際際滷

際際滷Share a Scribd company logo

Ketut liyer

M
mrahmalia

Ketut Liyer is a renowned healer and fortune teller in Bali. In an interview, he modestly shared his path to becoming a healer after being injured and having a dream telling him to pursue healing. He studied ancient palm leaf manuscripts and learned to heal using plants. While gaining fame from Eat, Pray, Love, he remains humble, treating all visitors equally with kindness. He recounted fondly meeting Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Roberts but seemed unaffected by their celebrity, focused solely on healing through spiritual practices and his healing gifts.

1 of 3
Download to read offline
Ketut Liyer: The Real Deal In an exclusive interview with OZIP, Ketut Liyer revealed his workings as Balis most well- known healer and fortune teller. He appeared unaffected with the fame that his encounter with Elizabeth Gilbert brought him. Modest and polite, the soft-spoken Ketut Liyer in person is a charming and calming presence. Meet the real deal behind the famed Eat, Pray, Love character. OZIPs meeting with the healer character from Elizabeth Gilberts best selling memoir seemed destined. At the same time when OZIP has scheduled a visit to his house, he was available and was having none of his usual high number of patients. Spanish tourists who came at the same day reached Ketuts house only after we have finished our interviews. Our driver had previously told us that this man was not easiest person to meet. Many foreign tourists and local people usually line up in queue to consult him. Publicity about him, though, is rare and few in-between. Ketut Liyer does not seek them. He is content to just help people with their problems. His youngest son, I Nyoman Larta, who also likes to paint like his father, told OZIP Ketuts secret. He has a peace of mind. He is happy doing what he does now, and that is why he can look so much younger than he is. Ketut Liyer called himself Kakek (grandfather) and often apologised for being an aged person. In the middle of his stories he sometimes said apologetically, Kakek often jump time in my stories Kakek is old and have forgotten a lot Ketut began his story the same way he did it in the book Eat, Pray, Love. When Kakek was young, my father and grandfather always advised me to be a healerThis house has seen nine generations of healer, and I am the ninth generation, he started. My grandfather told me, If you did not follow the path of a healer, it would not be good. Kakek did not believe it, because at the time I had already started learning to paint. Kakek knew at the time that it is difficult to be a healer and it was also very hard to make money as a healer. In my heart and in my mind, I was thinking that it is better to be a painter. Kakek saw that many of my painter friends made a lot of money. But as fate would have it, Ketut was led to that healer path anyhow. At the time, I was very happy because I got an order to create a painting from a foreigner. I painted at midnight, and I used an oil lamp. There was no electricity at that time. I pumped the oil lamp when it was dimming, and it went bust. The oil littered suddenly, I had fire on my arms, and I got burnt. I went to the doctor, he can only cure 25 per cent of my wounds. Maybe I was lucky. Because one night, I went to sleep and had a dream. I met the spirit of my grandfather and my grandmother. They advised me to be a healer. They also said to me that I can cure my burnt wounds with tumeric and sandalwood. When I woke up, I still
