Fullmoon Temple Celebrations in Bondalem 2010

Bondalem is a village of 3000 inhabitants, a small but sprawling fishing village on the North Shore of Bali.

Here, like all over Bali, most Balinese follow the Hindu Religion and daily life is filled with many kinds of ceremonies. In the early morning you will see Balinese placing daily offerings baskets in and around their family compounds and homes or their businesses.

An offering basket is a small woven basket, filled with flowers, adorned with food items, that is placed in judicious places to evoke blessings from the supernatural … Continue Reading

Luke at SpectralEyes.com

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Luke is an exceptional visionary artist, who came to stay at Shambala with his partner Mira, to ensure that Art didn’t turn into just work, and vision didn’t loose its magic, but that they too took time out to replenish their souls, play in the ocean, snorkel, be romantic, and dream of new ideas.

It was so inspiring to meet Luke and Mira, so personable, so unpretentious, but so extremely gifted.

His prolific artwork feels like a blend of the art of Alex Grey’s detailed anatomic visions of body … Continue Reading

Prayer for the Tree

This beautiful story will show how much the physical and energetic life is always seen as belonging together.

At the edge of our property right by the ocean, we had inherited a beautiful place of prayer, two little temples, overshadowed by a large fruiting tree, which was always dropping little sour purple plumbs during the months of November through December on our temples,  the close by Jacuzzi and walk ways, and had become hazardous as kids loved to climb the tree.

However, kids form the neighborhood loved it and I … Continue Reading