Daily Offerings

What does it mean to make offerings to the gods on a daily basis? If you are Balinese it means you don’t eat your first bite of food when you have a meal — you give it to the gods.

If you have a baby you don’t let the baby’s feet touch the earth for three months! Then, during the ceremony that is dedicated to the baby, she is placed on the surface of the earth for the first time — in a sacred atmosphere where the gods have had untold amounts of offerings and prayers during those three months.

If you buy a car the vehicle is initially decorated with offerings and blessed and blessed again.

If you are Balinese you don’t take any chances with the gods. If you place them first and you shower them with offerings continuously, then and only then will the spirits be appeased, your life safe enough as the gods are on your side.

It’s not a bad deal because you get to have a life in Bali!