise thyself above every height, descend below every depth, assemble in thyself all the sensations of created things, of water, of fire, of the dry, of the moist; suppose that thou art at once everywhere, on earth, in the sea, in the heavens, that thou wast never born, that thou art still in the womb, that thou art young, old, dead, beyond death; comprehend all at once, times, spaces, things, qualities, and thou shalt comprehend god.”

 

There is a spell of clear glittering sunshine that stirs the soul.  The horizon is once again a lucidly drawn line separating the blue gray sea and the wispy sky half-covered by long white clouds.

 

I watch the ‘same’ scene daily.  A sameness that unveils the interplay of the lights with the spirited air that illuminates shades and forms; a sameness that awakens a different sentiment every time I gaze out.  I could sit rapt for a long time at the breakfast table, as pigeons whistle sharply in circles through the crisp morning air, swiftlets skim-diving the swimming pool in the dazzling evening colors, the winged termites circling the lights came and went in the warm night wind.

 

I no longer observe. I feel the ecstasy in identifying with all existence.  Sometimes I am at rest at the center of the universe.  Sometimes there is a deep yearning – a dense miasma of longing to know, to know things that are beyond. 

 

Ah, how incomprehensive everything is, and here I am, asking if I am obeying my own laws of life. I am at the verge of detachment and total involvement- I want to be bliss-out, to be alone – to be mindless and drift with the space and nature…. 

 

Yet, I am totally drawn in; caught up with every decision and participate unreservedly in every process of catering to my guests’ best interests. 

 

How else can I share SamyogaBali, a Place that perfect union is found in space & nature…a sanctuary imbued with private dreams yet saturated with my longing to share?

 

So far, I have made the most delicious homemade cereal with sun-dried homegrown jackfruits, pumpkin and sunflowers seeds with Bali palm sugar.  I have also successfully made the creamiest yogurt (Austrian recipe), yummy Swiss homemade bread and cakes (as healthy and as delicious).  Kadek and I have also planned enough mouth-watering Balinese/Indonesian menus with occasion pasta with homegrown basil and greens, etc. 

 

By the way Kadek makes the most scrumptious Balinese free-range-hormone-free village chicken Betutu that takes hours of steaming and hundreds of spices – village style with full-hearted dedication and labor.  Of course, I am still constantly expanding and exploring new and interesting recipes.

 

Guests and friends all love the Place and the food.  They also suggested that there be air conditions, mosquitoes nets….

 

Now, I have a full head of ideas for designing the office and the café upstairs with incomparable view.  I see everything in my head but it’s hard to put it into drawing.  Big expensive ideas that lack the supporting cash….

 

And ah, I also need a second-hand utility truck – I consciously avoid the scooter after a nasty fall.

 

 

 

“What I cannot do now is the sign of what I shall do hereafter.

The sense of impossibility is the beginning of all possibilities.”

 

                                                                        Sri Aurobindo