Paradise Lost?
Actually the pollution of Bali is an interesting phenomena..... but at the same time incomprehensible.
Throughout the year there are many, many cleansing ceremonies in Bali. People go to the temples to pray, performing the socalled Upacara Yadnya. Every Balinese Hindu does so. However, how many are there that really remember what these ceremonies are for?
The Upacara Yadnya are performed to remind oneself of Tatwa & Susila, cleansing their Niskala, one's thoughts, controlling emotions, preserving an inner balance and preserving the balance with 'the outside world'.
It is interesting to ask the average Balinese to explain to you about their Upacare Yadnya, I seldom hear explanations referring to Tatwa & Susila.
Clean beaches, clean streets, clean rivers, clean ponds ........ like needles in haystacks they can be found in Bali.
Lucky there are exceptions, like in Nusa Dua where streets and beaches are structurally cleaned.
A few days ago I was sitting on the terrace of Sea Breeze at the Pantai Binaria in Lovina central. In the afternoon four Balinese men arrived with a big basket and started to clean the beach in front of Sea Breeze.
Although Bali is not known, or widely advertised as a Beach Holiday Destination, there seems to be Hope that, one day, Paradise could be regained.
April 1st, the day before Nyepi, will be Melasti again. People from nearby villages will go in procession to the beach to perform their cleansing ceremonies, cleansing their inside world. Hopefully, one day, they will also start spending some time cleansing the outside world, the beaches, the streets.
Mudah-mudahan.....
