I am posting from Bali. I have visited the island before but this time I am here to do research for my book - and hopefully to find additional supporting evidence for the Bali to Bairnsdale Alignment. See links below for background to this post:
[grahamhancock.com]
[grahamhancock.com]
First thing that happened after I arrived is that my driver (whose name is Big – or Mr Big) pointed out that Bali is shaped like a chicken – with the island of Nusa Penida (south east of Bali) positioned correctly to look like the chicken has laid an egg.
Bali and island of Nusa Penida
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And I was hoping I might find something about Bali that is supportive of a reproductive system!
As I am too old to be thinking about climbing Mt Agung I asked Mr Big if he would take me to the Besakih temple (pura). There are thousands of temples in Bali but the Besakih temple is the largest. It is also the closest to Mt Agung and is referred to as the ‘Mother Temple’. Mr Big was reluctant to take me there as he told me the entrance fee is several times higher than for other puras and visitors must use one of the temple guides – not Mr Big!.
One of the first things I noted was the unusual shaped gates.
Candi Bentar
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These gates to the Balinese temples are called Candi Bentars and they are all over Bali. Some research on Candi Bentars revealed the two sides of the gate are mirror images of each other. In Balinese tradition it is believed that they were formed by the mythological Mt Meru splitting in to two exactly even parts. While the Candi Bentars are mostly seen in Java and Bali; Hindu, Jain and Buddhist tradition claim Mt Meru is where the Gods dwell. The Balinese believe the original Mt Meru was located somewhere in India and it was transported to Bali by the Hindu God Shiva. And when split in two it represents the Balinese concept of duality.
While the two sides of the Candi Bentar are mirror images of each other they represent the balance of dark and light and good and evil. My guide pointed out the images on either side of the steps leading up to the Candi Bentar are different – thus reflecting the splitting of the gates and the duality that follows.
Steps leading to Candi Bentar – Besakih Temple
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I could not help noticing the similarity between the splitting of the gates and the process of meiosis where germ-line cells divide a second time. In this second division normal cells with two copies of DNA split into gametes with only a single copy of DNA – either a maternal or paternal copy. It is interesting that the second division of germ-line cells could be said to produce two cells that are mirror images of each other – each having a complete copy of our human DNA. Yet these copies are different in that they are either maternal or paternal – reflecting of course the numerous traditions that relate to Yin and Yang and the biblical stories of Adam and Eve etc.
[grahamhancock.com]
[grahamhancock.com]
First thing that happened after I arrived is that my driver (whose name is Big – or Mr Big) pointed out that Bali is shaped like a chicken – with the island of Nusa Penida (south east of Bali) positioned correctly to look like the chicken has laid an egg.
Bali and island of Nusa Penida
And I was hoping I might find something about Bali that is supportive of a reproductive system!
As I am too old to be thinking about climbing Mt Agung I asked Mr Big if he would take me to the Besakih temple (pura). There are thousands of temples in Bali but the Besakih temple is the largest. It is also the closest to Mt Agung and is referred to as the ‘Mother Temple’. Mr Big was reluctant to take me there as he told me the entrance fee is several times higher than for other puras and visitors must use one of the temple guides – not Mr Big!.
One of the first things I noted was the unusual shaped gates.
Candi Bentar
These gates to the Balinese temples are called Candi Bentars and they are all over Bali. Some research on Candi Bentars revealed the two sides of the gate are mirror images of each other. In Balinese tradition it is believed that they were formed by the mythological Mt Meru splitting in to two exactly even parts. While the Candi Bentars are mostly seen in Java and Bali; Hindu, Jain and Buddhist tradition claim Mt Meru is where the Gods dwell. The Balinese believe the original Mt Meru was located somewhere in India and it was transported to Bali by the Hindu God Shiva. And when split in two it represents the Balinese concept of duality.
While the two sides of the Candi Bentar are mirror images of each other they represent the balance of dark and light and good and evil. My guide pointed out the images on either side of the steps leading up to the Candi Bentar are different – thus reflecting the splitting of the gates and the duality that follows.
Steps leading to Candi Bentar – Besakih Temple
I could not help noticing the similarity between the splitting of the gates and the process of meiosis where germ-line cells divide a second time. In this second division normal cells with two copies of DNA split into gametes with only a single copy of DNA – either a maternal or paternal copy. It is interesting that the second division of germ-line cells could be said to produce two cells that are mirror images of each other – each having a complete copy of our human DNA. Yet these copies are different in that they are either maternal or paternal – reflecting of course the numerous traditions that relate to Yin and Yang and the biblical stories of Adam and Eve etc.