The Beautiful Nusa Dua Hotel

The Nusa Dua ("two islands") Hotel and Spa is located on the Southwestern shore of the Island of Bali, in the "Resort Hotel" section of the island. Welcoming each guest is a view of two giant pillars. The split pillars, as with everything else in Bali, represent the balance of good and evil in one's life. The left pillar is always evil, the right pillar is always good. Which one is which, our Balinese guide wryly observed, "depends on the direction you're walking."

All of our seminar meetings with our Balinese teachers and with Joan were held outside. Most of them were held in front of the Hotel's own private temple, in full view of this beautiful pond.

Small shrines with offerings of flowers and fruits to the spirits, abound in Bali. Here, on the Hotel grounds, a very old tree has been turned into a temple to the tree spirits. Around the tree's trunk is the traditional black and white chequered cloth, representing the balance of evil and good.

The Nusa Dua Hotel is highly respected by the Balinese because it is the only hotel which has built a Hindu temple for its employees on the Hotel grounds. Employees are free to enter and exit whenever they wish to make offerings of incense, flowers, and fruit.  Most of our seminar meetings were held on the grass directly in front of the spot pictured here.

Years ago, when I was in La Costa in California taking an Anthony Robbins personal development seminar, I made a promise to myself to be conscious of looking for the most beautiful and most enjoyable path to any place I am going. My path to breakfast each morning, provided an opportunity to skip, dance, or walk across these stepping stones, stretched artistically across a beautiful lily-filled pond.

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