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Huna: " The Secret " Huna is Modern Hawaiian Spirituality

The elements of Hawaiian spirituality are

the elements of nature. Ride the winds at Ka Lae that blow over a door

to Milu - the underworld - the place of shadows where the dead go to

forget and to be forgotten. Meditate deep within a lava cave and

commune with the spirits of the testy mo'o. Brave the surf at Waipio

after a jungle walk along the old Ali'i' Trail. Witness red lava from

the active vent of Pu'u O'o and feel the heat of Pele. Use the four to

find the fifth - and connect to the universe.

Integrate your mind and body, and find your family soul - your aumakua. Learn to live in hakalau (kahuna consciousness) and surf the waves of dreamtime which change reality. Connect with dead ancestors in Milu and let your awaiku guide you through non-ordinary realities, as you explore the undying Hawaiian cosmology. Huna Kalani

can help you heal your body, mind and spirit. True to the old aloha

culture - Hawaiian spirituality can help you heal your relationships so

that you can heal your life.

Hawaiian spirituality invites you to recognize yourself as malihini, a beginner, for whom each revealed truth is a surprise. This can be your first step towards becoming haumana iniki, an accepted student of the old Hawaiian culture. Do you wish to progress to alaka'i ... a pathfinder?

The makani (wind) is

gently blowing, as you read this, creating waves in Kealakekua Bay.

Wild dolphins often jump as the sun sets, and the scents of coconut and

flowers mingle with ocean salt. The sacred statues around the old

temples at Ho'onaunau are casting long shadows. When will the time be

right for you to share your aloha and join us in 'ohana? We wait for you. E komo mai. Welcome back.

About The Huna Cross of Fire

The Cross of Fire is a

familiar icon to most Hawaiians as a common decorative motif observed

in Hawaiian art and craft: four crosses around a central cross. (See, e.g., image of Huna Cross at the top of this webpage.)

The four

(4) outside crosses symbolize the highest of the energies of the four

elements of Nature: Earth, Water, Fire, Air. The center cross

symbolizes Spirit.

This

fairly simple symbol contains hidden and revealed layers upon layers of

the teachings at the center of the Huna healing system. The energies

and information symbolized by this figure are a guide to understanding

the Universe and humanity's place within it. The Cross of Fire is

central to the Huna philosophy of life and to the Huna System of

Self-empowerment and Self-creation, thus its symbolism is considered to

be at the core of Huna teachings. I will begin the explanation at the

entry levels, beginning with the Chakra system, of which most

metaphysical and alternate health practitioners are familiar. The

chakras are by no means the only identifiable energy centers of the

body, as you read further, below.

Huna is

awareness of many others, including the different Kahuna A'o schools of

thought, and distinguishes a different grouping of energy centers

within the body separate from the Buddhist-established chakra system. I

will repeat the caution I was given by some, that: if you do the Cross

of Fire procedure outlined below, you do it as given and not experiment

with the various energy channels, unless you are clearly guided to do

so by your Aumakua, your Huna Spiritual guides and/or ancestors.

The

exercise is to go around the cross focusing on each A'o energy center

for about a minute each, start at the crown and to go around in the

order given but after doing the left eye to go up to the crown a second

time back to the left eye to the right eye and from there to the heart

chakra.

The energy centers of the Cross of Fire are:

1. crown

2. right eye

3. right shoulder

4. right hip

5. perineu

6. left hip

7. left shoulder

8. left eye

9. crown

10. left eye

11. right eye

12. heart

Focus on each a'o in turn.

Some Huna traditions may do a simple spiral, while others simply focus

on the crown, heart, perineum and the four corners of shoulders and

hips.

You may

feel energy run as you do this or you may not. the opening of these

energy centers can lead to profound transformation and evolution at all

levels of your being.

The

traditional Huna way of working with the cross of fire is to First,

teach a procedure and only to explain it after considerable work has

been done.

Some

Huna traditions do use energetic attunments, or spiritual initiations,

to facilitate and amplify the affects of these and other practices.

Your guides and Spiritual teachers may also be able bring the

initiation into you if it is in your highest good. Doing the exercise

given above will also help to open these centers and channels, whether

you have been initiated or not.

Discovering Huna (lit., " The Secret " )

" Magick " is the use of powers possessed by a person to manifest one's desires.

The ancient Kahuna (shamanic practitioners who specialized in various areas of knowledge and expertise) recognized the nature of vital force, called Mana

(also known as life force, power, chi, ki or prana). Mana is the

essence of life itself and the basis of all thought processes and

bodily activities. The symbol of Mana is WATER because water, like

Mana, may flow, fill things, or leak away. Waipa (to divide

water) is prayer that refers to the use of Mana in the various

functions of what the Kahuna identified as the " selves " within a

person.

The High Self (Kane, Aumakua), inspires.

The Conscious Self (Lono) imagines.

The Subconscious Self (Ku) remembers.

The Core Self (Kanaloa) wills.

The physical body is the vehicle and instrument of the three selves.

To

begin, it must be understood that there are two minds and two physical

selves -- the conscious mind self (Uhane, or middle self) and the

unconscious mind self (Unihipili, or low self).

