The unyielding devotion of all, to God, that serves as the central thread to all that one is and does, sounds like Bhakti yoga to me!

To be able to sit there in peace, chatting and eating as you did, in what objectively, could seem like a very odd and abstract experience , show's a deep level of acceptance and maturity.

Whilst I understand that the Balinese predominantly practice Hinduism. It reminded me, as soon as they can, many buddhist children will be reading The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying, instead of watching My Little Pony and chasing Pokemon. Yet I'm always seeing discontented kids, in the west, who quickly become fed up with the latest toy and again hunger for the next temporary distraction, which soon comes in the form of glorified war-ification ......then I read an article about 1 Million Children Meditating For World Peace in Thailand.