Balian healers

Every village has at least four Balians. There are about 8,000 practicing in Bali, which has about four times as many Balians as doctors.

What can you expect when you consult a Balian? Your experience will be very public, with all the other clients watching avidly.  The healer may make magic, create fire, use mudrahs, draw patterns on your body, spit wads of chewed herbs on your skin, apply scented oils, poke you with sharp sticks and/or give you a deep tissue massage or manipulation that will be very painful indeed. 

Real Balians receive their gifts from a spirit, based on Bali Hindu philosophy. They credit this spirit with giving them their gift of healing. Others through a very long intensive study and initiation from a well-known healer(s) or High Priest(esses). They are the Balinese equivalent of a “doctor”, who has to follow an etiquette and moral code, which is not that different than the modern doctor.

http://www.baliadvertiser.biz/articles/greenspeak/2010/healers.html

http://www.balihealers.com/

you create your own dream

You create your own dream around you and unless you become awake you will continue to dream...

But right now whatsoever you see is not the truth, it is a projected lie...

Once you come out of your private dreams, it is there. It has been always there. Once your eyes are clear, a sudden illumination -- suddenly you are overflooded with beauty, grandeur and grace...

                                               -- OSHO

http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Enlightenment/Osho_Enlightenment.htm

new rig

I recently purchased a motorscooter and surfboard.  Previously I was renting.  The scooter is a 2007 Yamaha Mio I purchased from a private party in Ubud for 7.5 million rupiah.  The surfboard rack was custom made and installed by a welder in Kuta for 300,000 rupiah.  After much looking at the shops in Kuta, I purchased the surfboard, a 7'0" x 21" x 2-1/2" mini-mal, 10 years old, from a local guy hanging out beside the Nirmala Supermarket here in Balangan, for 2.3 million rupiah.  The brand logo on the board says Byron Bay Surfboards, and the shaper's name, Palu, is on the back.  The next day, I bumped into Palu himself at my warung.  He says, "I made that board."

Duck dive

Two surfers duck dive under a wave at Teahupo'o in Tahiti.
From Dana Brown: Step into Liquid.