Sekala and Niskala

“No matter where life will take me, I just ask for one thing; a chance to be a kind human in every single day until the time I have to be back home”. October 28th, 2019.   I would admit that I took too long to understand and giving myself a moment to stop, breathe, and think. No, I did not do those things. I used these past couple years to please others, to be always there when they needed me, to invest my energy and time when they called me, to lend a hand when they got in trouble. But, I forgot. I forgot that I needed to please myself too; I have been needing myself too; I needed to invest enough energy and time for myself too, and I could not guarantee that I was never in trouble and the closest human I can ask for help from is me myself. I badly forgot all of those and I was there for others instead which is also not bad. It is bad when I intentionally or unintentionally forgot myself. It probably is too much to say, but I had put myself in danger to please and save others. A

our overseas students, the staff members, and  Tenganan Village   women Tenganan Pegringsingan Village. 2018. From the most sacred things to not talk about until the most profane stuffs to be paraded and entertain tourists; from the coastlines until the depth there in the forests, hills, and mountains;   from the darkest colors ever exist until the brightest colors you ever notice; from the visible world until invisible world; from the lowest layer of the universe known as hell until the highest one named as heaven; from the underworld creatures, mankind, Gods and Goddesses, until the supreme force; from the evilness, goodness until balance; It is never done talking about a culture and thousands of its uniqueness – preserved and maintained until today in the island of Gods named as Bali by the people known as Hindu – Balinese. Bali has a lot of legends and myths which have a bunch of values if we relate it to the life philosophy. In order to find balance in the life, Bali

courtesy of Google Image In the Gregorian Calendar, I was born on 28 th of October , but my birth day in Balinese Calendar falls on Whraspati Kliwon Merakih. This day comes every six months in Gregorian Calendar. Practically, we can say that I celebrate my birthday once every six months. So, because in Balinese Calendar my birthday comes once every six months, jokingly saying we can say that I get older every six months! Until this year, I am 25 years old in Gregorian Calendar, meanwhile in Balinese Calendar I am 50 years old! Unbelievable. Balinese Calendar is really mathematically complex calendar. It contains all possible counting. On the counting of days, it has 10 different days’ cycles named as Wewaran that is rotating every day, from one cycle day / eka wara , two cycle day / dwi wara , three cycle day / tri wara , four cycle day catur wara , five cycle day / panca wara , six cycle day / sad wara , seven cycle day / sapta wara , eight cycle day / asta wara , ni