had not believe in it. I thought dreams can be right, it can also be wrong. Because the pain persisted in my arms, I decided to try it one day. Then I tried to made it, and put it on. Before, I was in great pain, and the wound was large. When I put that on, just two hours after, I immediately felt less, much less pain. Five days later, my wounds were totally healed. Since then, Ketut Liyers dedication in this path was unquestionable and his commitment was cemented. I finally believe in it and decided to become a healer. I learnt how to read palm leaves manuscripts that my grandfathers have inherited for me. I studied very, very hard. I studied by myself, I read all the palm leaf manuscripts, this one is called Usada Bali.and all the explanations about illnesses, healing methods and medicine are in that palm leaves manuscripts. Ketut Liyer has since tried to get to know peoples problems and helped to solve them. Not long after, I can already heal people. Some illnesses originate from the nature, you can heal that through plants and vegetations. Some illnesses came from inside the house, from the people around the house. You wake up in the morning, you have a fight. When you go back home at the end of the night, you fight again. I can heal the house by creating a special room from palm leaves. That room can offset the bad influences from black magic. Those are the stories that had been passed on to me from my grandfathers and grandmothers. Those stories are also written in these palm leaves. Each palm leaf has a god and is 900 years old. That is what I was told. I dont know whether its true or not. For example, this palm leaf explains that if someones eye pupils are so red, it usually means the illnesses come from heat. It can mean that he is having a head ache or a stomach ache. The medication is from a certain leaf. Healing people is not Ketut Liyers only talent and skill. Beside being known as Medicine Man in Bali, he can also read face and palm. I also learnt fortune telling from booksSometimes I still read from booksmy father can also do that, but he can only do that in Balinese language. I do fortune telling by looking from someones ear, eyes, nose, chin, cheek, and forehead, and then I read the palm. After that I will see your back, and then your legs. Please forgive me if I said something wrongI only say according to the book I have inherited many, many books.If I see bad, I will say badIf I see good, I will say good He recalled his meeting with Elizabeth Gilbert fondly, but one has a feeling that he would treat the memories of any of his visitors with equal fondness. He does not treat someone special just because of status. He treats anyone with equal politeness. Liz (Elizabeth Gilbert) also came to me to do palm reading. At the time, she was very, very sad. Her ex husband took so much of her money. I said to her, if someones good and has good luck, the money will come, even more than what is taken from that person. He does not brag at all about speaking and meeting with big Hollywood star, Julia Roberts, and does not even mention her, until he was asked. He sounded unaffected with that name and was even seemed indifferent to her big name. Julia Roberts also came here during the film shootingBut I was sick then. I stayed at the back. He met me here. She said to me that she is very happy to meet me. I just said, me too. I forgot what I said to her after thatI was quite sick at that time. She did not ask me for
a palm reading. I came to see the shooting, but I just saw it briefly. She didnt come all the way to the backyard garden, she just came to the houses temple to do the shooting, he said. I Nyoman Larta explained that Ketut Liyers rise to fame has provided his family and his neighbourhood with enough compensation and fund to improve the street conditions. Kakek brought so much blessing for the family, and also through Liz, he had many more visitors since, said Larta, who was born in 1952. But just like his response to Julia Roberts question seemed to imply, he is a simple man, no-frills human being with one single focus and oblivious to the worldly matters. Take a look at how Larta describes his fathers daily routine other than receiving guests to heal. He wakes up and meditates. He meditates again before he goes to sleep. That is pretty much what he does.

