Ek skryf op my Facebook dat ek op die Tau is en oppad na Vanuabalavu waar ek die volgende paar maande sal deurbring.
Nicola skryf as kommentaar : I’ll be there just as soon as someone donates enough money to my travel fund.
Ja, sal dit nie lekker wees om haar, of om enige van die ander vriende hier te kan he nie! Dis so geweldig mooi hier en wil ek so graag aan almal hierdie stukkie van die hemel kan wys.
Op nog ‘n muurpublikasie skryf ek dat dit 'snaaks' voel om te weet dat ek die tydslyn oogesteek het en dat ek “vandag gevlieg het, net om in gister te arriveer” Maar soos Neville terug antwoord : Our own supersonic traveller.
Erika skryf weer : Awesome!
Ook wil sy weet of ek ‘n aandeel in die skryf van ‘Alice in Wonderland’ gehad het.
Maar intussen vaar ons steeds voort en seil ons teen skemer verby Naitauba, of ook bekend as die “Island of God”. Dit behoort aan Adidam-sektegroep. Dis ‘n 2000 hektaar grootte eiland en sowat 14 myl van Vanuabalavu. “God” soos Adi Da Samrajaka Da Free aka Bubba John aka Franklin Jones bekend staan en wat die hoof van die sektegroep was, is egter oorlede op die 28e November 2008 en hier op die eiland begrawe in 5 ton sout. Sover bekend is daar geen opvolger of 'n ander hoof van die sektegroep nie.
Volgens Tony was hy paar maal op die eiland om onder andere ook te help om mense met sy seiljag na die buureiland se hospitaal te neem. Hy kon egter nie veel sien nie aangesien alles streng bewaak word en geen persoon sommer net daar kan aankom sonder uitnodiging nie. Vir enige ander persoon wat nie aan die sektegroep behoort nie, is dit taboe en buite perke om ooit voet aan wal te sit!
Ek het so bietjie opgelees oor die groep en op die volgende gekom wat ek net so weergee :
Hier is die artikel in die Fiji Times :
Spiritual leader passes on
Friday, November 28, 2008
Adi Da Samraj, leader of a spiritual community based at Naitauba in Lau, passed away at his home on the island on Thursday.
Adi Da Samraj, 69, established Naitauba as his principal teaching retreat in 1983 and became a Fiji citizen in 1993.
Spokesperson for the Naitauba Trust, owner of the island, Matt Wilson said Adi Da Samrajs followers from many countries around the world would continue to maintain Naitauba as a centre for quiet study and contemplation for those who come there year round.
Courses at the Naitauba retreat programs focus on Samraj Adi Das teachings of spiritual self-realisation, tolerance, respect, the unity of humanity, world peace and cooperation.
He said Adi Da Samraj wrote many books about his beliefs.
He also encouraged his students to study the worlds great religious traditions.
Adi Da Samraj was a legal renunciate, who owned no personal possessions.
Mr Wilson said Naitauba is a significant contributor to the economy of the Lau Group.
"It provides employment and contributes to many social and educational causes including scholarships for students in the Lau and Cakaudrove provinces."
Volgens ‘n ander bron :
Adi Da Samraj aka Da Free John aka Bubba Free John aka Franklin Jones was an American-born guru who claimed to be the First, Last, and Only perfectly enlightened Spiritual Adept that had ever appeared on Earth or will ever appear in the future. He said that his own spiritual stature was superior to that of Jesus, Buddha, or any of the great spiritual figures from human history. The Adi Da Archives is a collection of materials written by critics who challenge this claim, and who present a different interpretation of Adi Da's life and teachings.
Adi Da was born in New York in 1939, and died of a heart attack at the age of 69 on November 27, 2008 at his home on a Fijian island owned by the religious organization he founded. He failed to resurrect from the dead, as hoped for by some devotees, who claimed he had recovered from several previous "deaths."
Ook het ek op ‘n vrou se skrywes op die internet afgekom wat een van sy navolgers was. Dit het behoorlik my hare laat rys en kon ek soms nie help om te ‘smile’ oor hulle onsinnige leerstellings en leefwyses nie. Ek haal een van haar paragrawe aan :
A man stood in the doorway, ashen faced.
"The Guru is very disturbed."
There was a small but noticeable lag between this announcement and a rustling of concern. I had a sense that for perhaps five or six seconds everyone in the room had been unwilling to pull their attention from the video to attend to a major spiritual crisis. "Can't this wait?" was the question I suspected popped into many minds but was not said out loud. But quickly everyone came to their senses and there were exclamations of worry and facial expressions of deep guilt.
"Everyone down to the main meeting room right away. We've got to turn this situation around."
Down in the meeting room everyone sat up very straight though they looked exhausted.
"Our response it totally inadequate. War has broken out in the Middle East and we're responsible.’
I knew in that moment that I had, beyond any shadow of a doubt, entered a realm of true madness. I pressed my back against the wall though this was considered a lazy and un-devotional way to sit. I looked around the room, unable to believe my ears. I also wondered how anyone knew of the war. Clearly, some people must have had access to the news, if the rumor was true.
"It is our lovelessness, our heartlessness, our inability to receive the Godman's love, that is fuelling this war," the priest continued.
Surely someone would object.
"I feel implicated by this," a woman said. "I can feel the hardness in my heart."I wanted to shout out, "Have you people all lost your minds? What are you saying? What are you believing? How can you possibly swallow this?"
But I sat perfectly still, my back held rigidly against the wall, all my muscles tight. I knew I was alone in my perception. If I spoke I would be convicted as the worst of the traitors, perhaps the one human being on the planet most responsible for this recent war.
Ja, wat sal ek se. Kan nie glo dat daar steeds sulke sektegroepe is wat sulke leerstellings aanhang nie.
En so kom ons toe die aand 8 uur by ons tuiste aan!
was dit nou by Pinky?
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