| With all of the wonderful beaches, mountains, historical | | | | Travel to Bali and it's one of the first things you will |
| sites, and unique cities and cultures of the world, it's | | | | notice about the place, since spirituality is everywhere. |
| hard to pick even a few standouts. There are a lot of | | | | The Balinese pray five times a day, but unlike the |
| places you can travel to, no question, where you will | | | | Muslims, their prayers involve flowers, rice, and many |
| have a great time and a wonderful vacation. Added to | | | | colors and scents - it's clear from how participatory |
| that, there are many interesting locales where you can | | | | their prayers are, and how welcoming the Balinese are |
| enjoy a spiritual journey, learning about who you are | | | | if you want to join in, that it's a huge part of who they |
| and what you seek in life, and sometimes even coming | | | | are. |
| home with the answers you've been searching for. | | | | But it is more than just praying. The whole atmosphere |
| But very few places give you the kind of freeing, | | | | in Bali is charged with the opportunity to see beauty |
| unfettered, truly soul-deepening experiences that travel | | | | everywhere, and as it is reflected, feel it in your own |
| to Bali will. | | | | heart. Just travel to Bali and you will notice it the minute |
| Bali is a lot like Hawaii, in case you've been there, but | | | | you step off the plane. It's a great experience to go to |
| it's also its own unique world. Visually, it's similar - | | | | a place that is obviously so happy to see you, to |
| gorgeous, tropical plants, trees, and flowers, and a | | | | welcome you, that it's no wonder many people find |
| quieter, simpler life. But the Balinese are a deeply | | | | their way to Bali and never go home. |
| spiritual people, with their own unique version of | | | | From the green terraces rice paddies, to the monkey |
| Hinduism and such an entrenched spiritual background | | | | forests with their joyful tribes of simians, to the tiny |
| that everyone from your taxi driver to your masseuse | | | | towns filled with artisans of every ilk, Bali is a |
| wants to talk about God and religion. Not in an | | | | magnificent little island that brings spirituality to the daily |
| annoying, I-want-to-convert-you kind of a way, but in a | | | | life of everyone who lives or visits this marvelous |
| warm, all-embracing, love-your-fellow-man kind of a | | | | place. |
| way. | | | | |