Unihipili (low physical self) takes Mana from the food and air ingested by the body and stores it in its Aka (spiritual side of self) before sharing its Mana with Uhane and Aumakua. Unihipili's Mana

is of low voltage and low frequency. Mana flows through its Aka threads

through the body or to that of another person. Unihipili is the animal

nature where the memory and emotions reside. It is illogical, forming

exact, literal, deductive conclusions. It controls body functions, Aka

threads and thought-forms. It responds to suggestion. It is the seat of

conscience, relies on the five senses and can use telepathy.

Uhane (middle physical self) has Mana-Mana

because the vital force is changed in a subtle way and doubles in

strength when channeled through Uhane. Uhane's Mana is of higher

voltage and frequency than that of Unihipili. Uhane's Mana-Mana is

channeled through its own Aka and used in all thinking and willing

activities and commands Unihipili. Uhane is the conscious part of man

with the power to reason, but no memory. It has willpower and

imagination and programs the conscience. Only Uhane can " sin, " and the

only sin in Hawaiian philosophy is to *willfully* hurt another person.

It is the ordinary, everyday, rationalizing part of man.

The third self is the superconscious self.

Aumakua (high God-self) has Mana-Loa

and is the highest, supercharged form and voltage of Mana. Mana-Loa

used by Aumakua (as channeled through its own Aka) changes the

invisible pattern into reality. To many practitioners of other

Traditions, they will recognize this ability in terms of visualization

of intent and manifestation in physical reality. Aumakua is the older,

utterly trustworthy parental spirit. It is the part of man that helps

upon request, but never interferes with the free will.

Aumakua

brings all desired conditions into reality. It realizes things by

intuitive knowing, including past, present and the crystallized part of

the future. It is the " Guardian Angel " in contact with higher powers as

well as Po'e Aumakua (High Selves), or the Great Company of Selves.

All three selves play their distinct and unique roles in the life within each of us.

The important thing is that they are working in harmony and cooperate with one another. As long as this is the case, life runs smoothly and miracles appear to happen.

Each of these three selves has a Kino-aka

(a duplicate, invisible but real shadowy body). The Kino-Aka substance

forms a sort of aura around each of the three selves, keeping the

blueprint of each self intact and capable of changing shapes

temporarily or permanently to form a connecting thread between the

three selves. Further contacts between the individual selves adds aka

threads that become braided together into an Aka Cord,

resulting in strong rapport between the two selves so bound. This bond

must be kept strong in order for the three selves to work harmoniously

together.

Thus, these three selves, each possessing a Kino-Aka shadow-body, also possess a certain Mana.

Once

the three selves are working together, perfect communication between

the three selves exists. This is the very heart of the secret of Ka

Hana Pono. The goal, as a conscious middle self (Uhane), is to learn

about, establish contact with and work harmoniously with our low self

(Unihipili) and our High Self (Aumukua). The union of the three selves

creates harmony and balance.

Hence, there are ten elements of the Hawaiian Self that must be mastered:

the physical body

the three selves

the three Aka bodies, and

the three types of Mana.

About The A'o: Hawaiian " Chakras "

While

many of us are familiar with the chakra centers that run along our

central core at the spinal cord few of us are even aware of the Ao,

these energy centers are said to be among the most important of the

lost information about the energy body , these centers are said to

create and hold the chakra in existence through the tension ,

interaction and harmony between the centers and to be a representation

of a core or primal aspect of ourselves and the universe.

The

Yin Yang symbol used in the East represents in part the universe held

together by the interaction of different polarities the cross of fire

represents the grand design of the universes as an interaction of the

nine centers or realms of being/Force, the Ao.

The A'o energy centers are located around the following areas of the body:

1. The Crown (top of head): Will. Divine will; our own personal will and the guiding force present in all matters, intentions.

2. The Right Eye (center of eye socket): Time. Time in the abstract; timing or sequence of action; timelessness; real time; the illusion of time.

3. The Right Shoulder (about a quarter of an inch

into the body, over about 2 inches toward the arm from the nipple and

up about 1 inch below the collar bone): Venture. Beginning new actions; entering new realms, whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.

4. The Right Hip (center of hip socket): Action. Usually denotes action in the middle of the period or situation being considered.

5. The Perineum (halfway between the anus and genitals): Anchor.

This can refer to ending action, but more often refers to taking steps

to ensure that the effects of one's actions are real and lasting; the

effects of an action in nature becoming lasting.

6. The Left Hip (center of hip socket) Contemplation. Meditation in general; consideration and reflection on the actions one has taken.

7. The Left Shoulder (about a quarter of an inch

into the body, over about 2 inches toward the arm from the nipple and

up about 1 inch below the collar bone): Appreciation. The

quality of appreciation in general, especially appreciation of the

Divine, as well as the appreciation of the results of an action taken.

8. The Left Eye (center of eye socket): Harmony/Justice.

Ho'oponopono; create harmony by use of good judgment. Making things

Pono. For beginning interpretative purposes, sensations felt here refer

to the Divine Plan and that human justice should be administered as a

reflection of that divine plan. A profound and difficult-to-translate

concept central to Hawaiian kahunaism, I have seen it translated as

family therapy; also interpreted as divine completeness and achievement

of perfection.

9. The Heart: Aloha Spirit.

Unconditional love; Divine Love; universal love; personal and

interpersonal love; the qualities that give rise to and emerge from

love.

For a more in-depth exploration of the world of Huna, click here to read about the folks from whom one of my mentors, Kealohaonakupuna Yardley, derives her spiritual lineage.

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