Gaur Purnim Reflections 2010

The day started out with a tsunami warn­ing which is part of the rea­son we live 1,000 feet above sea level. Some of our friends with their coastal homes were evac­u­ated. Our trip to Hilo was can­celled. Thank­fully, the tsunami fizzled.

After din­ner, Jah­nava and I drove down to the Kala­pana coast and walked across mas­sive lava flows from the 1980s which wiped out one of the great­est beaches in Hawai’i to an incred­i­ble new black sand beach with a blaz­ing full moon glis­ten­ing in a clear starry sky over the water. Incred­i­ble ele­men­tal vis­tas stretch­ing out in front of us. It seemed like we were in a giant full sur­round the­atre watch­ing this awe­some spec­ta­cle right in front of us and yet some­how removed–we on the land and the waves just there. This mighty ocean which this morn­ing threat­ened to over­flow its bor­ders now kindly stayed within its lim­its. Young woman lithely run­ning in the moon­lit shal­lows. Foun­tains of lava shoot­ing into the sky on the moun­tain behind us and flow­ing down toward the sea. How much more alive, ele­men­tal, and pri­mal can it get. Aloha blessings.

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