More Related Content

Ketut liyer

  • 1. Ketut Liyer: The Real Deal In an exclusive interview with OZIP, Ketut Liyer revealed his workings as Balis most well- known healer and fortune teller. He appeared unaffected with the fame that his encounter with Elizabeth Gilbert brought him. Modest and polite, the soft-spoken Ketut Liyer in person is a charming and calming presence. Meet the real deal behind the famed Eat, Pray, Love character. OZIPs meeting with the healer character from Elizabeth Gilberts best selling memoir seemed destined. At the same time when OZIP has scheduled a visit to his house, he was available and was having none of his usual high number of patients. Spanish tourists who came at the same day reached Ketuts house only after we have finished our interviews. Our driver had previously told us that this man was not easiest person to meet. Many foreign tourists and local people usually line up in queue to consult him. Publicity about him, though, is rare and few in-between. Ketut Liyer does not seek them. He is content to just help people with their problems. His youngest son, I Nyoman Larta, who also likes to paint like his father, told OZIP Ketuts secret. He has a peace of mind. He is happy doing what he does now, and that is why he can look so much younger than he is. Ketut Liyer called himself Kakek (grandfather) and often apologised for being an aged person. In the middle of his stories he sometimes said apologetically, Kakek often jump time in my stories Kakek is old and have forgotten a lot Ketut began his story the same way he did it in the book Eat, Pray, Love. When Kakek was young, my father and grandfather always advised me to be a healerThis house has seen nine generations of healer, and I am the ninth generation, he started. My grandfather told me, If you did not follow the path of a healer, it would not be good. Kakek did not believe it, because at the time I had already started learning to paint. Kakek knew at the time that it is difficult to be a healer and it was also very hard to make money as a healer. In my heart and in my mind, I was thinking that it is better to be a painter. Kakek saw that many of my painter friends made a lot of money. But as fate would have it, Ketut was led to that healer path anyhow. At the time, I was very happy because I got an order to create a painting from a foreigner. I painted at midnight, and I used an oil lamp. There was no electricity at that time. I pumped the oil lamp when it was dimming, and it went bust. The oil littered suddenly, I had fire on my arms, and I got burnt. I went to the doctor, he can only cure 25 per cent of my wounds. Maybe I was lucky. Because one night, I went to sleep and had a dream. I met the spirit of my grandfather and my grandmother. They advised me to be a healer. They also said to me that I can cure my burnt wounds with tumeric and sandalwood. When I woke up, I still
  • 2. had not believe in it. I thought dreams can be right, it can also be wrong. Because the pain persisted in my arms, I decided to try it one day. Then I tried to made it, and put it on. Before, I was in great pain, and the wound was large. When I put that on, just two hours after, I immediately felt less, much less pain. Five days later, my wounds were totally healed. Since then, Ketut Liyers dedication in this path was unquestionable and his commitment was cemented. I finally believe in it and decided to become a healer. I learnt how to read palm leaves manuscripts that my grandfathers have inherited for me. I studied very, very hard. I studied by myself, I read all the palm leaf manuscripts, this one is called Usada Bali.and all the explanations about illnesses, healing methods and medicine are in that palm leaves manuscripts. Ketut Liyer has since tried to get to know peoples problems and helped to solve them. Not long after, I can already heal people. Some illnesses originate from the nature, you can heal that through plants and vegetations. Some illnesses came from inside the house, from the people around the house. You wake up in the morning, you have a fight. When you go back home at the end of the night, you fight again. I can heal the house by creating a special room from palm leaves. That room can offset the bad influences from black magic. Those are the stories that had been passed on to me from my grandfathers and grandmothers. Those stories are also written in these palm leaves. Each palm leaf has a god and is 900 years old. That is what I was told. I dont know whether its true or not. For example, this palm leaf explains that if someones eye pupils are so red, it usually means the illnesses come from heat. It can mean that he is having a head ache or a stomach ache. The medication is from a certain leaf. Healing people is not Ketut Liyers only talent and skill. Beside being known as Medicine Man in Bali, he can also read face and palm. I also learnt fortune telling from booksSometimes I still read from booksmy father can also do that, but he can only do that in Balinese language. I do fortune telling by looking from someones ear, eyes, nose, chin, cheek, and forehead, and then I read the palm. After that I will see your back, and then your legs. Please forgive me if I said something wrongI only say according to the book I have inherited many, many books.If I see bad, I will say badIf I see good, I will say good He recalled his meeting with Elizabeth Gilbert fondly, but one has a feeling that he would treat the memories of any of his visitors with equal fondness. He does not treat someone special just because of status. He treats anyone with equal politeness. Liz (Elizabeth Gilbert) also came to me to do palm reading. At the time, she was very, very sad. Her ex husband took so much of her money. I said to her, if someones good and has good luck, the money will come, even more than what is taken from that person. He does not brag at all about speaking and meeting with big Hollywood star, Julia Roberts, and does not even mention her, until he was asked. He sounded unaffected with that name and was even seemed indifferent to her big name. Julia Roberts also came here during the film shootingBut I was sick then. I stayed at the back. He met me here. She said to me that she is very happy to meet me. I just said, me too. I forgot what I said to her after thatI was quite sick at that time. She did not ask me for
  • 3. a palm reading. I came to see the shooting, but I just saw it briefly. She didnt come all the way to the backyard garden, she just came to the houses temple to do the shooting, he said. I Nyoman Larta explained that Ketut Liyers rise to fame has provided his family and his neighbourhood with enough compensation and fund to improve the street conditions. Kakek brought so much blessing for the family, and also through Liz, he had many more visitors since, said Larta, who was born in 1952. But just like his response to Julia Roberts question seemed to imply, he is a simple man, no-frills human being with one single focus and oblivious to the worldly matters. Take a look at how Larta describes his fathers daily routine other than receiving guests to heal. He wakes up and meditates. He meditates again before he goes to sleep. That is pretty much what he does.