Help from the Healing Temple

Journeying Tuesday to three different temples was an amazing experience. It wasn’t until we went to the third temple that I felt a calm sweep over me and I could tell that the experience was really hitting me. I could tell walking through the dense forest toward the healing temple that this was going to be a special place. Laying eyes on the temple that was delicately built into the landscape was awe-inspiring, although it had been renovated with tiles, I could imagine the moss covered stone of how it used to look. It wasn’t until we had our blessing that I felt the strongest change in my energy and being, a change that will stay with me forever. I walked with Everett toward the priest and then individually we were blessed, water poured over our heads. When finished and looking back over the landscape I could feel a change, the sun had broken through the clouds and parted through the trees and everything looked a little more special.
I won’t lie in saying that 2014 was the hardest year of my life, I experienced events that I never dreamed would happen and I hoped that this trip to Bali would help me get away from everything. After sitting back down after the blessing I was overcome with emotion. I couldn’t help but silently stream tears. They weren’t sad tears though, I felt as though I was finally able to lift away from my experiences and understand that everything was going to be alright. What had happened to me did not define me anymore; it was something that I would work on getting over in order to return to living a more normal life.
My heart aches today, reflecting on everything that has happened. I could not be more appreciative for the experience in the healing temple, as it has helped me rejuvenate and has eased my mind. The healing temple will be a moment that I never forget, as it has helped me understand myself during the hardest time in my life. My soul feels freer after the experience, and I hope that maybe one day, I’ll be able to find my way back.