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Not ideal that my dirty clothes (over on the right) have to share the same space, which is a walk-in closet in an airbnb room in a condo in Monterey Park in California in the US on planet earth in a simulation in a taco inside of a taco inside of a taco bell... in a pineapple under the pineapple under the pineapple... 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That’s my laundry bag acting as a rug so that the floor doesn’t feel too cold. The little table was some stool for the desk. The Buddha was room decoration that I fetched off the wardrobe closet. And the cushions belong to the bed. But the postcards are mine! Easy to travel with!… As a long-time meditator, one of the things I’ve learned is that the set up really doesn’t matter. You just basically sit anywhere you can, make it kind of nice, and rest the mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5557ced6e4b0e3eb2cf3b7c3/1537439559247-SVMQHUHBPS2NG4M1UBB8/IMG-20180914-WA0006.jpg Wandering the Middle Path in SE Asia - Still Bopping Around in Bali, Again! This is Cito. Or a photograph of him. He’s a very kind and good man. Or I think so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5557ced6e4b0e3eb2cf3b7c3/1537439518231-2MU4D9TMAXQ3JOWITJU3/airport++%281%29.jpg Wandering the Middle Path in SE Asia - Still Bopping Around in Bali, Again! 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The steps at Pura Luhur Batakaru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5557ced6e4b0e3eb2cf3b7c3/1538659904317-4XIOIZMOEXRW1WP4CTQA/IMG_20181001_150909.jpg Wandering the Middle Path in SE Asia - On My Visit to Mt Agung and Besakih Temple and the Resultant (Un)Doing. This photo has nothing to do with Mt Agung, but I got to ride on this swing!! A few days earlier, my friend Cito obtained the co-managing position for this villa, and he invited me for a visit! You can check out #zenhideaway to see better photos and models than this one! (Or here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/zenhideaway/) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5557ced6e4b0e3eb2cf3b7c3/1538640524417-E73H6VW5LZINLV8VYIBW/IMG_20180922_091652.jpg Wandering the Middle Path in SE Asia - On My Visit to Mt Agung and Besakih Temple and the Resultant (Un)Doing. Traditional Balinese udeng headdress on top, sarong underneath a saput (or outer sarong), tied together with an anteng (sash), all courtesy of my host Cito, plus a Henley shirt from H&M, under shirt from Uniqlo, rose quartz from Luang Prabang, Laos, and shoes from Fleet Feet! (I’m about the only person in Bali wearing shoes, by the way. Or it seems that way.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5557ced6e4b0e3eb2cf3b7c3/1538642573966-O18P6SMYY3JT14XZPHYR/IMG_20180922_154806.jpg Wandering the Middle Path in SE Asia - On My Visit to Mt Agung and Besakih Temple and the Resultant (Un)Doing. Walking up to Besakih Temple with Mt. Agung in the backdrop. 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