On the Way to Besakih Temple, Gyarnar Regency, Bali

Besakih (Mother) Temple, East Bali, Indonesia - III: Impressive Entrance Tower

Besakih (Mother) Temple, East Bali, Indonesia - II: The Inner Courtyard, Sanctum Sanctorum and the View

Besakih (Mother) Temple, East Bali, Indonesia - I: The Approach and the Courtyard

The Mother Temple of Besakih, or Pura Besakih, in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali,Indonesia, is the most important, the largest and holiest temple of Hindu religion in Bali and one of a series of Balinese temples. 

Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an extensive complex of 23 separate but related temples with the largest and most important being Pura Penataran Agung. This is built on six levels, terraced up the slope. This entrance is an imposing Candi Bentar (split gateway), and beyond it the even more impressive Kori Agung is the gateway to the second courtyard.

Chili Cottage, Ubud, Bali

மறத்தல்:பறத்தல்

விண்ணில் பறத்தல்
மண்ணை மறத்தலே

சிறகசைவுகளின் இடையே
மண்ணின் ஈர்ப்பு
தரையிறக்கும் கால்களை

















கூரலகை விண் நோக்கி
எழும்பி விட்டாலோ
மண்ணழிந்து போகும்
அடுத்தொரு காற்றலை வரும் வரை

கொடுங்காற்று
சிறகடர்த்தியை பறித்தாலும்
அலகு விண்ணே நோக்கும்
விசை குறைந்தே பறந்தாலும்
நினைவை சென்றடையும்

சுயமும் இருப்பும்
முயங்கும் வெளியில்
மறத்தலும் பறத்தலும்
மறைந்தே போகும்
இருத்தலும் இறத்தலும்
கரைந்தே தீரும்

Angst, Kierkegaard, Sartre and My Future Novel's Theme

"Angst means a recurrent state of disquiet or dread caused by human awareness that our  future is not predetermined (by God, society or anything else) but must be freely chosen."

- Soren Kierkegaard

Characteristics of Existentialistic Thoughts According to Jean Paul Sartre in Being and Nothingness

• Existence precedes essence
• What is the personal meaning in a traumatized world
• Absurdity of life
• Be responsible for one's own actions
• No God
• Defy conventions
• Maintaining human dignity in a societal failure
• Be concerned with lived experience, not on abstract speculation
• Founded with human connection of life in the world and not from the subjective, detached views

Brief of my novel to explore existential thought processes

Part I

A military officer

Losing his eyesight

Suspended from service for inability

Waiting for the outcome of the trial

                                   - Psychological angst and ramblings

Dismissed from service

Returns home almost blind and shattered

Part II

Flashback

Divorce (tensions in married life)

Part III

Now living with seven year old son and a servant maid

Develops a relationship with the maid

Takes son and maid on a long drive

Son dies in an accident

Survives with maid - serious injuries

                                 - Angst and ramblings

Part IV

Leaves to wander in mountains in search of  peace and himself

Meets many people in psychological encounters

New developments

Failures in relationships and realizations

Part V

Returns home

Affair with maid continues amidst dissatisfaction

Emotional dilemma/tensions with himself and the maid

Questioned by parents and friends

Owns his actions

Marries maid

Existential thoughts